South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1993
145.00
−7.00 from 1992
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 145.00 in 1993, decreased +7.00 from 152.00 in 1992. This was the 113th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1993▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 2nd | Spain | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Finland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 4th | Norway | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 5th | Canada | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | United Kingdom | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 7th | Sweden | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 11th | Croatia | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 12th | Ireland | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 13th | Austria | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Iceland | 10.00 | -16.7% |
| 15th | Kuwait | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Monaco | 10.00 | -33.3% |
| 17th | Montenegro | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | San Marino | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Czechia | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 20th | Denmark | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Japan | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 22nd | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Slovenia | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 24th | United States | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 25th | Switzerland | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Qatar | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | North Macedonia | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | New Zealand | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 29th | Slovak Republic | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Poland | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 33rd | Andorra | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 34th | France | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 35th | Italy | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 36th | Malta | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 37th | Singapore | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Serbia | 16.00 | 6.7% |
| 39th | European Union | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 20.00 | -23.1% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 23.00 | -8.0% |
| 43rd | Hungary | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 44th | Albania | 24.00 | -7.7% |
| 45th | Korea | 24.00 | -7.7% |
| 46th | Israel | 25.00 | -7.4% |
| 47th | Oman | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 48th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.00 | -13.3% |
| 49th | Puerto Rico (US) | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 29.00 | 3.6% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 31.00 | -3.1% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 31.00 | -6.1% |
| 54th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.00 | -3.0% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 33.00 | -2.9% |
| 56th | Lebanon | 33.00 | -8.3% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Türkiye | 39.00 | -2.5% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Georgia | 40.00 | 5.3% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 42.00 | 5.0% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 46.00 | 15.0% |
| 63rd | Malaysia | 46.00 | -4.2% |
| 64th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 46.00 | 24.3% |
| 65th | Uzbekistan | 47.00 | 2.2% |
| 66th | Chile | 49.00 | -5.8% |
| 67th | Seychelles | 49.00 | -2.0% |
| 68th | Armenia | 50.00 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Sri Lanka | 51.00 | -5.6% |
| 70th | Grenada | 53.00 | -5.4% |
| 71st | Azerbaijan | 54.00 | -3.6% |
| 72nd | Barbados | 55.00 | -9.8% |
| 73rd | Moldova | 55.00 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Turkmenistan | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 75th | Latvia | 57.00 | 18.8% |
| 76th | Thailand | 57.00 | -1.7% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 58.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 79th | Libya | 60.00 | -1.6% |
| 80th | Argentina | 62.00 | -4.6% |
| 81st | Fiji | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 82nd | Cuba | 65.00 | -1.5% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 66.00 | -1.5% |
| 84th | Jamaica | 67.00 | 8.1% |
| 85th | Kazakhstan | 67.00 | 3.1% |
| 86th | West Bank and Gaza | 69.00 | -5.5% |
| 87th | Mauritius | 70.00 | -4.1% |
| 88th | Jordan | 71.00 | -1.4% |
| 89th | Mexico | 71.00 | -2.7% |
| 90th | Belize | 73.00 | -1.4% |
| 91st | Russian Federation | 76.00 | 22.6% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.00 | -14.6% |
| 93rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 78.00 | 5.4% |
| 94th | Dominica | 79.00 | -1.3% |
| 95th | China | 80.00 | -7.0% |
| 96th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 80.00 | -7.0% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 80.00 | -2.4% |
| 98th | Panama | 81.00 | -4.7% |
| 99th | Tajikistan | 84.00 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 85.00 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 86.00 | -7.5% |
| 102nd | Romania | 87.00 | -8.4% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 94.00 | -3.1% |
| 104th | Palau | 109.00 | -3.5% |
| 105th | Brazil | 113.00 | -4.2% |
| 106th | El Salvador | 114.00 | -5.8% |
| 107th | Samoa | 117.00 | -5.6% |
| 108th | Tonga | 127.00 | -1.6% |
| 109th | Honduras | 128.00 | -7.2% |
| 110th | Iraq | 132.00 | 4.8% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | 133.00 | -5.0% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | 135.00 | -2.9% |
| 113th | South Africa | 145.00 | -4.6% |
| 114th | Philippines | 155.00 | -3.1% |
| 115th | Kiribati | 162.00 | -7.4% |
| 116th | São Tomé and Principe | 166.00 | 1.2% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 168.00 | -2.3% |
| 118th | Solomon Islands | 173.00 | -0.6% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 176.00 | -4.9% |
| 120th | Mongolia | 181.00 | -9.0% |
| 121st | Peru | 192.00 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 195.00 | 1.0% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | 197.00 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 204.00 | -0.5% |
| 125th | Guyana | 205.00 | -1.4% |
| 126th | Nauru | 219.00 | 0.9% |
| 127th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 225.00 | -11.8% |
| 128th | Botswana | 230.00 | -12.5% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | 233.00 | -8.6% |
| 130th | Maldives | 251.00 | -10.7% |
| 131st | Guatemala | 262.00 | -2.6% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 265.00 | -2.6% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 286.00 | -8.3% |
| 134th | Yemen, Republic of | 319.00 | -3.3% |
| 135th | Marshall Islands | 320.00 | -0.6% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 327.00 | -8.9% |
| 137th | Zimbabwe | 331.00 | -0.6% |
| 138th | Papua New Guinea | 333.00 | -2.1% |
| 139th | Suriname | 343.00 | -0.9% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 354.00 | -5.6% |
| 141st | Namibia | 354.00 | 2.3% |
| 142nd | Kenya | 363.00 | -13.4% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 364.00 | -1.9% |
| 144th | Morocco | 428.00 | -6.6% |
| 145th | India | 467.00 | -3.1% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 473.00 | 3.1% |
| 147th | Côte d'Ivoire | 503.00 | -7.9% |
| 148th | Uganda | 515.00 | -2.8% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 522.00 | -3.7% |
| 150th | Zambia | 532.00 | -8.4% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 541.00 | 1.9% |
| 152nd | Lesotho | 542.00 | -9.8% |
| 153rd | Bhutan | 578.00 | -11.9% |
| 154th | Senegal | 589.00 | -1.5% |
| 155th | Benin | 591.00 | -5.4% |
| 156th | Cameroon | 606.00 | 1.8% |
| 157th | Eswatini | 609.00 | 5.0% |
| 158th | Comoros | 642.00 | -4.9% |
| 159th | Equatorial Guinea | 668.00 | -2.1% |
| 160th | Burkina Faso | 677.00 | -3.7% |
| 161st | Cambodia | 680.00 | 1.9% |
| 162nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 683.00 | -3.7% |
| 163rd | Madagascar | 688.00 | -1.6% |
| 164th | Ghana | 696.00 | -3.1% |
| 165th | Nepal | 703.00 | -8.5% |
| 166th | Djibouti | 704.00 | -9.7% |
| 167th | Togo | 728.00 | 5.2% |
| 168th | Haiti | 747.00 | -5.8% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 751.00 | -3.8% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 791.00 | -4.4% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 813.00 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 839.00 | -2.8% |
| 173rd | Tanzania | 851.00 | -1.5% |
| 174th | Angola | 855.00 | -2.5% |
| 175th | Niger | 903.00 | -2.5% |
| 176th | Mozambique | 968.00 | -7.5% |
| 177th | Mali | 988.00 | -3.5% |
| 178th | Central African Republic | 997.00 | 4.3% |
| 179th | Malawi | 1,000.00 | -4.0% |
| 180th | Eritrea | 1,040.00 | -9.5% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 1,072.00 | -3.9% |
| 182nd | Guinea | 1,094.00 | -2.7% |
| 183rd | Chad | 1,166.00 | 4.2% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,195.00 | -10.8% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 1,200.00 | -3.7% |
| 186th | Timor-Leste | 1,308.00 | -4.4% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 1,347.00 | -6.7% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,613.00 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Rwanda | 1,619.00 | 5.8% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 1,696.00 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Liberia | 1,709.00 | 4.0% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 1,801.00 | 23.0% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 7,537.00 | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1993?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1993 was 145.00. This ranked 113th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 1993?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 4.6% in 1993 compared to 1992.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1993?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1993 at 7,537.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1993?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1993 was 145.00. This ranked 113th globally.
How does 1993 compare to 1992 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 152.00 in 1992 to 145.00 in 1993, a 4.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1993. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.7%. View full analysis →
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