South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1994
133.00
−12.00 from 1993
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 133.00 in 1994, decreased +12.00 from 145.00 in 1993. This was the 112th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1994▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Norway | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Sweden | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 6th | Canada | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Australia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Germany | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 11th | Croatia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Ireland | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Iceland | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 14th | Austria | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Kuwait | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | San Marino | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 18th | Czechia | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 19th | Japan | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 20th | Montenegro | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | United States | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 23rd | Denmark | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Slovak Republic | 12.00 | -14.3% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | North Macedonia | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 28th | New Zealand | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 29th | Portugal | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 30th | Qatar | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Poland | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 32nd | Andorra | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | France | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 35th | Italy | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 36th | Malta | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Singapore | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Serbia | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | European Union | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 40th | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Luxembourg | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 43rd | Albania | 22.00 | -8.3% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.00 | -15.4% |
| 45th | Korea | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 46th | Oman | 23.00 | -8.0% |
| 47th | Israel | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 25.00 | 8.7% |
| 49th | Puerto Rico (US) | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 51st | Belarus | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 52nd | Lebanon | 30.00 | -9.1% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 31.00 | 6.9% |
| 55th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.00 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 33.00 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 58th | Türkiye | 38.00 | -2.6% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Georgia | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Malaysia | 44.00 | -4.3% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 45.00 | -8.2% |
| 63rd | Ukraine | 45.00 | 7.1% |
| 64th | Chile | 47.00 | -4.1% |
| 65th | Sri Lanka | 49.00 | -3.9% |
| 66th | Uzbekistan | 49.00 | 4.3% |
| 67th | Armenia | 51.00 | 2.0% |
| 68th | Barbados | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 69th | Thailand | 54.00 | -5.3% |
| 70th | Turkmenistan | 54.00 | -3.6% |
| 71st | Grenada | 55.00 | 3.8% |
| 72nd | Moldova | 56.00 | 1.8% |
| 73rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 57.00 | 23.9% |
| 74th | Azerbaijan | 58.00 | 7.4% |
| 75th | Brunei Darussalam | 58.00 | -1.7% |
| 76th | Fiji | 58.00 | -6.5% |
| 77th | Libya | 59.00 | -1.7% |
| 78th | Estonia | 60.00 | 30.4% |
| 79th | St. Lucia | 60.00 | 3.4% |
| 80th | Argentina | 62.00 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Mauritius | 63.00 | -10.0% |
| 82nd | Bahamas, The | 64.00 | -3.0% |
| 83rd | Cuba | 64.00 | -1.5% |
| 84th | Latvia | 65.00 | 14.0% |
| 85th | West Bank and Gaza | 66.00 | -4.3% |
| 86th | Mexico | 69.00 | -2.8% |
| 87th | Jordan | 70.00 | -1.4% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | 70.00 | 4.5% |
| 89th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 71.00 | -11.3% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 71.00 | 6.0% |
| 91st | Belize | 72.00 | -1.4% |
| 92nd | China | 76.00 | -5.0% |
| 93rd | Dominica | 77.00 | -2.5% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 77.00 | -3.8% |
| 95th | Panama | 78.00 | -3.7% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.00 | 2.6% |
| 97th | Romania | 80.00 | -8.0% |
| 98th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 81.00 | -5.8% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.00 | -1.2% |
| 100th | Russian Federation | 85.00 | 11.8% |
| 101st | Tajikistan | 85.00 | 1.2% |
| 102nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 88.00 | 12.8% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 93.00 | -1.1% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 101.00 | -11.4% |
| 105th | Brazil | 108.00 | -4.4% |
| 106th | Samoa | 112.00 | -4.3% |
| 107th | Palau | 116.00 | 6.4% |
| 108th | Honduras | 119.00 | -7.0% |
| 109th | Tonga | 123.00 | -3.1% |
| 110th | Viet Nam | 130.00 | -3.7% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | 131.00 | -1.5% |
| 112th | South Africa | 133.00 | -8.3% |
| 113th | Iraq | 142.00 | 7.6% |
| 114th | Kiribati | 150.00 | -7.4% |
| 115th | Philippines | 151.00 | -2.6% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 155.00 | -7.7% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 166.00 | -5.7% |
| 118th | São Tomé and Principe | 168.00 | 1.2% |
| 119th | Solomon Islands | 170.00 | -1.7% |
| 120th | Mongolia | 178.00 | -1.7% |
| 121st | Botswana | 182.00 | -20.9% |
| 122nd | Peru | 188.00 | -2.1% |
| 123rd | Algeria | 196.00 | 0.5% |
| 124th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 200.00 | -2.0% |
| 125th | Paraguay | 201.00 | 2.0% |
| 126th | Guyana | 204.00 | -0.5% |
| 127th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 205.00 | -8.9% |
| 128th | Cabo Verde | 214.00 | -8.2% |
| 129th | Nauru | 220.00 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Maldives | 222.00 | -11.6% |
| 131st | Guatemala | 244.00 | -6.9% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 256.00 | -3.4% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 284.00 | -0.7% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 303.00 | -5.3% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 311.00 | -2.5% |
| 136th | Papua New Guinea | 324.00 | -2.7% |
| 137th | Zimbabwe | 332.00 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 333.00 | 1.8% |
| 139th | Suriname | 334.00 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 336.00 | -5.1% |
| 141st | Kenya | 342.00 | -5.8% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 357.00 | -1.9% |
| 143rd | Namibia | 367.00 | 3.7% |
| 144th | Morocco | 401.00 | -6.3% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 423.00 | -22.0% |
| 146th | India | 451.00 | -3.4% |
| 147th | Côte d'Ivoire | 463.00 | -8.0% |
| 148th | Pakistan | 479.00 | 1.3% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 498.00 | -4.6% |
| 150th | Uganda | 507.00 | -1.6% |
| 151st | Zambia | 507.00 | -4.7% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 544.00 | -5.9% |
| 153rd | Congo, Republic of | 551.00 | 1.8% |
| 154th | Senegal | 579.00 | -1.7% |
| 155th | Comoros | 602.00 | -6.2% |
| 156th | Benin | 605.00 | 2.4% |
| 157th | Cameroon | 628.00 | 3.6% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 639.00 | -4.3% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 645.00 | 5.9% |
| 160th | Burkina Faso | 651.00 | -3.8% |
| 161st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 656.00 | -4.0% |
| 162nd | Nepal | 657.00 | -6.5% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | 665.00 | -2.2% |
| 164th | Ghana | 670.00 | -3.7% |
| 165th | Djibouti | 682.00 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Madagascar | 688.00 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Togo | 688.00 | -5.5% |
| 168th | Haiti | 710.00 | -5.0% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 741.00 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 749.00 | -5.3% |
| 171st | Sudan | 775.00 | -7.6% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 809.00 | -0.5% |
| 173rd | Angola | 812.00 | -5.0% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 816.00 | -4.1% |
| 175th | Niger | 883.00 | -2.2% |
| 176th | Mozambique | 902.00 | -6.8% |
| 177th | Malawi | 912.00 | -8.8% |
| 178th | Mali | 935.00 | -5.4% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 998.00 | -4.0% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 1,039.00 | -3.1% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | 1,053.00 | 5.6% |
| 182nd | Guinea | 1,081.00 | -1.2% |
| 183rd | Chad | 1,151.00 | -1.3% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 1,193.00 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Burundi | 1,215.00 | -32.5% |
| 186th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,254.00 | 4.9% |
| 187th | Timor-Leste | 1,254.00 | -4.1% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 1,396.00 | 3.6% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,644.00 | 1.9% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 1,666.00 | -77.9% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 1,755.00 | 3.5% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 1,811.00 | 6.0% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 5,721.00 | 253.4% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1994?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 1994 was 133.00. This ranked 112th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 1994?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 8.3% in 1994 compared to 1993.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1994?▾
Rwanda had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1994 at 5,721.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1994?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 1994 was 133.00. This ranked 112th globally.
How does 1994 compare to 1993 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 145.00 in 1993 to 133.00 in 1994, a 8.3% decrease.
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