South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2000
175.00
+24.00 from 1999
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 175.00 in 2000, increased +24.00 from 151.00 in 1999. This was the 127th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Norway | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 5th | Australia | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Austria | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Czechia | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Germany | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Iceland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Poland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 13th | United Arab Emirates | 8.00 | -20.0% |
| 14th | Belgium | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Croatia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Ireland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 17th | Slovak Republic | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 18th | Canada | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Switzerland | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Denmark | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | France | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 22nd | Israel | 9.00 | -18.2% |
| 23rd | Japan | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Portugal | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 25th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.00 | -15.4% |
| 27th | Italy | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Kuwait | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | North Macedonia | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 30th | Montenegro | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 32nd | Qatar | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 33rd | European Union | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | United Kingdom | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 36th | United States | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Malta | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 38th | Netherlands | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Andorra | 14.00 | 16.7% |
| 40th | Hungary | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 41st | San Marino | 14.00 | 55.6% |
| 42nd | Albania | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 43rd | Korea | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 45th | Serbia | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 46th | Singapore | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Luxembourg | 18.00 | -14.3% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 49th | Oman | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Belarus | 20.00 | -13.0% |
| 51st | Saudi Arabia | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 22.00 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 54th | Lebanon | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 56th | Turkmenistan | 25.00 | -13.8% |
| 57th | Estonia | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.00 | -3.1% |
| 59th | Türkiye | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 60th | Ukraine | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 61st | Chile | 33.00 | -5.7% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 34.00 | -15.0% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 36.00 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.00 | 8.8% |
| 65th | Malaysia | 37.00 | -2.6% |
| 66th | Moldova | 38.00 | -11.6% |
| 67th | Sri Lanka | 39.00 | -4.9% |
| 68th | Armenia | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 69th | Uzbekistan | 42.00 | -2.3% |
| 70th | Georgia | 43.00 | 4.9% |
| 71st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.00 | -6.5% |
| 72nd | Mauritius | 43.00 | -6.5% |
| 73rd | Romania | 45.00 | -11.8% |
| 74th | Seychelles | 45.00 | 9.8% |
| 75th | Azerbaijan | 46.00 | -9.8% |
| 76th | Barbados | 46.00 | 4.5% |
| 77th | Grenada | 46.00 | -4.2% |
| 78th | Fiji | 47.00 | 2.2% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 48.00 | -4.0% |
| 80th | Cuba | 48.00 | -5.9% |
| 81st | El Salvador | 48.00 | -9.4% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 49.00 | 2.1% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 51.00 | -5.6% |
| 84th | Russian Federation | 51.00 | -3.8% |
| 85th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 53.00 | -5.4% |
| 86th | China | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 87th | Mexico | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 56.00 | -1.8% |
| 89th | Argentina | 58.00 | 1.8% |
| 90th | Kazakhstan | 58.00 | -7.9% |
| 91st | Tajikistan | 58.00 | -9.4% |
| 92nd | West Bank and Gaza | 59.00 | 1.7% |
| 93rd | Dominica | 61.00 | -4.7% |
| 94th | Jordan | 61.00 | -3.2% |
| 95th | Panama | 64.00 | -1.5% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.00 | -5.6% |
| 97th | Brazil | 69.00 | -8.0% |
| 98th | Libya | 71.00 | 2.9% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.00 | -4.0% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 76.00 | -17.4% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 76.00 | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Belize | 78.00 | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Honduras | 82.00 | -4.7% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 82.00 | 1.2% |
| 105th | St. Lucia | 83.00 | -5.7% |
| 106th | Viet Nam | 83.00 | -3.5% |
| 107th | Samoa | 93.00 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Maldives | 94.00 | -15.3% |
| 109th | Colombia | 95.00 | -1.0% |
| 110th | Tonga | 100.00 | 1.0% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | 110.00 | -9.8% |
| 112th | Peru | 115.00 | -7.3% |
| 113th | Kiribati | 119.00 | -1.7% |
| 114th | Palau | 119.00 | 3.5% |
| 115th | Algeria | 123.00 | -6.8% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 123.00 | -3.9% |
| 117th | Philippines | 127.00 | -2.3% |
| 118th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 129.00 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Vanuatu | 133.00 | -8.9% |
| 120th | Botswana | 136.00 | 3.8% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 143.00 | -12.8% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | 144.00 | -11.1% |
| 123rd | Iraq | 146.00 | -6.4% |
| 124th | Guatemala | 166.00 | -4.6% |
| 125th | Solomon Islands | 166.00 | 1.2% |
| 126th | Guyana | 171.00 | -3.9% |
| 127th | South Africa | 175.00 | 15.9% |
| 128th | Gabon | 178.00 | -17.6% |
| 129th | São Tomé and Principe | 180.00 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 204.00 | 2.0% |
| 131st | Kenya | 206.00 | -5.1% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | 207.00 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Nicaragua | 213.00 | -6.6% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 237.00 | -2.1% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 241.00 | -3.6% |
| 136th | Marshall Islands | 251.00 | 0.4% |
| 137th | Morocco | 271.00 | -6.9% |
| 138th | Nauru | 278.00 | 0.4% |
| 139th | Suriname | 282.00 | -3.1% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 287.00 | -1.7% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 311.00 | -3.1% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 323.00 | 0.6% |
| 143rd | Bhutan | 324.00 | -6.4% |
| 144th | Zambia | 340.00 | -10.1% |
| 145th | Eswatini | 361.00 | -11.7% |
| 146th | India | 362.00 | -4.2% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 375.00 | -3.4% |
| 148th | Côte d'Ivoire | 378.00 | -0.8% |
| 149th | Namibia | 384.00 | 3.5% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 405.00 | 1.5% |
| 151st | Equatorial Guinea | 406.00 | -8.1% |
| 152nd | Lesotho | 413.00 | 11.3% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | 419.00 | -4.3% |
| 154th | Haiti | 440.00 | -5.2% |
| 155th | Ghana | 472.00 | -3.7% |
| 156th | Uganda | 475.00 | -5.8% |
| 157th | Comoros | 476.00 | -2.1% |
| 158th | Cambodia | 476.00 | -7.9% |
| 159th | Nepal | 480.00 | -6.3% |
| 160th | Togo | 496.00 | -6.2% |
| 161st | Djibouti | 501.00 | -4.4% |
| 162nd | Malawi | 506.00 | -12.2% |
| 163rd | Congo, Republic of | 509.00 | -8.1% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 523.00 | -5.6% |
| 165th | Burkina Faso | 524.00 | -4.2% |
| 166th | Benin | 529.00 | -1.3% |
| 167th | Mozambique | 547.00 | -12.3% |
| 168th | Tanzania | 568.00 | -10.6% |
| 169th | Senegal | 581.00 | -3.5% |
| 170th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 585.00 | -2.7% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 609.00 | -4.5% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 638.00 | -1.4% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 644.00 | -3.7% |
| 174th | Sudan | 645.00 | -2.6% |
| 175th | Angola | 659.00 | -4.1% |
| 176th | Cameroon | 678.00 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 741.00 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Mali | 741.00 | -1.1% |
| 179th | Liberia | 786.00 | -7.7% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | 796.00 | -46.5% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 810.00 | -2.4% |
| 182nd | Niger | 845.00 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Burundi | 860.00 | -4.3% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 885.00 | -17.5% |
| 185th | Guinea | 951.00 | -0.9% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 1,136.00 | -2.5% |
| 187th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,150.00 | -1.7% |
| 188th | Chad | 1,208.00 | 2.0% |
| 189th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,295.00 | -11.4% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 1,372.00 | 1.9% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 1,490.00 | 5.6% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,603.00 | -7.4% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 1,658.00 | -19.0% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2000?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2000 was 175.00. This ranked 127th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 2000?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio increased by 15.9% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2000?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2000 at 1,658.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2000?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2000 was 175.00. This ranked 127th globally.
How does 2000 compare to 1999 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 151.00 in 1999 to 175.00 in 2000, a 15.9% increase.
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