South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2003
245.00
+20.00 from 2002
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 245.00 in 2003, increased +20.00 from 225.00 in 2002. This was the 139th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Australia | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 5th | Israel | 5.00 | -28.6% |
| 6th | Monaco | 5.00 | -50.0% |
| 7th | Norway | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Poland | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Czechia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Germany | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Ireland | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 14th | Iceland | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 15th | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Belgium | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Switzerland | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 20th | Denmark | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 21st | Croatia | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 22nd | Italy | 8.00 | -20.0% |
| 23rd | Japan | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | North Macedonia | 8.00 | -20.0% |
| 25th | Portugal | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 26th | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | European Union | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Canada | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 31st | Montenegro | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Kuwait | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Qatar | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Netherlands | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 36th | Albania | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 37th | Andorra | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 38th | Hungary | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Korea | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Malta | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | San Marino | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 42nd | United States | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Bulgaria | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 44th | Belarus | 14.00 | -12.5% |
| 45th | United Kingdom | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Serbia | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 49th | Singapore | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 51st | Estonia | 18.00 | -18.2% |
| 52nd | Oman | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Turkmenistan | 18.00 | -10.0% |
| 54th | Lebanon | 19.00 | -9.5% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 20.00 | 5.3% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 22.00 | -4.3% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 24.00 | -7.7% |
| 59th | Ukraine | 28.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Chile | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 61st | Moldova | 29.00 | -6.5% |
| 62nd | Türkiye | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 30.00 | 3.4% |
| 64th | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.00 | -8.3% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 33.00 | -2.9% |
| 66th | Malaysia | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 67th | Armenia | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 69th | Romania | 35.00 | -7.9% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 37.00 | -2.6% |
| 71st | El Salvador | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 72nd | Tajikistan | 39.00 | -18.8% |
| 73rd | Uzbekistan | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Azerbaijan | 41.00 | 2.5% |
| 75th | Georgia | 42.00 | -8.7% |
| 76th | Grenada | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 77th | Mauritius | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Thailand | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 79th | Cuba | 44.00 | -2.2% |
| 80th | Barbados | 45.00 | 4.7% |
| 81st | Brunei Darussalam | 45.00 | -2.2% |
| 82nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 45.00 | -6.3% |
| 83rd | Kazakhstan | 45.00 | -6.3% |
| 84th | Russian Federation | 45.00 | -4.3% |
| 85th | China | 47.00 | -6.0% |
| 86th | Fiji | 47.00 | -2.1% |
| 87th | Seychelles | 47.00 | 4.4% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 89th | Mexico | 54.00 | -1.8% |
| 90th | Dominica | 55.00 | -1.8% |
| 91st | Jordan | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | 56.00 | -9.7% |
| 93rd | West Bank and Gaza | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 94th | Bahamas, The | 57.00 | 23.9% |
| 95th | Panama | 58.00 | -1.7% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 97th | Argentina | 61.00 | 3.4% |
| 98th | Belize | 67.00 | -1.5% |
| 99th | Brazil | 67.00 | 1.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.00 | -2.9% |
| 101st | Libya | 68.00 | -1.4% |
| 102nd | Maldives | 70.00 | -7.9% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | 71.00 | 4.4% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 71.00 | -4.1% |
| 105th | Honduras | 75.00 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Kyrgyz Republic | 75.00 | 1.4% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 76.00 | -42.0% |
| 108th | Jamaica | 79.00 | -2.5% |
| 109th | Cabo Verde | 86.00 | -6.5% |
| 110th | Colombia | 87.00 | -4.4% |
| 111th | Samoa | 87.00 | -2.2% |
| 112th | Tonga | 95.00 | -3.1% |
| 113th | Algeria | 101.00 | -1.0% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 102.00 | -6.4% |
| 115th | Peru | 104.00 | -1.9% |
| 116th | Kiribati | 105.00 | -3.7% |
| 117th | Palau | 108.00 | -7.7% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 111.00 | -3.5% |
| 119th | Mongolia | 114.00 | -5.0% |
| 120th | Iraq | 125.00 | -2.3% |
| 121st | Philippines | 127.00 | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Vanuatu | 131.00 | 2.3% |
| 123rd | Gabon | 134.00 | -11.3% |
| 124th | Botswana | 142.00 | 1.4% |
| 125th | Guatemala | 150.00 | -2.0% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 154.00 | -9.4% |
| 127th | Guyana | 164.00 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | 167.00 | -0.6% |
| 129th | Kenya | 177.00 | -2.7% |
| 130th | São Tomé and Principe | 178.00 | -0.6% |
| 131st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 191.00 | -10.7% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | 203.00 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Yemen, Republic of | 205.00 | -6.0% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 210.00 | -10.3% |
| 135th | Marshall Islands | 221.00 | -0.9% |
| 136th | Morocco | 224.00 | -5.9% |
| 137th | Bhutan | 229.00 | -10.9% |
| 138th | Suriname | 238.00 | -5.9% |
| 139th | South Africa | 245.00 | 8.9% |
| 140th | Zambia | 250.00 | -8.8% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 256.00 | -2.3% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | 279.00 | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Namibia | 290.00 | -7.3% |
| 144th | India | 313.00 | -5.2% |
| 145th | Nauru | 323.00 | 0.6% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | 328.00 | -0.3% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 335.00 | -3.5% |
| 148th | Equatorial Guinea | 343.00 | -5.8% |
| 149th | Malawi | 346.00 | -14.4% |
| 150th | Pakistan | 358.00 | -5.8% |
| 151st | Mozambique | 360.00 | -9.5% |
| 152nd | Cambodia | 366.00 | -8.3% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 385.00 | -6.1% |
| 154th | Nepal | 387.00 | -6.5% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 391.00 | -3.2% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 392.00 | 18.4% |
| 157th | Uganda | 395.00 | -5.0% |
| 158th | Tanzania | 397.00 | -12.6% |
| 159th | Comoros | 400.00 | -6.5% |
| 160th | Ghana | 410.00 | -5.5% |
| 161st | Togo | 431.00 | -3.6% |
| 162nd | Bangladesh | 436.00 | -6.2% |
| 163rd | Congo, Republic of | 436.00 | -6.0% |
| 164th | Côte d'Ivoire | 451.00 | 5.6% |
| 165th | Zimbabwe | 455.00 | 8.9% |
| 166th | Burkina Faso | 495.00 | -2.6% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 508.00 | 5.0% |
| 168th | Senegal | 520.00 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 524.00 | -4.7% |
| 170th | Benin | 532.00 | -0.4% |
| 171st | Angola | 538.00 | -10.6% |
| 172nd | Rwanda | 551.00 | -18.6% |
| 173rd | Madagascar | 571.00 | -3.7% |
| 174th | Mauritania | 571.00 | -3.2% |
| 175th | Eritrea | 588.00 | -7.5% |
| 176th | Sudan | 593.00 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 605.00 | 0.7% |
| 178th | Mali | 616.00 | -5.1% |
| 179th | Cameroon | 645.00 | -2.0% |
| 180th | Burundi | 705.00 | -5.1% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | 714.00 | -1.4% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | 749.00 | -3.0% |
| 183rd | Liberia | 759.00 | 8.4% |
| 184th | Niger | 813.00 | -2.6% |
| 185th | Guinea | 892.00 | -2.6% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,069.00 | -6.3% |
| 187th | Nigeria | 1,090.00 | -2.4% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,111.00 | -0.9% |
| 189th | Chad | 1,170.00 | -2.4% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 1,199.00 | -21.2% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 1,201.00 | -4.9% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,433.00 | -4.0% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | 1,487.00 | -0.6% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2003?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2003 was 245.00. This ranked 139th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 2003?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio increased by 8.9% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2003?▾
Central African Republic had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2003 at 1,487.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2003?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2003 was 245.00. This ranked 139th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 225.00 in 2002 to 245.00 in 2003, a 8.9% increase.
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