South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2014
162.00
−18.00 from 2013
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 162.00 in 2014, decreased +18.00 from 180.00 in 2013. This was the 134th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Norway | 2.00 | -33.3% |
| 3rd | Poland | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 5th | Czechia | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Israel | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Spain | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Croatia | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 10th | Iceland | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | North Macedonia | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 12th | Belgium | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 13th | Germany | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Denmark | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Ireland | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Japan | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Monaco | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Netherlands | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 19th | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Australia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 23rd | Qatar | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Turkmenistan | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 26th | Austria | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 27th | Bulgaria | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Estonia | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 30th | Finland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 31st | Korea | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Montenegro | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 34th | European Union | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Italy | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Malta | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 38th | Saudi Arabia | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 39th | San Marino | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Lithuania | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 43rd | Singapore | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Albania | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Andorra | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 46th | Cyprus | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 47th | Portugal | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 48th | Canada | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 49th | Hungary | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Luxembourg | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 51st | Serbia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Kazakhstan | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 53rd | Lebanon | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 54th | Oman | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 56th | Chile | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Russian Federation | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | United States | 17.00 | 6.3% |
| 61st | Romania | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Ukraine | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 20.00 | 5.3% |
| 64th | Türkiye | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Tajikistan | 21.00 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Latvia | 22.00 | -8.3% |
| 67th | Azerbaijan | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 69th | Sri Lanka | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 70th | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.00 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Armenia | 26.00 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 73rd | Costa Rica | 27.00 | 0.0% |
| 74th | China | 28.00 | -6.7% |
| 75th | West Bank and Gaza | 29.00 | -9.4% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 30.00 | 3.4% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Georgia | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 79th | Uzbekistan | 32.00 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Thailand | 34.00 | -2.9% |
| 81st | Fiji | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 39.00 | -2.5% |
| 83rd | Brunei Darussalam | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 84th | El Salvador | 41.00 | 5.1% |
| 85th | Cuba | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 42.00 | -2.3% |
| 87th | Argentina | 43.00 | -8.5% |
| 88th | Jordan | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 89th | Maldives | 43.00 | -8.5% |
| 90th | Belize | 44.00 | 7.3% |
| 91st | Mexico | 44.00 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 45.00 | 2.3% |
| 93rd | Seychelles | 46.00 | -4.2% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 48.00 | -4.0% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 49.00 | -7.5% |
| 96th | Panama | 49.00 | -5.8% |
| 97th | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.00 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Dominica | 53.00 | 6.0% |
| 99th | Mongolia | 56.00 | -5.1% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | 59.00 | -1.7% |
| 101st | Honduras | 60.00 | -3.2% |
| 102nd | Mauritius | 60.00 | 3.4% |
| 103rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 104th | Brazil | 63.00 | 3.3% |
| 105th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.00 | -12.3% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 65.00 | -4.4% |
| 107th | Paraguay | 70.00 | -16.7% |
| 108th | Colombia | 71.00 | -1.4% |
| 109th | Bhutan | 73.00 | -7.6% |
| 110th | Peru | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 111th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 112th | Libya | 77.00 | 2.7% |
| 113th | Bahamas, The | 78.00 | 5.4% |
| 114th | Palau | 78.00 | -8.2% |
| 115th | Algeria | 80.00 | -1.2% |
| 116th | Tonga | 80.00 | 0.0% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 82.00 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Nicaragua | 83.00 | -3.5% |
| 119th | Iraq | 90.00 | -6.3% |
| 120th | Kiribati | 91.00 | -2.2% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 95.00 | 4.4% |
| 122nd | Jamaica | 100.00 | 6.4% |
| 123rd | Morocco | 106.00 | -6.2% |
| 124th | Philippines | 106.00 | -3.6% |
| 125th | Samoa | 106.00 | 6.0% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | 110.00 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 111.00 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Suriname | 120.00 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Guyana | 121.00 | -5.5% |
| 130th | Yemen, Republic of | 134.00 | -0.7% |
| 131st | India | 137.00 | -7.4% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 138.00 | -8.0% |
| 133rd | Solomon Islands | 147.00 | 0.0% |
| 134th | South Africa | 162.00 | -10.0% |
| 135th | Tuvalu | 168.00 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 171.00 | -2.3% |
| 137th | Cambodia | 172.00 | -5.5% |
| 138th | Zambia | 174.00 | -18.3% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 178.00 | -1.7% |
| 140th | Lao PDR | 193.00 | -10.2% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 198.00 | -4.8% |
| 142nd | Marshall Islands | 199.00 | -1.0% |
| 143rd | Kenya | 203.00 | -1.5% |
| 144th | Mozambique | 210.00 | 7.1% |
| 145th | Pakistan | 211.00 | -4.1% |
| 146th | Botswana | 212.00 | -4.1% |
| 147th | Djibouti | 212.00 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Bangladesh | 217.00 | -5.7% |
| 149th | Equatorial Guinea | 227.00 | -3.8% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 228.00 | -3.8% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | 232.00 | -4.5% |
| 152nd | Nauru | 240.00 | -2.8% |
| 153rd | Nepal | 245.00 | -5.0% |
| 154th | Comoros | 247.00 | -5.0% |
| 155th | Angola | 262.00 | -1.9% |
| 156th | Gabon | 273.00 | 16.2% |
| 157th | Rwanda | 301.00 | -5.0% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | 302.00 | -5.6% |
| 159th | Sudan | 309.00 | -5.5% |
| 160th | Uganda | 311.00 | 1.0% |
| 161st | Ghana | 317.00 | -6.2% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 327.00 | -6.3% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 344.00 | -4.7% |
| 164th | Malawi | 367.00 | -10.5% |
| 165th | Namibia | 369.00 | -8.2% |
| 166th | Eswatini | 369.00 | -24.8% |
| 167th | Haiti | 373.00 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Senegal | 373.00 | -3.1% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 430.00 | -2.9% |
| 170th | Cameroon | 440.00 | -6.2% |
| 171st | Tanzania | 454.00 | -5.2% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 468.00 | -10.9% |
| 173rd | Madagascar | 477.00 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Mauritania | 484.00 | -2.4% |
| 175th | Togo | 490.00 | -2.0% |
| 176th | Niger | 497.00 | -5.5% |
| 177th | Mali | 507.00 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Côte d'Ivoire | 522.00 | -4.0% |
| 179th | Burundi | 533.00 | -4.0% |
| 180th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 558.00 | -1.6% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 561.00 | -7.4% |
| 182nd | Benin | 605.00 | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Guinea-Bissau | 662.00 | -6.4% |
| 184th | Guinea | 664.00 | -2.6% |
| 185th | Lesotho | 707.00 | -17.3% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 755.00 | -3.0% |
| 187th | Liberia | 801.00 | 10.5% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 816.00 | -4.6% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 821.00 | -2.5% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 1,034.00 | -5.3% |
| 191st | Nigeria | 1,155.00 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Chad | 1,198.00 | -1.5% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 1,216.00 | 57.7% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2014?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2014 was 162.00. This ranked 134th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 2014?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 10.0% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2014?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2014 at 1,216.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2014?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2014 was 162.00. This ranked 134th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 180.00 in 2013 to 162.00 in 2014, a 10.0% decrease.
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