South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2017
134.00
−7.00 from 2016
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 134.00 in 2017, decreased +7.00 from 141.00 in 2016. This was the 133rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Belarus | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Norway | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Poland | 2.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Czechia | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Spain | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Iceland | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Israel | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Germany | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Croatia | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Ireland | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | North Macedonia | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Belgium | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Denmark | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Estonia | 5.00 | -28.6% |
| 16th | Greece | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Japan | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Monaco | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Qatar | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Slovenia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Turkmenistan | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 25th | Australia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Switzerland | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 28th | Korea | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | European Union | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Bulgaria | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Malta | 7.00 | -30.0% |
| 33rd | Montenegro | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 34th | San Marino | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Albania | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Finland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 37th | France | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 38th | Italy | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Saudi Arabia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Singapore | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 45th | Andorra | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 46th | Canada | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Chile | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 48th | Cyprus | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Kazakhstan | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Russian Federation | 12.00 | -14.3% |
| 51st | Portugal | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 52nd | Serbia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 54th | Oman | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Lebanon | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Luxembourg | 15.00 | 15.4% |
| 57th | Ukraine | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Puerto Rico (US) | 17.00 | 13.3% |
| 61st | Romania | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Tajikistan | 17.00 | -15.0% |
| 63rd | Türkiye | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 64th | United States | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 66th | Moldova | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 67th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 69th | West Bank and Gaza | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 22.00 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Latvia | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Armenia | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 74th | China | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 75th | Costa Rica | 27.00 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Georgia | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 79th | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.00 | 10.7% |
| 80th | Fiji | 34.00 | -10.5% |
| 81st | Thailand | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 37.00 | 2.8% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 84th | Jordan | 38.00 | -5.0% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 38.00 | -2.6% |
| 86th | Brunei Darussalam | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Cuba | 39.00 | -2.5% |
| 88th | Maldives | 41.00 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 90th | St. Lucia | 43.00 | -6.5% |
| 91st | Dominica | 44.00 | -8.3% |
| 92nd | Mexico | 44.00 | 2.3% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 44.00 | 2.3% |
| 94th | Grenada | 45.00 | 2.3% |
| 95th | Mongolia | 45.00 | -6.3% |
| 96th | Botswana | 46.00 | -36.1% |
| 97th | Panama | 47.00 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Seychelles | 47.00 | 0.0% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | 49.00 | -7.5% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.00 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Honduras | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 102nd | Viet Nam | 55.00 | -1.8% |
| 103rd | Belize | 56.00 | 9.8% |
| 104th | Bhutan | 58.00 | -7.9% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 58.00 | 11.5% |
| 107th | Brazil | 61.00 | -4.7% |
| 108th | Ecuador | 62.00 | -4.6% |
| 109th | Mauritius | 66.00 | 6.5% |
| 110th | Peru | 67.00 | -2.9% |
| 111th | Colombia | 68.00 | -1.4% |
| 112th | Libya | 69.00 | -6.8% |
| 113th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 70.00 | -1.4% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | 72.00 | -6.5% |
| 115th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 74.00 | -1.3% |
| 116th | Algeria | 77.00 | -2.5% |
| 117th | Tonga | 77.00 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Bahamas, The | 79.00 | 2.6% |
| 119th | Palau | 80.00 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Iraq | 81.00 | -6.9% |
| 121st | Philippines | 86.00 | -12.2% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 88.00 | -6.4% |
| 123rd | Kiribati | 90.00 | 2.3% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 104.00 | -1.9% |
| 125th | Suriname | 105.00 | -3.7% |
| 126th | Jamaica | 106.00 | 3.9% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 107.00 | -2.7% |
| 128th | Vanuatu | 107.00 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Guyana | 110.00 | -3.5% |
| 130th | São Tomé and Principe | 110.00 | -7.6% |
| 131st | Samoa | 111.00 | 2.8% |
| 132nd | India | 113.00 | -6.6% |
| 133rd | South Africa | 134.00 | -5.0% |
| 134th | Solomon Islands | 140.00 | -2.1% |
| 135th | Zambia | 141.00 | -10.8% |
| 136th | Yemen, Republic of | 142.00 | 6.0% |
| 137th | Eswatini | 151.00 | -29.1% |
| 138th | Lao PDR | 154.00 | -6.7% |
| 139th | Cambodia | 155.00 | -2.5% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 160.00 | -1.2% |
| 141st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 171.00 | -1.2% |
| 142nd | Tuvalu | 171.00 | 0.6% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 173.00 | -4.9% |
| 144th | Bangladesh | 179.00 | -6.3% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | 179.00 | -2.2% |
| 146th | Gabon | 184.00 | -14.4% |
| 147th | Pakistan | 184.00 | -4.7% |
| 148th | Kenya | 186.00 | -5.1% |
| 149th | Mozambique | 187.00 | -7.4% |
| 150th | Nepal | 197.00 | -7.9% |
| 151st | Djibouti | 201.00 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 207.00 | -3.3% |
| 153rd | Myanmar | 209.00 | -2.8% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 212.00 | -1.9% |
| 155th | Namibia | 213.00 | -14.8% |
| 156th | Comoros | 219.00 | -2.7% |
| 157th | Angola | 220.00 | -6.8% |
| 158th | Uganda | 246.00 | -9.6% |
| 159th | Nauru | 259.00 | 4.4% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 262.00 | -0.4% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 269.00 | -6.3% |
| 162nd | Rwanda | 275.00 | -1.1% |
| 163rd | Sudan | 277.00 | -3.8% |
| 164th | Malawi | 284.00 | -9.0% |
| 165th | Ghana | 287.00 | -3.0% |
| 166th | Burkina Faso | 298.00 | -4.8% |
| 167th | Senegal | 325.00 | -5.8% |
| 168th | Tanzania | 345.00 | -12.9% |
| 169th | Haiti | 351.00 | -1.4% |
| 170th | Cameroon | 372.00 | -5.3% |
| 171st | Eritrea | 379.00 | -4.1% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 389.00 | -5.4% |
| 173rd | Niger | 433.00 | -3.8% |
| 174th | Togo | 443.00 | -3.7% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 450.00 | -1.3% |
| 176th | Mali | 453.00 | -4.0% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 465.00 | -4.7% |
| 178th | Lesotho | 468.00 | -9.7% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 469.00 | -4.3% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 469.00 | -0.2% |
| 181st | Burundi | 482.00 | -3.8% |
| 182nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 519.00 | -1.3% |
| 183rd | Sierra Leone | 578.00 | -8.7% |
| 184th | Guinea | 582.00 | -4.0% |
| 185th | Benin | 592.00 | -2.0% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 597.00 | -3.2% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 659.00 | -6.1% |
| 188th | Liberia | 703.00 | 1.9% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 716.00 | -5.0% |
| 190th | Chad | 1,085.00 | -4.2% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 1,093.00 | 13.6% |
| 192nd | Nigeria | 1,142.00 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 1,662.00 | 2.0% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2017?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2017 was 134.00. This ranked 133rd globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 2017?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 5.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2017?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2017 at 1,662.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2017?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2017 was 134.00. This ranked 133rd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 141.00 in 2016 to 134.00 in 2017, a 5.0% decrease.
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