South Africa - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2018
128.00
−6.00 from 2017
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio was 128.00 in 2018, decreased +6.00 from 134.00 in 2017. This was the 134th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| 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 | Croatia | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 8th | Israel | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | North Macedonia | 3.00 | -25.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Iceland | 4.00 | 33.3% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 13th | Australia | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 14th | Belgium | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Denmark | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Estonia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Greece | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Ireland | 5.00 | 25.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 21st | Netherlands | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Qatar | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Turkmenistan | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Switzerland | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Monaco | 6.00 | 20.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Albania | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 30th | Austria | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Italy | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 34th | Montenegro | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 36th | San Marino | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Finland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Kuwait | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Saudi Arabia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Singapore | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | France | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 42nd | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 44th | Luxembourg | 9.00 | -40.0% |
| 45th | Malta | 9.00 | 28.6% |
| 46th | Andorra | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Chile | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 48th | Kazakhstan | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 49th | Russian Federation | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Serbia | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 51st | Canada | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 52nd | Cyprus | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 53rd | Hungary | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Oman | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 14.00 | -17.6% |
| 56th | Portugal | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 57th | Lebanon | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Romania | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 60th | Tajikistan | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Türkiye | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 64th | United States | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 66th | West Bank and Gaza | 19.00 | -9.5% |
| 67th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 68th | Moldova | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Azerbaijan | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 70th | Sri Lanka | 21.00 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.00 | -8.7% |
| 72nd | China | 22.00 | -8.3% |
| 73rd | Latvia | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Armenia | 24.00 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Georgia | 24.00 | -11.1% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | 28.00 | 3.7% |
| 77th | Malaysia | 29.00 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Uzbekistan | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 79th | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.00 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Thailand | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Fiji | 35.00 | 2.9% |
| 82nd | Jordan | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 83rd | Barbados | 37.00 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Argentina | 38.00 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 38.00 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Brunei Darussalam | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Cuba | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Maldives | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 89th | St. Lucia | 41.00 | -4.7% |
| 90th | Cabo Verde | 43.00 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Dominica | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 92nd | Panama | 43.00 | -8.5% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 94th | Mexico | 44.00 | 0.0% |
| 95th | Mongolia | 45.00 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Grenada | 46.00 | 2.2% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 49.00 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Seychelles | 49.00 | 4.3% |
| 99th | Honduras | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.00 | 3.9% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 102nd | Bhutan | 55.00 | -5.2% |
| 103rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.00 | -3.4% |
| 104th | Paraguay | 58.00 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Belize | 60.00 | 7.1% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 61.00 | -1.6% |
| 107th | Brazil | 62.00 | 1.6% |
| 108th | Libya | 66.00 | -4.3% |
| 109th | Peru | 66.00 | -1.5% |
| 110th | Colombia | 67.00 | -1.5% |
| 111th | Mauritius | 67.00 | 1.5% |
| 112th | Nicaragua | 67.00 | -6.9% |
| 113th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.00 | -1.4% |
| 114th | Tonga | 74.00 | -3.9% |
| 115th | Algeria | 75.00 | -2.6% |
| 116th | Iraq | 76.00 | -6.2% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 78.00 | 5.4% |
| 118th | Bahamas, The | 82.00 | 3.8% |
| 119th | Palau | 82.00 | 2.5% |
| 120th | Morocco | 83.00 | -5.7% |
| 121st | Kiribati | 87.00 | -3.3% |
| 122nd | Philippines | 92.00 | 7.0% |
| 123rd | Botswana | 99.00 | 115.2% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 100.00 | -9.1% |
| 125th | Suriname | 101.00 | -3.8% |
| 126th | Guyana | 105.00 | -4.5% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | 107.00 | 2.9% |
| 128th | Guatemala | 107.00 | 0.0% |
| 129th | India | 107.00 | -5.3% |
| 130th | Vanuatu | 108.00 | 0.9% |
| 131st | Samoa | 110.00 | -0.9% |
| 132nd | Jamaica | 112.00 | 5.7% |
| 133rd | Zambia | 117.00 | -17.0% |
| 134th | South Africa | 128.00 | -4.5% |
| 135th | Eswatini | 133.00 | -11.9% |
| 136th | Yemen, Republic of | 134.00 | -5.6% |
| 137th | Solomon Islands | 136.00 | -2.9% |
| 138th | Lao PDR | 145.00 | -5.8% |
| 139th | Cambodia | 151.00 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Tuvalu | 153.00 | -10.5% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 157.00 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Mozambique | 159.00 | -15.0% |
| 143rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 163.00 | -4.7% |
| 144th | Marshall Islands | 167.00 | -6.7% |
| 145th | Bangladesh | 168.00 | -6.1% |
| 146th | Indonesia | 168.00 | -2.9% |
| 147th | Gabon | 176.00 | -4.3% |
| 148th | Pakistan | 178.00 | -3.3% |
| 149th | Kenya | 183.00 | -1.6% |
| 150th | Nepal | 183.00 | -7.1% |
| 151st | Namibia | 198.00 | -7.0% |
| 152nd | Djibouti | 199.00 | -1.0% |
| 153rd | Myanmar | 201.00 | -3.8% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 204.00 | -3.8% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | 205.00 | -1.0% |
| 156th | Angola | 208.00 | -5.5% |
| 157th | Comoros | 209.00 | -4.6% |
| 158th | Uganda | 232.00 | -5.7% |
| 159th | Timor-Leste | 251.00 | -6.7% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 259.00 | -1.1% |
| 161st | Malawi | 267.00 | -6.0% |
| 162nd | Sudan | 268.00 | -3.2% |
| 163rd | Nauru | 269.00 | 3.9% |
| 164th | Rwanda | 269.00 | -2.2% |
| 165th | Ghana | 276.00 | -3.8% |
| 166th | Burkina Faso | 286.00 | -4.0% |
| 167th | Senegal | 305.00 | -6.2% |
| 168th | Tanzania | 319.00 | -7.5% |
| 169th | Cameroon | 354.00 | -4.8% |
| 170th | Haiti | 358.00 | 2.0% |
| 171st | Eritrea | 363.00 | -4.2% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 386.00 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Niger | 420.00 | -3.0% |
| 174th | Mali | 434.00 | -4.2% |
| 175th | Togo | 435.00 | -1.8% |
| 176th | Mauritania | 437.00 | -2.9% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 449.00 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Gambia, The | 450.00 | -4.1% |
| 179th | Burundi | 464.00 | -3.7% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 466.00 | -0.6% |
| 181st | Lesotho | 491.00 | 4.9% |
| 182nd | Sierra Leone | 491.00 | -15.1% |
| 183rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 508.00 | -2.1% |
| 184th | Guinea | 560.00 | -3.8% |
| 185th | Benin | 585.00 | -1.2% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 585.00 | -2.0% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 629.00 | -4.6% |
| 188th | Liberia | 707.00 | 0.6% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 727.00 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 881.00 | -19.4% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 913.00 | -45.1% |
| 192nd | Chad | 1,020.00 | -6.0% |
| 193rd | Nigeria | 1,118.00 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2018?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio in 2018 was 128.00. This ranked 134th globally.
How did South Africa's maternal mortality ratio change in 2018?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 4.5% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2018?▾
Nigeria had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2018 at 1,118.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2018?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of South Africa in 2018 was 128.00. This ranked 134th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for South Africa's maternal mortality ratio?▾
South Africa's maternal mortality ratio went from 134.00 in 2017 to 128.00 in 2018, a 4.5% decrease.
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