Switzerland - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1999
9.00
−1.00 from 1998
Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio was 9.00 in 1999, decreased +1.00 from 10.00 in 1998. This was the 17th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Norway | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 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 | Ireland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 11th | Iceland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 12th | Belgium | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Croatia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Poland | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 15th | Slovenia | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 16th | Canada | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Switzerland | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 18th | Denmark | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 20th | San Marino | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Slovak Republic | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 10.00 | -16.7% |
| 23rd | France | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Portugal | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 26th | United Kingdom | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 27th | Israel | 11.00 | -21.4% |
| 28th | Italy | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 29th | Kuwait | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | European Union | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 31st | Andorra | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 34th | Montenegro | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Qatar | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | United States | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 38th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 39th | Netherlands | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 40th | Hungary | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Malta | 15.00 | 7.1% |
| 42nd | Albania | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 43rd | Korea | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 44th | Singapore | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Serbia | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 46th | Lithuania | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 47th | Oman | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 21.00 | 16.7% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 51st | Puerto Rico (US) | 22.00 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 23.00 | -8.0% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 54th | Lebanon | 25.00 | -3.8% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 56th | Estonia | 28.00 | -12.5% |
| 57th | Turkmenistan | 29.00 | -14.7% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Türkiye | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Ukraine | 34.00 | -8.1% |
| 62nd | Chile | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 63rd | Costa Rica | 36.00 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Malaysia | 38.00 | -2.6% |
| 65th | Latvia | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Georgia | 41.00 | -4.7% |
| 67th | Sri Lanka | 41.00 | -4.7% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 41.00 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Armenia | 42.00 | -6.7% |
| 70th | Moldova | 43.00 | -10.4% |
| 71st | Uzbekistan | 43.00 | 2.4% |
| 72nd | Barbados | 44.00 | -2.2% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 46.00 | -6.1% |
| 74th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 46.00 | -8.0% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 46.00 | -4.2% |
| 76th | Grenada | 48.00 | -4.0% |
| 77th | Thailand | 48.00 | 2.1% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 79th | Azerbaijan | 51.00 | -5.6% |
| 80th | Cuba | 51.00 | -5.6% |
| 81st | Romania | 51.00 | -12.1% |
| 82nd | Russian Federation | 53.00 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | El Salvador | 53.00 | -13.1% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 54.00 | -5.3% |
| 85th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 56.00 | -6.7% |
| 86th | Argentina | 57.00 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 57.00 | -5.0% |
| 88th | China | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 89th | Mexico | 58.00 | -3.3% |
| 90th | West Bank and Gaza | 58.00 | -1.7% |
| 91st | Jordan | 63.00 | -3.1% |
| 92nd | Kazakhstan | 63.00 | -7.4% |
| 93rd | Dominica | 64.00 | 0.0% |
| 94th | Tajikistan | 64.00 | -11.1% |
| 95th | Panama | 65.00 | -4.4% |
| 96th | Libya | 69.00 | 3.0% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.00 | -6.5% |
| 98th | Brazil | 75.00 | -10.7% |
| 99th | Kyrgyz Republic | 75.00 | -5.1% |
| 100th | Belize | 77.00 | -2.5% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.00 | -1.3% |
| 102nd | Jamaica | 81.00 | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Honduras | 86.00 | -5.5% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 86.00 | -7.5% |
| 105th | St. Lucia | 88.00 | -1.1% |
| 106th | Dominican Republic | 92.00 | -15.6% |
| 107th | Samoa | 94.00 | -2.1% |
| 108th | Colombia | 96.00 | 4.3% |
| 109th | Tonga | 99.00 | -4.8% |
| 110th | Maldives | 111.00 | -18.4% |
| 111th | Palau | 115.00 | -3.4% |
| 112th | Kiribati | 121.00 | -4.0% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 122.00 | -9.0% |
| 114th | Peru | 124.00 | -10.8% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 128.00 | -2.3% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 129.00 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Philippines | 130.00 | -3.7% |
| 118th | Botswana | 131.00 | 4.0% |
| 119th | Algeria | 132.00 | -7.7% |
| 120th | Vanuatu | 146.00 | 9.0% |
| 121st | South Africa | 151.00 | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Iraq | 156.00 | -4.3% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 162.00 | -6.9% |
| 124th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 164.00 | -15.0% |
| 125th | Solomon Islands | 164.00 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 174.00 | -5.9% |
| 127th | Guyana | 178.00 | -3.3% |
| 128th | São Tomé and Principe | 179.00 | 2.3% |
| 129th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 200.00 | -1.5% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 207.00 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Gabon | 216.00 | -16.3% |
| 132nd | Kenya | 217.00 | -13.2% |
| 133rd | Nicaragua | 228.00 | -4.6% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 242.00 | -1.2% |
| 135th | Marshall Islands | 250.00 | -3.5% |
| 136th | Yemen, Republic of | 250.00 | -3.8% |
| 137th | Nauru | 277.00 | 7.8% |
| 138th | Morocco | 291.00 | -7.0% |
| 139th | Suriname | 291.00 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 292.00 | -2.0% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 321.00 | 1.3% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 321.00 | -1.2% |
| 143rd | Bhutan | 346.00 | -8.5% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 371.00 | 11.7% |
| 145th | Namibia | 371.00 | -6.3% |
| 146th | India | 378.00 | -3.8% |
| 147th | Zambia | 378.00 | -3.6% |
| 148th | Côte d'Ivoire | 381.00 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 388.00 | -2.5% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 399.00 | 8.4% |
| 151st | Eswatini | 409.00 | -13.9% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | 438.00 | -3.9% |
| 153rd | Equatorial Guinea | 442.00 | -7.1% |
| 154th | Haiti | 464.00 | -9.2% |
| 155th | Comoros | 486.00 | -5.6% |
| 156th | Ghana | 490.00 | -6.0% |
| 157th | Uganda | 504.00 | -3.6% |
| 158th | Nepal | 512.00 | -1.9% |
| 159th | Cambodia | 517.00 | -7.2% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 524.00 | -5.6% |
| 161st | Togo | 529.00 | -7.2% |
| 162nd | Benin | 536.00 | -2.0% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 547.00 | -3.5% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 554.00 | -5.9% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 554.00 | -7.2% |
| 166th | Malawi | 576.00 | -12.5% |
| 167th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 601.00 | -0.7% |
| 168th | Senegal | 602.00 | -0.5% |
| 169th | Mozambique | 624.00 | -10.1% |
| 170th | Tanzania | 635.00 | -14.1% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 638.00 | -1.4% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 647.00 | -2.4% |
| 173rd | Sudan | 662.00 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Mauritania | 669.00 | -4.2% |
| 175th | Cameroon | 672.00 | 0.9% |
| 176th | Angola | 687.00 | -5.0% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 734.00 | -15.1% |
| 178th | Mali | 749.00 | -4.1% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 830.00 | -4.3% |
| 180th | Niger | 841.00 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Liberia | 852.00 | -11.4% |
| 182nd | Burundi | 899.00 | -7.2% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 960.00 | -1.1% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 1,073.00 | -15.4% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 1,165.00 | -2.0% |
| 186th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,170.00 | -0.6% |
| 187th | Chad | 1,184.00 | 0.6% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 1,346.00 | -8.1% |
| 189th | Central African Republic | 1,411.00 | 4.8% |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 1,461.00 | -0.3% |
| 191st | Timor-Leste | 1,488.00 | 28.6% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,731.00 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 2,048.00 | -72.7% |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio in 1999?▾
Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio in 1999 was 9.00. This ranked 17th globally.
How did Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio change in 1999?▾
Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 10.0% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1999?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1999 at 2,048.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Switzerland in 1999?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Switzerland in 1999 was 9.00. This ranked 17th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Switzerland's maternal mortality ratio went from 10.00 in 1998 to 9.00 in 1999, a 10.0% decrease.
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