United States - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1996
11.00
−1.00 from 1995
United States's maternal mortality ratio was 11.00 in 1996, decreased +1.00 from 12.00 in 1995. This was the 25th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1996▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Norway | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 5th | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Iceland | 7.00 | -46.2% |
| 7th | Australia | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 8th | Austria | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 9th | Czechia | 8.00 | -20.0% |
| 10th | Germany | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 12th | Ireland | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 13th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Canada | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 15th | Croatia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | San Marino | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 19th | Slovenia | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 21st | Denmark | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 22nd | Japan | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Kuwait | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 24th | Poland | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 25th | United States | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 26th | Montenegro | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 27th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Portugal | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | France | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 30th | Qatar | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Italy | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | European Union | 14.00 | -6.7% |
| 36th | Andorra | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 16.00 | -11.1% |
| 38th | Malta | 16.00 | 6.7% |
| 39th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 40th | Hungary | 17.00 | -10.5% |
| 41st | Singapore | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Serbia | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Albania | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 44th | Israel | 20.00 | -9.1% |
| 45th | Korea | 20.00 | -9.1% |
| 46th | Oman | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 47th | Bulgaria | 22.00 | -4.3% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 23.00 | 4.5% |
| 49th | Saudi Arabia | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 25.00 | -10.7% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 53rd | Lebanon | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 28.00 | -3.4% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 56th | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.00 | 3.0% |
| 57th | Georgia | 35.00 | -14.6% |
| 58th | Estonia | 36.00 | -20.0% |
| 59th | Türkiye | 36.00 | -2.7% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.00 | -2.6% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 39.00 | -2.5% |
| 63rd | Chile | 41.00 | -6.8% |
| 64th | Malaysia | 42.00 | -2.3% |
| 65th | Uzbekistan | 44.00 | -4.3% |
| 66th | Latvia | 45.00 | -23.7% |
| 67th | Ukraine | 45.00 | -2.2% |
| 68th | Turkmenistan | 46.00 | -8.0% |
| 69th | Sri Lanka | 47.00 | -2.1% |
| 70th | Armenia | 49.00 | -2.0% |
| 71st | Thailand | 49.00 | -5.8% |
| 72nd | Barbados | 51.00 | -1.9% |
| 73rd | Grenada | 51.00 | -5.6% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 52.00 | -5.5% |
| 75th | Fiji | 53.00 | -3.6% |
| 76th | Moldova | 53.00 | -1.9% |
| 77th | Brunei Darussalam | 54.00 | -1.8% |
| 78th | Azerbaijan | 58.00 | -9.4% |
| 79th | Argentina | 59.00 | -1.7% |
| 80th | Cuba | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 81st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 59.00 | -9.2% |
| 82nd | Libya | 61.00 | 3.4% |
| 83rd | West Bank and Gaza | 61.00 | -4.7% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 62.00 | -1.6% |
| 85th | Mexico | 64.00 | -3.0% |
| 86th | China | 67.00 | -5.6% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 68.00 | -6.8% |
| 88th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.00 | -8.0% |
| 89th | Jordan | 69.00 | -1.4% |
| 90th | Russian Federation | 69.00 | -15.9% |
| 91st | Dominica | 71.00 | -2.7% |
| 92nd | Kazakhstan | 72.00 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | St. Lucia | 72.00 | 20.0% |
| 94th | Romania | 72.00 | -4.0% |
| 95th | Panama | 73.00 | -5.2% |
| 96th | Belize | 74.00 | 1.4% |
| 97th | Jamaica | 77.00 | 4.1% |
| 98th | El Salvador | 78.00 | -12.4% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.00 | -1.3% |
| 100th | Tajikistan | 82.00 | 1.2% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 84.00 | -1.2% |
| 102nd | Colombia | 89.00 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 91.00 | -1.1% |
| 104th | Brazil | 98.00 | -4.9% |
| 105th | Honduras | 101.00 | -7.3% |
| 106th | Samoa | 103.00 | -1.9% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | 111.00 | -6.7% |
| 108th | Tonga | 113.00 | -3.4% |
| 109th | Palau | 123.00 | 10.8% |
| 110th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 128.00 | 0.8% |
| 111th | Vanuatu | 129.00 | -1.5% |
| 112th | Botswana | 130.00 | -12.2% |
| 113th | Dominican Republic | 138.00 | -9.2% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 138.00 | -5.5% |
| 115th | Kiribati | 141.00 | -4.7% |
| 116th | Philippines | 141.00 | -4.1% |
| 117th | South Africa | 150.00 | 20.0% |
| 118th | Iraq | 158.00 | 3.9% |
| 119th | Peru | 166.00 | -7.3% |
| 120th | Solomon Islands | 166.00 | -1.2% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | 167.00 | -14.8% |
| 122nd | Maldives | 167.00 | -12.6% |
| 123rd | São Tomé and Principe | 171.00 | -0.6% |
| 124th | Algeria | 173.00 | -7.5% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 178.00 | 1.1% |
| 126th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 194.00 | -4.9% |
| 127th | Guyana | 202.00 | -2.4% |
| 128th | Paraguay | 203.00 | 0.5% |
| 129th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 204.00 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Guatemala | 213.00 | -7.0% |
| 131st | Nauru | 218.00 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 244.00 | -2.8% |
| 133rd | Kenya | 275.00 | -10.7% |
| 134th | Tuvalu | 277.00 | -1.4% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 282.00 | -4.7% |
| 136th | Marshall Islands | 292.00 | -3.6% |
| 137th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 314.00 | -2.5% |
| 138th | Papua New Guinea | 316.00 | -0.6% |
| 139th | Lesotho | 319.00 | -10.6% |
| 140th | Gabon | 321.00 | -5.9% |
| 141st | Suriname | 323.00 | -2.4% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | 331.00 | -0.9% |
| 143rd | Zimbabwe | 352.00 | 6.0% |
| 144th | Morocco | 354.00 | -6.3% |
| 145th | Côte d'Ivoire | 381.00 | -9.5% |
| 146th | Namibia | 387.00 | 4.9% |
| 147th | India | 422.00 | -3.4% |
| 148th | Zambia | 433.00 | -7.1% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 442.00 | -6.4% |
| 150th | Bhutan | 450.00 | -9.6% |
| 151st | Pakistan | 482.00 | -0.6% |
| 152nd | Uganda | 513.00 | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Equatorial Guinea | 544.00 | -7.3% |
| 154th | Congo, Republic of | 545.00 | -1.1% |
| 155th | Comoros | 545.00 | -4.6% |
| 156th | Benin | 576.00 | -1.7% |
| 157th | Nepal | 584.00 | -6.6% |
| 158th | Haiti | 588.00 | -7.8% |
| 159th | Ghana | 591.00 | -6.2% |
| 160th | Senegal | 601.00 | 2.6% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 604.00 | -1.3% |
| 162nd | Burkina Faso | 605.00 | -3.8% |
| 163rd | Djibouti | 609.00 | -3.9% |
| 164th | Cambodia | 622.00 | -3.1% |
| 165th | Togo | 627.00 | -5.4% |
| 166th | Cameroon | 648.00 | 1.1% |
| 167th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 661.00 | 2.6% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | 664.00 | -6.1% |
| 169th | Madagascar | 680.00 | -0.6% |
| 170th | Lao PDR | 682.00 | -3.8% |
| 171st | Sudan | 712.00 | -2.5% |
| 172nd | Malawi | 713.00 | -8.8% |
| 173rd | Angola | 747.00 | -3.2% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 775.00 | -2.8% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 813.00 | -0.2% |
| 176th | Mozambique | 819.00 | -7.2% |
| 177th | Niger | 854.00 | -1.3% |
| 178th | Mali | 875.00 | -2.2% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 878.00 | 2.8% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 956.00 | -4.3% |
| 181st | Guinea | 1,010.00 | -3.1% |
| 182nd | Chad | 1,150.00 | 2.8% |
| 183rd | Nigeria | 1,185.00 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | 1,191.00 | 6.1% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 1,193.00 | -3.7% |
| 186th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,225.00 | 1.2% |
| 187th | Burundi | 1,236.00 | -4.4% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 1,295.00 | -14.0% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 1,389.00 | -1.8% |
| 190th | Liberia | 1,438.00 | -6.0% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 1,539.00 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,726.00 | -2.9% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 4,357.00 | -1.6% |
FAQ
What was United States's maternal mortality ratio in 1996?▾
United States's maternal mortality ratio in 1996 was 11.00. This ranked 25th globally.
How did United States's maternal mortality ratio change in 1996?▾
United States's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 8.3% in 1996 compared to 1995.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1996?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1996 at 4,357.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of United States in 1996?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of United States in 1996 was 11.00. This ranked 25th globally.
How does 1996 compare to 1995 for United States's maternal mortality ratio?▾
United States's maternal mortality ratio went from 12.00 in 1995 to 11.00 in 1996, a 8.3% decrease.
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