Zambia - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2005
264.00
+4.00 from 2004
Zambia's maternal mortality ratio was 264.00 in 2005, increased +4.00 from 260.00 in 2004. This was the 140th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Israel | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 4th | Poland | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Australia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Czechia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Spain | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Iceland | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 9th | Monaco | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Germany | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Ireland | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Norway | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Slovenia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Belgium | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Croatia | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Japan | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | North Macedonia | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 20th | Slovak Republic | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Denmark | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Finland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 24th | Italy | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Montenegro | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 26th | Portugal | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | European Union | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 28th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 29th | Belarus | 9.00 | -25.0% |
| 30th | France | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Kuwait | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 34th | Canada | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 35th | Korea | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 36th | Malta | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Qatar | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Albania | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 40th | United Kingdom | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 41st | San Marino | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 42nd | Andorra | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 43rd | Bulgaria | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 44th | Hungary | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 45th | Lithuania | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 46th | Serbia | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | United States | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 48th | Singapore | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Estonia | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 51st | Turkmenistan | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 52nd | Lebanon | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 53rd | Luxembourg | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Oman | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 56th | Puerto Rico (US) | 20.00 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 59th | Moldova | 26.00 | -7.1% |
| 60th | Chile | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 61st | Latvia | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 62nd | Türkiye | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 63rd | Ukraine | 27.00 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Romania | 30.00 | -6.3% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 31.00 | -6.1% |
| 66th | Malaysia | 31.00 | -6.1% |
| 67th | Armenia | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 32.00 | -13.5% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.00 | -2.9% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 33.00 | -2.9% |
| 71st | El Salvador | 34.00 | -2.9% |
| 72nd | Tajikistan | 36.00 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Kazakhstan | 38.00 | -7.3% |
| 74th | Russian Federation | 38.00 | -7.3% |
| 75th | Uzbekistan | 39.00 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Azerbaijan | 40.00 | 0.0% |
| 77th | Grenada | 40.00 | -16.7% |
| 78th | Thailand | 40.00 | -9.1% |
| 79th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 41.00 | -4.7% |
| 80th | China | 42.00 | -6.7% |
| 81st | Brunei Darussalam | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 82nd | Cuba | 43.00 | -2.3% |
| 83rd | Mauritius | 43.00 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Barbados | 44.00 | 2.3% |
| 85th | Fiji | 44.00 | -4.3% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 49.00 | -2.0% |
| 87th | Seychelles | 50.00 | -3.8% |
| 88th | Mexico | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 89th | West Bank and Gaza | 52.00 | -5.5% |
| 90th | Georgia | 53.00 | 23.3% |
| 91st | Jordan | 53.00 | -1.9% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 54.00 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Maldives | 54.00 | -16.9% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 55.00 | 1.9% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.00 | -1.8% |
| 96th | Argentina | 57.00 | -1.7% |
| 97th | Panama | 57.00 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Belize | 60.00 | -4.8% |
| 99th | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.00 | -4.8% |
| 100th | Libya | 66.00 | -1.5% |
| 101st | Viet Nam | 69.00 | -4.2% |
| 102nd | Bahamas, The | 70.00 | 1.4% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 71.00 | 1.4% |
| 104th | Honduras | 73.00 | -1.4% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.00 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Cabo Verde | 75.00 | -6.3% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 78.00 | 1.3% |
| 108th | Jamaica | 81.00 | 5.2% |
| 109th | Colombia | 82.00 | -2.4% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 83.00 | 6.4% |
| 111th | Algeria | 87.00 | -4.4% |
| 112th | Samoa | 87.00 | 1.2% |
| 113th | Tonga | 92.00 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 94.00 | -3.1% |
| 115th | Mongolia | 99.00 | -8.3% |
| 116th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 102.00 | -1.9% |
| 117th | Peru | 103.00 | -3.7% |
| 118th | Kiribati | 104.00 | -1.9% |
| 119th | Palau | 105.00 | -0.9% |
| 120th | Iraq | 118.00 | -3.3% |
| 121st | Philippines | 118.00 | -3.3% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 124.00 | -11.4% |
| 123rd | Vanuatu | 127.00 | -3.1% |
| 124th | Guatemala | 153.00 | 3.4% |
| 125th | Solomon Islands | 161.00 | -1.8% |
| 126th | Botswana | 166.00 | 9.9% |
| 127th | Guyana | 166.00 | 2.5% |
| 128th | Gabon | 175.00 | 23.2% |
| 129th | Kenya | 178.00 | 0.6% |
| 130th | São Tomé and Principe | 181.00 | 2.3% |
| 131st | Yemen, Republic of | 181.00 | -6.7% |
| 132nd | Bhutan | 186.00 | -10.1% |
| 133rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 188.00 | -1.1% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 194.00 | -2.5% |
| 135th | Morocco | 196.00 | -8.0% |
| 136th | Suriname | 202.00 | -7.8% |
| 137th | Tuvalu | 230.00 | 10.0% |
| 138th | Marshall Islands | 234.00 | -1.7% |
| 139th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 242.00 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Zambia | 264.00 | 1.5% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 268.00 | -5.3% |
| 142nd | India | 277.00 | -6.4% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 279.00 | 7.7% |
| 144th | Malawi | 283.00 | -6.9% |
| 145th | Mozambique | 301.00 | -6.2% |
| 146th | Equatorial Guinea | 312.00 | -3.4% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 312.00 | -3.7% |
| 148th | Djibouti | 315.00 | -13.5% |
| 149th | Pakistan | 316.00 | -5.1% |
| 150th | Cambodia | 323.00 | -6.1% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | 326.00 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Nauru | 328.00 | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Namibia | 344.00 | 22.0% |
| 154th | Nepal | 344.00 | -5.5% |
| 155th | Tanzania | 350.00 | -4.1% |
| 156th | Haiti | 355.00 | -16.9% |
| 157th | Comoros | 373.00 | -3.1% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 378.00 | -6.9% |
| 159th | Congo, Republic of | 385.00 | -3.8% |
| 160th | Ghana | 390.00 | -3.2% |
| 161st | Uganda | 417.00 | 8.6% |
| 162nd | Togo | 434.00 | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Zimbabwe | 454.00 | 0.7% |
| 164th | Lao PDR | 458.00 | -6.9% |
| 165th | Angola | 462.00 | -7.4% |
| 166th | Rwanda | 465.00 | 1.1% |
| 167th | Burkina Faso | 467.00 | -2.9% |
| 168th | Senegal | 488.00 | -2.6% |
| 169th | Côte d'Ivoire | 492.00 | 7.9% |
| 170th | Sudan | 506.00 | -5.6% |
| 171st | Benin | 514.00 | -3.2% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | 529.00 | 17.3% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 536.00 | -3.8% |
| 174th | Madagascar | 540.00 | -2.7% |
| 175th | Lesotho | 549.00 | 10.0% |
| 176th | Eritrea | 567.00 | -3.6% |
| 177th | Mali | 577.00 | -2.5% |
| 178th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 613.00 | 1.0% |
| 179th | Liberia | 619.00 | -4.0% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 629.00 | -0.6% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | 648.00 | -5.1% |
| 182nd | Burundi | 685.00 | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 707.00 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Niger | 764.00 | -3.3% |
| 185th | Guinea | 843.00 | -3.0% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 956.00 | -2.4% |
| 187th | Nigeria | 1,060.00 | -1.4% |
| 188th | South Sudan | 1,074.00 | -6.6% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,086.00 | -1.6% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 1,108.00 | -5.0% |
| 191st | Chad | 1,189.00 | 1.9% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,294.00 | -5.3% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | 1,389.00 | -4.2% |
FAQ
What was Zambia's maternal mortality ratio in 2005?▾
Zambia's maternal mortality ratio in 2005 was 264.00. This ranked 140th globally.
How did Zambia's maternal mortality ratio change in 2005?▾
Zambia's maternal mortality ratio increased by 1.5% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2005?▾
Central African Republic had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2005 at 1,389.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Zambia in 2005?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Zambia in 2005 was 264.00. This ranked 140th globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Zambia's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Zambia's maternal mortality ratio went from 260.00 in 2004 to 264.00 in 2005, a 1.5% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Zambia matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2005. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.7%. View full analysis →
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