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Maternal mortality ratio

per 100,000 live births · Annual · 194 of 218 countries (89 %) · 1985–2023
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World average (population-weighted)
111.7 /100k
across 194 countries, 2023
Latest observation
2023
Source updated
13 Jul 2026
CountryAtlas refreshed
11 Sep 2026
Snapshot 20260911T072322Z

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Definition

Definition
Unit
per 100,000 live births (/100k)
Frequency
Annual
Aggregation
none · Lower is better
Valid range
0 – 10000

Sources & provenance

Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.

  1. Priority #1
    World BankWDISH.STA.MMRTpartial
    194 countries · 7,566 obs. · → 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs). Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-02-2023-a-woman-dies-every-two-minutes-due-to-pregnancy-or-childbirth--un-agencies; UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality; UN Population Fund (UNFPA), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality; World Bank Group (WBG), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality

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  2. Priority #2
    WHO Global Health ObservatoryGHOMDG_0000000026partial
    194 countries · 7,566 obs. · → 2023 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

    Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births)

    Open at source

Series-level selection: for each country the whole series comes from the highest-priority source that has any non-forecast value for it. If a lower-priority source is more than three years fresher, the freshest source wins instead. Non-chosen values are kept as alternatives, never discarded.

Countries without data

Typical reasons: the source does not survey small territories or micro-states; the statistical office reports with a lag of one to three years; the series is only compiled for member countries of the source organisation (OECD, EU, Eurostat); or a value exists but failed validation and is quarantined rather than shown.

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Every observation for this indicator, all countries and years, with provenance columns.

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API example

One country, full history. Replace CAN by any ISO3 code or slug.

bash
curl -s "https://www.countryatlas.co/api/v1/series?country=CAN&indicator=maternal-mortality-ratio" | jq '.series[0] | {country: .country.name, unit, last: .stats.last, source: .provenance.source_name}'

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