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Maternal mortality ratio by country

per 100,000 live births · 194 countries ranked · 2023

Rank 1 = best (lower is better for this indicator).25 of 194
  1. 1BelarusWorld rank 1st of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  2. 2NorwayWorld rank 1st of 194
    down −66.7 %
  3. 3AustraliaWorld rank 3rd of 194
    down −50.0 %
  4. 4IsraelWorld rank 3rd of 194
    down −33.3 %
  5. 5PolandWorld rank 3rd of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  6. 6United Arab EmiratesWorld rank 6th of 194
    up +50.0 %
  7. 7CzechiaWorld rank 6th of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  8. 8SpainWorld rank 6th of 194
    down −25.0 %
  9. 9CroatiaWorld rank 6th of 194
    down −50.0 %
  10. 10IcelandWorld rank 6th of 194
    down −40.0 %
  11. 11JapanWorld rank 6th of 194
    down −40.0 %
  12. 12North MacedoniaWorld rank 6th of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  13. 13SloveniaWorld rank 6th of 194
    down −80.0 %
  14. 14BelgiumWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −63.6 %
  15. 15GermanyWorld rank 14th of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  16. 16DenmarkWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −33.3 %
  17. 17IrelandWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −42.9 %
  18. 18South KoreaWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −42.9 %
  19. 19NetherlandsWorld rank 14th of 194
    unchanged +0.0 %
  20. 20QatarWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −50.0 %
  21. 21SlovakiaWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −20.0 %
  22. 22SwedenWorld rank 14th of 194
    down −20.0 %
  23. 23SwitzerlandWorld rank 23rd of 194
    up +25.0 %
  24. 24EstoniaWorld rank 23rd of 194
    down −28.6 %
  25. 25GreeceWorld rank 23rd of 194
    down −50.0 %

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Maternal mortality ratio, 2023. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

BelarusNorwayAustralia
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Rank by year for Belarus, Norway, Australia, 2000–2024.