childinfo.org: Maternal Mortality

Last update:
Nov 2007

WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Estimates of maternal mortality for 2005

Country	Maternal mortality ratio* (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births)	Range of uncertainty on MMR estimates		Number of maternal deaths	Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in:
Country		Lower Estimate	Upper Estimate	Number of maternal deaths	Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in:
Afghanistan	1800	730	3200	26,000	8
Albania	92	26	300	49	490
Algeria	180	55	520	1,200	220
Andorra	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	1400	560	2600	11,000	12
Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	77	51	100	530	530
Armenia	76	23	250	26	980
Australia	4	4	9	11	13,300
Austria	4	4	7	3	21,500
Azerbaijan	82	21	290	110	670
Bahamas	16	16	33	1	2,700
Bahrain	32	21	42	4	1,300
Bangladesh	570	380	760	21,000	51
Barbados	16	16	31	1	4,400
Belarus	18	18	35	16	4,800
Belgium	8	8	16	9	7,800
Belize	52	52	100	4	560
Benin	840	330	1600	2,900	20
Bhutan	440	160	970	280	55
Bolivia	290	160	430	760	89
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	6	1	29,000
Botswana	380	120	1000	170	130
Brazil	110	74	150	4,100	370
Brunei Darussalam	13	3	47	1	2,900
Bulgaria	11	11	22	7	7,400
Burkina Faso	700	390	1000	4,300	22
Burundi	1100	480	1900	3,900	16
Cambodia	540	370	720	2,300	48
Cameroon	1000	670	1400	5,700	24
Canada	7	7	13	21	11,000
Cape Verde	210	68	530	32	120
Central African Republic	980	380	1900	1,500	25
Chad	1500	930	2000	6,900	11
Chile	16	16	32	40	3,200
China	45	30	60	7,800	1,300
Colombia	130	38	370	1,200	290
Comoros	400	150	840	110	52
Congo	740	450	1100	1,300	22
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1100	480	1900	32,000	13
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	30	30	60	24	1,400
Côte d'Ivoire	810	310	1600	5,400	27
Croatia	7	7	15	3	10,500
Cuba	45	45	90	61	1,400
Cyprus	10	10	20	1	6,400
Czech Republic	4	4	9	4	18,100
Denmark	3	3	6	2	17,800
Djibouti	650	240	1400	180	35
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	150	90	210	310	230
Ecuador	210	65	560	600	170
Egypt	130	84	170	2,400	230
El Salvador	170	55	460	290	190
Equatorial Guinea	680	210	1600	150	28
Eritrea	450	180	850	760	44
Estonia	25	25	50	3	2,900
Ethiopia	720	460	980	22,000	27
Fiji	210	55	720	41	160
Finland	7	7	15	4	8,500
France	8	8	16	59	6,900
Gabon	520	290	760	220	53
Gambia	690	250	1500	360	32
Georgia	66	18	230	32	1,100
Germany	4	4	9	29	19,200
Ghana	560	200	1300	3,800	45
Greece	3	2	4	3	25,900
Grenada	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	290	100	650	1,300	71
Guinea	910	590	1200	3,500	19
Guinea-Bissau	1100	500	1800	890	13
Guyana	470	140	1600	73	90
Haiti	670	390	960	1,700	44
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	280	190	380	580	93
Hungary	6	6	11	5	13,300
Iceland	4	4	8	0	12,700
India	450	300	600	117,000	70
Indonesia	420	240	600	19,000	97
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	140	95	190	1,900	300
Iraq	300	110	600	2,900	72
Ireland	1	1	2	1	47,600
Israel	4	4	9	6	7,800
Italy	3	3	6	15	26,600
Jamaica	170	51	510	89	240
Japan	6	6	12	70	11,600
Jordan	62	41	82	92	450
Kazakhstan	140	40	500	340	360
Kenya	560	340	800	7,700	39
Kiribati	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	370	110	1200	1,300	140
Korea, Republic of	14	14	27	63	6,100
Kuwait	4	4	8	2	9,600
Kyrgyzstan	150	43	460	170	240
Lao People's Democratic Republic	660	190	1600	1,300	33
Latvia	10	10	19	2	8,500
Lebanon	150	41	500	99	290
Lesotho	960	570	1400	480	45
Liberia	1200	520	2100	2,100	12
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	97	28	300	130	350
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	11	11	22	3	7,800
Luxembourg	12	12	23	1	5,000
Madagascar	510	290	740	3,600	38
Malawi	1100	720	1500	6,000	18
Malaysia	62	41	82	340	560
Maldives	120	42	260	12	200
Mali	970	620	1300	6,400	15
Malta	8	8	17	0	8,300
Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	820	480	1200	1,000	22
Mauritius	15	15	30	3	3,300
Mexico	60	60	120	1,300	670
Micronesia (Federated States of)	-	-	-	-	-
Moldova, Republic of	22	22	44	9	3,700
Monaco	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	46	46	93	27	840
Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	240	140	350	1,700	150
Mozambique	520	360	680	4,000	45
Myanmar	380	260	510	3,700	110
Namibia	210	110	300	110	170
Nauru	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	830	290	1900	6,500	31
Netherlands	6	6	12	11	10,200
New Zealand	9	9	18	5	5,900
Nicaragua	170	120	230	270	150
Niger	1800	840	2900	14,000	7
Nigeria	1100	440	2000	59,000	18
Niue	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	7	7	15	4	7,700
Occupied Palestinian Territory	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	64	18	200	41	420
Pakistan	320	99	810	15,000	74
Palau	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	130	39	410	91	270
Papua New Guinea	470	130	1300	820	55
Paraguay	150	99	200	260	170
Peru	240	170	310	1,500	140
Philippines	230	60	700	4,600	140
Poland	8	5	10	27	10,600
Portugal	11	7	14	12	6,400
Qatar	12	8	16	2	2,700
Romania	24	24	49	51	3,200
Russian Federation	28	28	55	430	2,700
Rwanda	1300	770	1800	4,700	16
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-
San Marino	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	18	12	24	120	1,400
Senegal	980	590	1400	4,100	21
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-
Seychelles	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	2100	880	3700	5,400	8
Singapore	14	14	27	5	6,200
Slovakia	6	6	12	3	13,800
Slovenia	6	6	12	1	14,200
Solomon Islands	220	65	580	34	100
Somalia	1400	550	2700	5,200	12
South Africa	400	270	530	4,300	110
Spain	4	4	9	20	16,400
Sri Lanka	58	39	77	190	850
Sudan	450	160	1000	5,300	53
Suriname	72	72	140	7	530
Swaziland	390	130	980	120	120
Sweden	3	3	7	3	17,400
Switzerland	5	5	11	4	13,800
Syrian Arab Republic	130	40	370	700	210
Tajikistan	170	53	460	320	160
Tanzania, United Republic of	950	620	1300	13,000	24
Thailand	110	70	140	1,100	500
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	10	10	20	2	6,500
Timor-Leste	380	150	700	190	35
Togo	510	290	750	1,200	38
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	45	45	89	8	1,400
Tunisia	100	27	380	170	500
Turkey	44	29	58	650	880
Turkmenistan	130	37	400	140	290
Tuvalu	-	-	-	-	-
Uganda	550	350	770	8,100	25
Ukraine	18	18	36	71	5,200
United Arab Emirates	37	10	130	25	1,000
United Kingdom	8	8	15	51	8,200
United States	11	11	21	440	4,800
Uruguay	20	20	40	11	2,100
Uzbekistan	24	24	49	150	1,400
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	57	57	110	340	610
Viet Nam	150	40	510	2,500	280
Yemen	430	150	900	3,600	39
Zambia	830	520	1200	3,900	27
Zimbabwe	880	300	2000	3,400	43

Unicef Region	Maternal mortality ratio* (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births)	Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in:
Sub-Saharan Africa	920	22
Eastern and Southern Africa	760	29
Western and Central Africa	1,100	17
Middle East and North Africa	210	140
South Asia	500	59
East Asia and Pacific	150	350
Latin America and the Caribbean	130	280
CEE/CIS and Baltic States	46	1,300

Industrialised countries	8	8,000
Developing countries	450	76
Least developed countries	870	24
World	400	92

* The MMRs have been rounded according to the following scheme: < 100: no rounding; 100-999: rounded to nearest 10; >1,000 rounded to nearest 100.