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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Jun 2008   WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/The World Bank Estimates of Maternal Mortality 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: Lower Estimate Upper Estimate 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.

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