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Estimates of maternal mortality ratio (MMR, maternal deaths per 100 000 live births), number of maternal deaths and lifetime risk of maternal death, 2010

Source: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Group (MMEIG) WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, WB

Countries and Territories	Maternal mortality ratio^a 2010	Range of MMR uncertainty 2010		Number of maternal deaths^a 2010	Lifetime risk of maternal death^a: 1 in:
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Countries and Territories	Maternal mortality ratio^a 2010	Lower estimate	Upper estimate	Number of maternal deaths^a 2010	Lifetime risk of maternal death^a: 1 in:
Afghanistan	460	250	850	6400	32
Albania	27	17	43	11	2200
Algeria	97	50	180	690	430
Angola	450	210	1000	3600	39
Argentina	77	67	87	530	560
Armenia	30	20	46	14	1700
Australia	7	4	12	19	8100
Austria	4	3	7	3	18 200
Azerbaijan	43	27	67	79	1000
Bahamas	47	28	75	2	1100
Bahrain	20	12	32	5	1800
Bangladesh	240	140	410	7200	170
Barbados	51	19	140	2	1300
Belarus	4	3	5	5	16 300
Belgium	8	5	12	9	7500
Belize	53	33	88	4	610
Benin	350	220	600	1200	53
Bhutan	180	95	320	27	210
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	190	130	290	510	140
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	5	14	2	11 400
Botswana	160	81	260	75	220
Brazil	56	36	85	1700	910
Brunei Darussalam	24	15	40	2	1900
Bulgaria	11	8	15	9	5900
Burkina Faso	300	190	520	2100	55
Burundi	800	370	1800	2200	31
Cambodia	250	160	390	790	150
Cameroon	690	430	1200	4900	31
Canada	12	9	16	46	5200
Cape Verde	79	33	190	8	480
Central African Republic	890	530	1700	1400	26
Chad	1100	640	2000	5300	15
Chile	25	21	29	61	2200
China	37	23	58	6000	1700
Colombia	92	80	100	840	430
Comoros	280	120	680	79	67
Congo	560	320	1100	800	39
Costa Rica	40	31	50	29	1300
Côte d'Ivoire	400	260	680	2700	53
Croatia	17	10	29	7	4100
Cuba	73	60	87	84	1000
Cyprus	10	4	23	<2	6300
Czech Republic	5	4	8	6	12 100
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	81	36	180	280	670
Democratic Republic of the Congo	540	300	1100	15 000	30
Denmark	12	7	23	8	4500
Djibouti	200	100	410	51	140
Dominican Republic	150	100	210	320	240
Ecuador	110	62	180	320	350
Egypt	66	40	100	1200	490
El Salvador	81	55	120	100	490
Equatorial Guinea	240	120	510	61	88
Eritrea	240	130	460	460	86
Estonia	2	1	4	<2	25 100
Ethiopia	350	210	630	9000	67
Fiji	26	15	48	5	1400
Finland	5	3	8	3	12 200
France	8	7	10	67	6200
Gabon	230	130	390	94	130
Gambia	360	170	820	230	56
Georgia	67	43	110	35	960
Germany	7	6	9	51	10 600
Ghana	350	210	630	2700	68
Greece	3	2	5	3	25 500
Grenada	24	15	38	<2	1700
Guatemala	120	110	140	550	190
Guinea	610	380	1100	2400	30
Guinea-Bissau	790	370	1900	460	25
Guyana	280	180	430	38	150
Haiti	350	210	610	940	83
Honduras	100	64	160	210	270
Hungary	21	15	31	21	3300
Iceland	5	3	9	<2	8900
India	200	140	310	56 000	170
Indonesia	220	130	350	9600	210
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	21	15	30	270	2400
Iraq	63	34	120	710	310
Ireland	6	3	12	4	8100
Israel	7	5	10	10	5100
Italy	4	3	5	20	20 300
Jamaica	110	77	170	57	370
Japan	5	5	6	59	13 100
Jordan	63	37	110	96	470
Kazakhstan	51	44	58	170	770
Kenya	360	230	590	5500	55
Kuwait	14	8	23	6	2900
Kyrgyzstan	71	44	110	91	480
Lao People's Democratic Republic	470	260	840	670	74
Latvia	34	22	55	8	2000
Lebanon	25	14	45	16	2100
Lesotho	620	370	970	370	53
Liberia	770	430	1500	1200	24
Libya	58	25	130	83	620
Lithuania	8	5	12	3	9400
Luxembourg	20	4	93	<2	3200
Madagascar	240	160	400	1800	81
Malawi	460	290	710	3000	36
Malaysia	29	12	64	170	1300
Maldives	60	35	99	3	870
Mali	540	350	930	3800	28
Malta	8	5	14	<2	8900
Mauritania	510	280	990	590	44
Mauritius	60	39	91	10	1000
Mexico	50	44	56	1100	790
Micronesia (Federated States of)	100	44	230	3	290
Mongolia	63	27	140	40	600
Montenegro	8	5	14	<2	7400
Morocco	100	62	170	650	400
Mozambique	490	300	850	4300	43
Myanmar	200	120	330	1600	250
Namibia	200	100	320	120	160
Nepal	170	100	290	1200	190
Netherlands	6	4	7	11	10 500
New Zealand	15	9	26	10	3300
Nicaragua	95	54	170	130	350
Niger	590	360	1100	4500	23
Nigeria	630	370	1200	40 000	29
Norway	7	4	12	4	7900
Occupied Palestinian Territory	64	28	150	85	330
Oman	32	19	51	16	1200
Pakistan	260	150	500	12000	110
Panama	92	75	110	65	410
Papua New Guinea	230	100	510	480	110
Paraguay	99	60	160	160	310
Peru	67	42	110	400	570
Philippines	99	66	140	2300	300
Poland	5	4	6	19	14 400
Portugal	8	5	11	8	9200
Puerto Rico	20	13	31	10	2800
Qatar	7	3	16	<2	5400
Republic of Korea	16	13	19	76	4800
Republic of Moldova	41	32	55	18	1500
Romania	27	23	32	60	2600
Russian Federation	34	26	42	550	2000
Rwanda	340	200	590	1500	54
Saint Lucia	35	22	54	<2	1400
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48	30	78	<2	940
Samoa	100	47	230	5	260
Sao Tome and Principe	70	38	140	4	330
Saudi Arabia	24	13	45	140	1400
Senegal	370	230	640	1700	54
Serbia	12	9	17	14	4900
Sierra Leone	890	510	1700	2000	23
Singapore	3	2	7	2	25 300
Slovakia	6	4	10	3	12 200
Slovenia	12	5	30	2	5900
Solomon Islands	93	41	220	16	240
Somalia	1000	460	2400	4200	16
South Africa	300	150	500	3200	140
Spain	6	4	7	27	12 000
Sri Lanka	35	25	49	130	1200
Sudan	730	380	1400	10 000	31
Suriname	130	89	190	13	320
Swaziland	320	160	670	110	95
Sweden	4	2	7	4	14 100
Switzerland	8	4	15	6	9500
Syrian Arab Republic	70	41	110	330	460
Tajikistan	65	29	150	130	430
Thailand	48	33	70	400	1400
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	10	3	31	2	6300
Timor-Leste	300	160	560	130	55
Togo	300	180	530	580	80
Tonga	110	50	260	3	230
Trinidad and Tobago	46	26	84	9	1300
Tunisia	56	29	110	100	860
Turkey	20	13	32	260	2200
Turkmenistan	67	29	150	73	590
Uganda	310	200	500	4700	49
Ukraine	32	24	43	160	2200
United Arab Emirates	12	5	27	11	4000
United Kingdom	12	10	14	92	4600
United Republic of Tanzania	460	190	740	8500	38
United States of America	21	18	23	880	2400
Uruguay	29	21	39	15	1600
Uzbekistan	28	23	34	160	1400
Vanuatu	110	46	240	8	230
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	92	78	110	550	410
Viet Nam	59	27	130	860	870
Yemen	200	110	370	1900	90
Zambia	440	220	790	2600	37
Zimbabwe	570	320	920	2200	52

UNICEF Regions	Maternal mortality ratio^a	Range of MMR uncertainty		Number of maternal deaths^a	Lifetime risk of maternal death^a: 1 in:
UNICEF Regions	Maternal mortality ratio^a	Lower estimate	Upper estimate	Number of maternal deaths^a	Lifetime risk of maternal death^a: 1 in:
Africa	460	360	680	165 000	46
Sub-Saharan Africa	500	400	750	162 000	39
Eastern and Southern Africa	410	310	580	58 000	52
West and Central Africa	570	430	910	94 000	32
Middle East and North Africa	170	110	280	17 000	190
Asia	160	120	230	106 000	270
South Asia	220	160	320	83 000	150
East Asia and the Pacific	82	60	120	23 000	680
Latin America and Caribbean	81	68	99	8800	520
CEE/CIS	32	28	39	1800	1700
Industrialized countries	12	11	14	1400	4700
Developing countries	240	190	330	284 000	150
Least developed countries	430	340	620	121 000	52
World	210	170	300	287 000	180
Estimates have been computed to ensure comparability across countries, thus they are not necessarily the same as official statistics of the countries, which may use alternative rigorous methods. a The MMR and lifetime risk have been rounded according to the following scheme: <100, no rounding; 100–999, rounded to nearest 10; and >1000, rounded to nearest 100. The numbers of maternal deaths have been rounded as follows: <1000, rounded to nearest 10; 1000–9999, rounded to nearest 100; and >10 000, rounded to nearest 1000.