List of countries by maternal mortality ratio

Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." The maternal mortality ratio, on the other hand, is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The maternal mortality ratio is used as a criterion for the quality of medical care in a country.

List

Countries by maternal mortality ratio in the year 2015. All data is from the World Bank.

Rank	Country	Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births
1	Template:FIN	3
	Template:GRC	3
	Template:ISL	3
		3
5	Italy	4
	Template:KWT	4
		4
		4
	Template:CZE	4
	Template:BLR	4
11	Template:ISR	5
	Japan	5
		5
	Switzerland	5
		5
16	Australia	6
	Template:DNK	6
	Germany	6
	Template:SVK	6
	Template:ARE	6
21		7
	Canada	7
	Template:MNE	7
	Netherlands	7
	Template:CYP	7
26	France	8
	Template:IRL	8
	Template:HRV	8
	Template:MKD	8
30		9
	Template:LBY	9
	Template:MLT	9
	Template:SVN	9
	United Kingdom	9
35	Template:LTU	10
	Template:LUX	10
	Template:PRT	10
	Template:SGP	10
39	Template:BIH	11
	Template:BGR	11
	Template:NZL	11
	South Korea	11
43	Template:KAZ	12
	Template:SAU	12
45	Template:QAT	13
46	Puerto Rico (US)	14
		14
48	Template:BHR	15
	Template:LBN	15
	Template:URY	15
51	Template:TUR	16
52	Template:OMN	17
	Template:SRB	17
	Template:HUN	17
55	Template:LVA	18
56		20
57	Template:CHL	22
58	Template:BRN	23
	Template:MDA	23
60	Template:UKR	24
61	Template:ARM	25
	Template:AZE	25
	Template:CRI	25
	Iran	25
		25
66	Template:BRB	27
	China	27
	Template:GRD	27
69	Template:BLZ	28
70	Template:ALB	29
71	Template:FJI	30
	Sri Lanka	30
73	Template:ROU	31
74	Template:TJK	32
75	Template:EGY	33
76	Template:GEO	36
	Template:UZB	36
78	Mexico	38
79	Template:CUB	39
80	Template:MYS	40
81	Template:CPV	42
	Template:TKM	42
83	Brazil	44
	Template:MNG	44
85	Template:PSE	45
	Template:VCT	45
87	Template:LCA	48
88	Template:IRQ	50
89	Template:WSM	51
90	Template:ARG	52
91	Mauritius	53
92	Template:SLV	54
	Template:VNM	54
94		58
95	Template:TUN	62
96	Template:TTO	63
97	Template:ECU	64
	Template:COL	64
99	Maldives	68
	Template:PER	68
	Template:SYR	68
102	Template:KGZ	76
103	Template:VUT	78
104	Template:BHS	80
105	Template:PRK	82
106	Template:GTM	88
107	Template:JAM	89
108	Template:KIR	90
109	Template:DOM	92
110	Template:PAN	94
111	Template:VEN	95
112	Template:FSM	100
113	Template:PHL	114
	Template:SLB	114
115	Template:MAR	121
116	Template:TON	124
117	Template:IDN	126
118	Template:BWA	129
	Template:HND	129
120	Template:PRY	132
121		138
122	Template:DZA	140
123	Bhutan	148
124	Template:NIC	150
125	Template:SUR	155
126	Template:STP	156
127	Template:KHM	161
128	India	174
129	Bangladesh	176
130		178
	Myanmar	178
132	Template:LAO	197
133	Template:BOL	206
134	Template:TLS	215
	Template:PNG	215
136	Template:ZMB	224
137	Template:GUY	229
	Template:DJI	229
139	Nepal	258
140	Template:NAM	265
141	Template:RWA	290
142	Template:GAB	291
143	Template:SDN	311
144	Template:SEN	315
145	Template:GHA	319
146	Template:COM	335
147	Template:GNQ	342
148	Template:UGA	343
149	Template:ETH	353
	Template:MDG	353
151	Template:HTI	359
152	Template:TGO	368
153	Template:BFA	371
154	Template:YEM	385
155	Eswatini (Swaziland)	389
156	Afghanistan	396
157	Template:TZA	398
158	Template:BEN	405
159	Template:COG	442
160	Template:ZWE	443
161	Template:AGO	477
162	Template:LSO	487
163	Template:MOZ	489
164	Template:ERI	501
165	Template:KEN	510
166	Template:GNB	549
167	Template:NER	553
168	Template:MLI	587
169	Template:CMR	596
170	Template:MRT	602
171	Template:MWI	634
172	Template:CIV	645
173	Template:GIN	679
174	Template:COD	693
175	Template:GMB	706
176	Template:BDI	712
177	Template:LBR	725
178	Template:SOM	732
179	Template:SSD	789
180	Template:NGA	814
181	Template:TCD	856
182	Template:CAF	882
183	Template:SLE	1,360
	World	216