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Countries Ranked by Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: SH.MMR.RISK.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported lifetime risk of maternal death (%) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 194 countries reporting, the median value is 0.08, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Nauru

0.86

Europe & Central Asia

Kyrgyz Republic

0.11

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

0.85

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

2.47

North America

United States

0.02

South Asia

Nepal

0.30

Sub-Saharan Africa

Central African Republic

4.24

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Rank	Country	Region	Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
1	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.24
2	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.23
3	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.06
4	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.36
5	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.47
6	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.47
7	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.46
8	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.41
9	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.27
10	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.13
11	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.12
12	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.05
13	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.89
14	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.81
15	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.76
16	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.73
17	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.49
18	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.39
19	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.37
20	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.35
21	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.29
22	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.28
23	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.28
24	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.13
25	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.10
26	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.06
27	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.98
28	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.96
29	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.95
30	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.90
31	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.88
32	Nauru	East Asia & Pacific	0.86
33	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	0.85
34	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.83
35	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.80
36	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.79
37	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.79
38	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.75
39	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.71
40	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.66
41	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.56
42	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	0.56
43	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.55
44	Tuvalu	East Asia & Pacific	0.54
45	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	0.53
46	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.49
47	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.48
48	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.45
49	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.44
50	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & Caribbean	0.43
51	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	0.42
52	Marshall Islands	East Asia & Pacific	0.42
53	Djibouti	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.38
54	Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	0.37
55	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	0.37
56	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.36
57	Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	0.36
58	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	0.36
59	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	East Asia & Pacific	0.35
60	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	0.34
61	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.33
62	Nepal	South Asia	0.30
63	Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	0.28
64	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.27
65	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	0.27
66	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	0.27
67	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.26
68	Kiribati	East Asia & Pacific	0.25
69	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.24
70	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	0.23
71	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.22
72	Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	0.19
73	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	0.18
74	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	0.18
75	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	0.17
76	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.16
77	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	0.16
78	India	South Asia	0.16
79	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.14
80	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	0.14
81	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	0.14
82	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	0.13
83	Palau	East Asia & Pacific	0.13
84	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	0.12
85	Libya	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.12
86	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	0.11
87	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	0.11
88	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	0.10
89	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	0.10
90	St. Kitts and Nevis	Latin America & Caribbean	0.10
91	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	0.10
92	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	0.10
93	Bahamas, The	Latin America & Caribbean	0.09
94	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	0.09
95	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	0.09
96	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America & Caribbean	0.09
97	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.08
98	Viet Nam	East Asia & Pacific	0.08
99	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.08
100	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	0.08
101	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.07
102	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	0.07
103	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	0.07
104	Grenada	Latin America & Caribbean	0.07
105	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	0.07
106	Bhutan	South Asia	0.07
107	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	0.06
108	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.06
109	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.06
110	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	0.06
111	St. Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	0.06
112	West Bank and Gaza	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.05
113	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.05
114	Maldives	South Asia	0.05
115	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	0.05
116	Dominica	Latin America & Caribbean	0.05
117	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America & Caribbean	0.05
118	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	0.05
119	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	0.05
120	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.04
121	Cuba	Latin America & Caribbean	0.04
122	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	0.04
123	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	0.03
124	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.03
125	Sri Lanka	South Asia	0.03
126	Lebanon	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.03
127	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.03
128	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	0.03
129	Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	0.03
130	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	0.03
131	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	0.03
132	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	0.03
133	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	0.03
134	United States	North America	0.02
135	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.02
136	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	0.02
137	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	0.02
138	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	0.02
139	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	0.02
140	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	0.02
141	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.02
142	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	0.02
143	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
144	Canada	North America	0.01
145	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
146	China	East Asia & Pacific	0.01
147	Serbia	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
148	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
149	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
150	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
151	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
152	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	0.01
153	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	0.01
154	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
155	France	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
156	Monaco	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
157	Andorra	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
158	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
159	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
160	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
161	Puerto Rico (US)	Latin America & Caribbean	0.01
162	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
163	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
164	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
165	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
166	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
167	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
169	San Marino	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
170	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
171	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
172	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	0.01
173	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
174	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
175	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
176	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	0.01
177	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
178	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
179	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
180	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
181	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
182	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
183	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
184	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
185	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	0.00
186	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.00
187	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
188	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
189	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	0.00
190	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
191	Korea, Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	0.00
192	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
193	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	0.00
194	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.MMR.RISK.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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