Health & Population
Number of maternal deaths
A maternal death refers to 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.
World Bank code: SH.MMR.DTHS
• Data available for 194 countries • Latest year: 2023
In 2023 ,
Nigeria
led Number of maternal deaths at 75,000.00 .
The world median across 194 reporting countries was
39.00 .
What this measures:
A maternal death refers to 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.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2023
Reporting
194 countries
Median
39.00
Mean
1,273.28
25th percentile
4.00
75th percentile
590.00
Range
0.00 – 75,000.00
World at a Glance — 2023
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
East Asia & Pacific Australia: 7.00 AU Brunei Darussalam: 2.00 BN Cambodia: 500.00 KH China: 1,400.00 CN Fiji: 5.00 FJ Indonesia: 6,300.00 ID Japan: 23.00 JP Kiribati: 3.00 KI Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 230.00 KP Korea, Rep.: 9.00 KR Lao PDR: 180.00 LA Malaysia: 120.00 MY Marshall Islands: 1.00 MH Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 3.00 FM Mongolia: 26.00 MN Myanmar: 1,700.00 MM Nauru: 1.00 NR New Zealand: 4.00 NZ Palau: 0.00 PW Papua New Guinea: 480.00 PG Philippines: 1,500.00 PH Samoa: 6.00 WS Singapore: 3.00 SG Solomon Islands: 26.00 SB Thailand: 200.00 TH Timor-Leste: 59.00 TL Tonga: 2.00 TO Tuvalu: 0.00 TV Vanuatu: 9.00 VU Viet Nam: 660.00 VN Europe & Central Asia Albania: 2.00 AL Andorra: 0.00 AD Armenia: 7.00 AM Austria: 5.00 AT Azerbaijan: 22.00 AZ Belarus: 1.00 BY Belgium: 4.00 BE Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2.00 BA Bulgaria: 3.00 BG Croatia: 1.00 HR Cyprus: 2.00 CY Czechia: 2.00 CZ Denmark: 2.00 DK Estonia: 1.00 EE Finland: 3.00 FI France: 47.00 FR Georgia: 9.00 GE Germany: 26.00 DE Greece: 4.00 GR Hungary: 10.00 HU Iceland: 0.00 IS Ireland: 2.00 IE Italy: 25.00 IT Kazakhstan: 39.00 KZ Kyrgyz Republic: 63.00 KG Latvia: 3.00 LV Lithuania: 2.00 LT Luxembourg: 1.00 LU Moldova: 6.00 MD Monaco: 0.00 MC Montenegro: 0.00 ME Netherlands: 7.00 NL North Macedonia: 0.00 MK Norway: 1.00 NO Poland: 5.00 PL Portugal: 13.00 PT Romania: 21.00 RO Russian Federation: 120.00 RU San Marino: 0.00 SM Serbia: 6.00 RS Slovak Republic: 2.00 SK Slovenia: 1.00 SI Spain: 9.00 ES Sweden: 4.00 SE Switzerland: 5.00 CH Tajikistan: 38.00 TJ Turkiye: 160.00 TR Turkmenistan: 7.00 TM Ukraine: 32.00 UA United Kingdom: 57.00 GB Uzbekistan: 250.00 UZ Latin America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda: 0.00 AG Argentina: 170.00 AR Bahamas, The: 3.00 BS Barbados: 1.00 BB Belize: 5.00 BZ Bolivia: 380.00 BO Brazil: 1,700.00 BR Chile: 17.00 CL Colombia: 420.00 CO Costa Rica: 13.00 CR Cuba: 33.00 CU Dominica: 0.00 DM Dominican Republic: 250.00 DO Ecuador: 150.00 EC El Salvador: 39.00 SV Grenada: 1.00 GD Guatemala: 350.00 GT Guyana: 13.00 GY Haiti: 850.00 HT Honduras: 110.00 HN Jamaica: 43.00 JM Mexico: 860.00 MX Nicaragua: 80.00 NI Panama: 26.00 PA Paraguay: 80.00 PY Peru: 280.00 PE Puerto Rico (US): 2.00 PR St. Kitts and Nevis: 0.00 KN St. Lucia: 1.00 LC St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.00 VC Suriname: 9.00 SR Trinidad and Tobago: 9.00 TT Uruguay: 5.00 UY Venezuela, RB: 970.00 VE Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Afghanistan: 7,600.00 AF Algeria: 570.00 DZ Bahrain: 3.00 BH Djibouti: 39.00 DJ Egypt, Arab Rep.: 410.00 EG Iran, Islamic Rep.: 190.00 IR Iraq: 770.00 IQ Israel: 4.00 IL Jordan: 73.00 JO Kuwait: 4.00 KW Lebanon: 14.00 LB Libya: 74.00 LY Malta: 0.00 MT Morocco: 440.00 MA Oman: 11.00 OM Pakistan: 11,000.00 PK Qatar: 1.00 QA Saudi Arabia: 40.00 SA Syrian Arab Republic: 110.00 SY Tunisia: 60.00 TN United Arab Emirates: 3.00 AE West Bank and Gaza: 24.00 PS Yemen, Rep.: 1,600.00 YE North America Canada: 42.00 CA United States: 610.00 US South Asia Bangladesh: 4,000.00 BD Bhutan: 5.00 BT India: 19,000.00 IN Maldives: 2.00 MV Nepal: 820.00 NP Sri Lanka: 59.00 LK Sub-Saharan Africa Angola: 2,500.00 AO Benin: 2,500.00 BJ Botswana: 95.00 BW Burkina Faso: 1,800.00 BF Burundi: 1,800.00 BI Cabo Verde: 3.00 CV Cameroon: 2,500.00 CM Central African Republic: 1,700.00 CF Chad: 6,100.00 TD Comoros: 44.00 KM Congo, Dem. Rep.: 19,000.00 CD Congo, Rep.: 460.00 CG Cote d'Ivoire: 3,600.00 CI Equatorial Guinea: 95.00 GQ Eritrea: 290.00 ER Eswatini: 35.00 SZ Ethiopia: 8,000.00 ET Gabon: 160.00 GA Gambia, The: 290.00 GM Ghana: 2,100.00 GH Guinea: 2,400.00 GN Guinea-Bissau: 330.00 GW Kenya: 2,200.00 KE Lesotho: 270.00 LS Liberia: 1,100.00 LR Madagascar: 4,500.00 MG Malawi: 1,500.00 MW Mali: 3,500.00 ML Mauritania: 660.00 MR Mauritius: 8.00 MU Mozambique: 1,300.00 MZ Namibia: 110.00 NA Niger: 3,800.00 NE Nigeria: 75,000.00 NG Rwanda: 910.00 RW Sao Tome and Principe: 5.00 ST Senegal: 1,300.00 SN Seychelles: 1.00 SC Sierra Leone: 920.00 SL Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 4,400.00 SO South Africa: 1,400.00 ZA South Sudan: 2,300.00 SS Sudan: 4,300.00 SD Tanzania: 6,500.00 TZ Togo: 1,000.00 TG Uganda: 2,900.00 UG Zambia: 590.00 ZM Zimbabwe: 1,800.00 ZW Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2023
#
Country
Number of maternal deaths
1
Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa
75,000.00
2
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Sub-Saharan Africa
19,000.00
3
India
South Asia
19,000.00
4
Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
11,000.00
5
Ethiopia
Sub-Saharan Africa
8,000.00
6
Afghanistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
7,600.00
7
Tanzania
Sub-Saharan Africa
6,500.00
8
Indonesia
East Asia & Pacific
6,300.00
9
Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa
6,100.00
10
Madagascar
Sub-Saharan Africa
4,500.00
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Biggest Movers — Year over Year
By Income Group — Average
Income group
Countries
Mean
High income
64
19.45
Upper middle income
53
304.00
Lower middle income
50
2,948.18
Low income
25
2,931.20
Not classified
2
4,485.00
By Region — Average
Region
Countries
Mean
East Asia & Pacific
30
448.63
Europe & Central Asia
51
20.24
Latin America & Caribbean
34
202.09
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23
1,001.74
North America
2
326.00
South Asia
6
3,981.00
Sub-Saharan Africa
48
3,709.92
Indicator Details
WB Code SH.MMR.DTHS Category Health & PopulationCountries with data 194Latest year 2023
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.MMR.DTHS ), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.