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Countries by Maternal deaths (number) (2023)

Maternal deaths (number) in 2023: highest in Nigeria (74,559 deaths), lowest in San Marino (0.0153 deaths), median 38.82 deaths across the 194 countries in this dataset, according to WHO GHO.

Browse Maternal deaths (number) (measured in deaths) across 194 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from WHO GHO.

Unit: deaths194 countries and regionsSource: WHO GHO
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1985–2023

Highest Maternal deaths (number), 2023

  1. 1.Nigeria74,559 deaths
  2. 2.India18,687 deaths
  3. 3.DR Congo18,661 deaths
  4. 4.Pakistan10,669 deaths
  5. 5.Ethiopia8,003 deaths
  6. 6.Afghanistan7,646 deaths
  7. 7.Tanzania6,472 deaths
  8. 8.Indonesia6,298 deaths
  9. 9.Chad6,123 deaths
  10. 10.Kenya5,682 deaths

Lowest Maternal deaths (number), 2023

  1. 185.St. Kitts and Nevis0.404 deaths
  2. 186.Tuvalu0.384 deaths
  3. 187.Antigua and Barbuda0.382 deaths
  4. 188.Malta0.354 deaths
  5. 189.Dominica0.262 deaths
  6. 190.Palau0.173 deaths
  7. 191.Iceland0.131 deaths
  8. 192.Andorra0.059 deaths
  9. 193.Monaco0.0192 deaths
  10. 194.San Marino0.0153 deaths

All 194 ranked countries, 2023— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Maternal deaths (number) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

NigeriaRank 1 of 194IndiaRank 2 of 194DR CongoRank 3 of 194PakistanRank 4 of 194EthiopiaRank 5 of 194AfghanistanRank 6 of 194TanzaniaRank 7 of 194IndonesiaRank 8 of 194ChadRank 9 of 194KenyaRank 10 of 194MadagascarRank 11 of 194SomaliaRank 12 of 194SudanRank 13 of 194BangladeshRank 14 of 194NigerRank 15 of 194Cote d'IvoireRank 16 of 194MaliRank 17 of 194UgandaRank 18 of 194AngolaRank 19 of 194BeninRank 20 of 194CameroonRank 21 of 194GuineaRank 22 of 194South SudanRank 23 of 194GhanaRank 24 of 194BurundiRank 25 of 194ZimbabweRank 26 of 194Burkina FasoRank 27 of 194BrazilRank 28 of 194MyanmarRank 29 of 194Central African RepublicRank 30 of 194YemenRank 31 of 194PhilippinesRank 32 of 194MalawiRank 33 of 194ChinaRank 34 of 194South AfricaRank 35 of 194SenegalRank 36 of 194LiberiaRank 37 of 194MozambiqueRank 38 of 194TogoRank 39 of 194VenezuelaRank 40 of 194Sierra LeoneRank 41 of 194RwandaRank 42 of 194MexicoRank 43 of 194HaitiRank 44 of 194NepalRank 45 of 194IraqRank 46 of 194VietnamRank 47 of 194MauritaniaRank 48 of 194United StatesRank 49 of 194ZambiaRank 50 of 194AlgeriaRank 51 of 194CambodiaRank 52 of 194Papua New GuineaRank 53 of 194Republic of the CongoRank 54 of 194MoroccoRank 55 of 194ColombiaRank 56 of 194EgyptRank 57 of 194BoliviaRank 58 of 194GuatemalaRank 59 of 194Guinea-BissauRank 60 of 194The GambiaRank 61 of 194EritreaRank 62 of 194PeruRank 63 of 194LesothoRank 64 of 194Dominican RepublicRank 65 of 194UzbekistanRank 66 of 194North KoreaRank 67 of 194ThailandRank 68 of 194IranRank 69 of 194Lao PDRRank 70 of 194ArgentinaRank 71 of 194GabonRank 72 of 194TurkeyRank 73 of 194EcuadorRank 74 of 194RussiaRank 75 of 194MalaysiaRank 76 of 194HondurasRank 77 of 194NamibiaRank 78 of 194Syrian Arab RepublicRank 79 of 194BotswanaRank 80 of 194Equatorial GuineaRank 81 of 194NicaraguaRank 82 of 194ParaguayRank 83 of 194LibyaRank 84 of 194JordanRank 85 of 194Kyrgyz RepublicRank 86 of 194TunisiaRank 87 of 194Sri LankaRank 88 of 194Timor-LesteRank 89 of 194United KingdomRank 90 of 194FranceRank 91 of 194ComorosRank 92 of 194JamaicaRank 93 of 194CanadaRank 94 of 194Saudi ArabiaRank 95 of 194KazakhstanRank 96 of 194El SalvadorRank 97 of 194DjiboutiRank 98 of 194TajikistanRank 99 of 194EswatiniRank 100 of 194CubaRank 101 of 194UkraineRank 102 of 194PanamaRank 103 of 194Solomon IslandsRank 104 of 194MongoliaRank 105 of 194GermanyRank 106 of 194ItalyRank 107 of 194West Bank and GazaRank 108 of 194JapanRank 109 of 194AzerbaijanRank 110 of 194RomaniaRank 111 of 194ChileRank 112 of 194LebanonRank 113 of 194PortugalRank 114 of 194Costa RicaRank 115 of 194GuyanaRank 116 of 194OmanRank 117 of 194HungaryRank 118 of 194SpainRank 119 of 194SurinameRank 120 of 194VanuatuRank 121 of 194South KoreaRank 122 of 194Trinidad and TobagoRank 123 of 194GeorgiaRank 124 of 194MauritiusRank 125 of 194TurkmenistanRank 126 of 194NetherlandsRank 127 of 194AustraliaRank 128 of 194ArmeniaRank 129 of 194SerbiaRank 130 of 194MoldovaRank 131 of 194SamoaRank 132 of 194UruguayRank 133 of 194FijiRank 134 of 194PolandRank 135 of 194BelizeRank 136 of 194Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 137 of 194AustriaRank 138 of 194BhutanRank 139 of 194SwitzerlandRank 140 of 194IsraelRank 141 of 194New ZealandRank 142 of 194SwedenRank 143 of 194BelgiumRank 144 of 194KuwaitRank 145 of 194GreeceRank 146 of 194BulgariaRank 147 of 194FinlandRank 148 of 194The BahamasRank 149 of 194BahrainRank 150 of 194MicronesiaRank 151 of 194SingaporeRank 152 of 194KiribatiRank 153 of 194LatviaRank 154 of 194United Arab EmiratesRank 155 of 194Cabo VerdeRank 156 of 194Czech RepublicRank 157 of 194SlovakiaRank 158 of 194Brunei DarussalamRank 159 of 194DenmarkRank 160 of 194Puerto RicoRank 161 of 194IrelandRank 162 of 194CyprusRank 163 of 194AlbaniaRank 164 of 194MaldivesRank 165 of 194LithuaniaRank 166 of 194TongaRank 167 of 194Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 168 of 194Marshall IslandsRank 169 of 194QatarRank 170 of 194BarbadosRank 171 of 194CroatiaRank 172 of 194St. LuciaRank 173 of 194NauruRank 174 of 194LuxembourgRank 175 of 194SeychellesRank 176 of 194BelarusRank 177 of 194St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 178 of 194NorwayRank 179 of 194GrenadaRank 180 of 194SloveniaRank 181 of 194EstoniaRank 182 of 194North MacedoniaRank 183 of 194MontenegroRank 184 of 194St. Kitts and NevisRank 185 of 194TuvaluRank 186 of 194Antigua and BarbudaRank 187 of 194MaltaRank 188 of 194DominicaRank 189 of 194PalauRank 190 of 194IcelandRank 191 of 194AndorraRank 192 of 194MonacoRank 193 of 194San MarinoRank 194 of 194

Maternal deaths (number) Data Coverage

This page lists 194 countries with available Maternal deaths (number) data. Data sourced from WHO GHO. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.