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Field Listing :: Maternal mortality rate
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes). The MMR includes deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, for a specified year.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
 Maternal mortality rate(deaths/100,000 live births)
Afghanistan 460 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Albania 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Algeria 97 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Angola 450 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Argentina 77 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Armenia 30 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Australia 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Austria 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Azerbaijan 43 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bahamas, The 47 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bahrain 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bangladesh 240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Barbados 51 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Belarus 190 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Belgium 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Belize 53 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Benin 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bhutan 180 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bolivia 180 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Botswana 160 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Brazil 56 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Brunei 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Bulgaria 11 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Burkina Faso 300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Burma 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Burundi 800 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cambodia 250 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cameroon 690 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Canada 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cape Verde 79 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Central African Republic 890 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Chad 1,100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Chile 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
China 37 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Colombia 92 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Comoros 280 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Congo, Republic of the 560 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Costa Rica 40 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cote d'Ivoire 400 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Croatia 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cuba 73 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Cyprus 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Czech Republic 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Denmark 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Djibouti 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Dominican Republic 150 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Ecuador 110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Egypt 66 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
El Salvador 81 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Equatorial Guinea 240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Eritrea 240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Estonia 2 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Ethiopia 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Fiji 26 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Finland 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
France 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Gabon 230 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Gambia, The 360 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Gaza Strip 64 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Georgia 67 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Germany 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Ghana 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Greece 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Grenada 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Guatemala 120 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Guinea 610 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Guinea-Bissau 790 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Guyana 280 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Haiti 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Honduras 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Hungary 21 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Iceland 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
India 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Indonesia 220 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Iran 21 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Iraq 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Ireland 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Israel 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Italy 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Jamaica 110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Japan 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Jordan 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Kazakhstan 51 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Kenya 360 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Kiribati 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Korea, North 81 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Korea, South 16 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Kuwait 14 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Kyrgyzstan 71 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Laos 470 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Latvia 34 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Lebanon 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Lesotho 620 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Liberia 770 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Libya 58 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Lithuania 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Luxembourg 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Macedonia 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Madagascar 240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Malawi 460 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Malaysia 29 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Maldives 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mali 540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Malta 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mauritania 510 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mauritius 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mexico 50 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Micronesia, Federated States of 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Moldova 41 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mongolia 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Montenegro 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Morocco 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Mozambique 490 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Namibia 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Nepal 170 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Netherlands 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
New Zealand 15 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Nicaragua 95 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Niger 590 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Nigeria 630 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Norway 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Oman 32 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Pakistan 260 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Panama 92 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Papua New Guinea 230 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Paraguay 99 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Peru 67 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Philippines 99 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Poland 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Portugal 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Puerto Rico 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Qatar 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Romania 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Russia 34 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Rwanda 340 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Saint Lucia 35 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Samoa 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Sao Tome and Principe 70 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Saudi Arabia 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Senegal 370 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Serbia 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Sierra Leone 890 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Singapore 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Slovakia 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Slovenia 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Solomon Islands 93 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Somalia 1,000 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
South Africa 300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Spain 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Sri Lanka 35 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Sudan 730 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Suriname 130 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Swaziland 320 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Sweden 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Switzerland 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Syria 70 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Tajikistan 65 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Tanzania 460 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Thailand 48 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Timor-Leste 300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Togo 300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Tonga 110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago 46 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Tunisia 56 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Turkey 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Turkmenistan 67 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Uganda 310 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Ukraine 32 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
United Arab Emirates 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
United Kingdom 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
United States 21 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Uruguay 29 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Uzbekistan 28 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Vanuatu 110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Venezuela 92 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Vietnam 59 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
West Bank 64 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Yemen 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Zambia 440 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Zimbabwe 570 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
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