Maternal Mortality Ratio by Country (1751–2020)

Deaths per 100,000 live births for 200 countries from 1751 to 2020, with regional and income-group breakdowns.
# Entity
Code
Year
Maternal mortality ratio
World region according to OWID
Maternal mortality ratio (Annotations)
1 Afghanistan AFG 1985 1910.3416 Asia
2 Afghanistan AFG 1986 1602.9429 Asia
3 Afghanistan AFG 1987 1586.7214 Asia
4 Afghanistan AFG 1988 1413.9326 Asia
5 Afghanistan AFG 1989 1382.7299 Asia
6 Afghanistan AFG 1990 1377.8586 Asia
7 Afghanistan AFG 1991 1392.7859 Asia
8 Afghanistan AFG 1992 1451.594 Asia
9 Afghanistan AFG 1993 1368.8162 Asia
10 Afghanistan AFG 1994 1375.0907 Asia
11 Afghanistan AFG 1995 1400.8431 Asia
12 Afghanistan AFG 1996 1375.5121 Asia
13 Afghanistan AFG 1997 1365.2854 Asia
14 Afghanistan AFG 1998 1459.2817 Asia
15 Afghanistan AFG 1999 1359.217 Asia
16 Afghanistan AFG 2000 1346.1442 Asia
17 Afghanistan AFG 2001 1273.4314 Asia
18 Afghanistan AFG 2002 1277.308 Asia
19 Afghanistan AFG 2003 1196.0907 Asia
20 Afghanistan AFG 2004 1114.8872 Asia
21 Afghanistan AFG 2005 1102.8097 Asia
22 Afghanistan AFG 2006 1044.4003 Asia
23 Afghanistan AFG 2007 1023.4955 Asia
24 Afghanistan AFG 2008 962.3215 Asia
25 Afghanistan AFG 2009 913.03577 Asia
26 Afghanistan AFG 2010 898.6692 Asia
27 Afghanistan AFG 2011 883.7139 Asia
28 Afghanistan AFG 2012 833.4772 Asia
29 Afghanistan AFG 2013 820.68536 Asia
30 Afghanistan AFG 2014 785.35406 Asia
31 Afghanistan AFG 2015 775.6927 Asia
32 Afghanistan AFG 2016 749.8157 Asia
33 Afghanistan AFG 2017 681.80756 Asia
34 Afghanistan AFG 2018 663.4275 Asia
35 Afghanistan AFG 2019 644.2726 Asia
36 Afghanistan AFG 2020 620.40753 Asia
37 Africa 1985 904.12787
38 Africa 1986 883.07526
39 Africa 1987 910.0019
40 Africa 1988 891.8916
41 Africa 1989 855.7746
42 Africa 1990 850.23047
43 Africa 1991 841.73444
44 Africa 1992 866.1556
45 Africa 1993 856.2383
46 Africa 1994 823.59766
47 Africa 1995 801.83624
48 Africa 1996 797.6708
49 Africa 1997 782.36926
50 Africa 1998 804.27374
51 Africa 1999 739.20233
52 Africa 2000 718.2771
53 Africa 2001 705.3272
54 Africa 2002 692.7808
55 Africa 2003 668.3644
56 Africa 2004 652.6978
57 Africa 2005 636.8363
58 Africa 2006 619.63403
59 Africa 2007 611.9057
60 Africa 2008 607.67474
61 Africa 2009 595.9811
62 Africa 2010 583.5715
63 Africa 2011 559.11273
64 Africa 2012 544.01935
65 Africa 2013 535.4149
66 Africa 2014 527.16296
67 Africa 2015 511.22266
68 Africa 2016 504.3417
69 Africa 2017 496.15768
70 Africa 2018 487.91956
71 Africa 2019 478.50122
72 Africa 2020 464.0011
73 Albania ALB 1985 47.698692 Europe
74 Albania ALB 1986 41.96449 Europe
75 Albania ALB 1987 39.203156 Europe
76 Albania ALB 1988 36.728065 Europe
77 Albania ALB 1989 34.94203 Europe
78 Albania ALB 1990 32.874947 Europe
79 Albania ALB 1991 29.07421 Europe
80 Albania ALB 1992 27.674513 Europe
81 Albania ALB 1993 26.515451 Europe
82 Albania ALB 1994 24.24055 Europe
83 Albania ALB 1995 22.034124 Europe
84 Albania ALB 1996 18.68523 Europe
85 Albania ALB 1997 18.388054 Europe
86 Albania ALB 1998 15.522337 Europe
87 Albania ALB 1999 14.890729 Europe
88 Albania ALB 2000 14.326414 Europe
89 Albania ALB 2001 12.525534 Europe
90 Albania ALB 2002 12.407263 Europe
91 Albania ALB 2003 12.1191635 Europe
92 Albania ALB 2004 10.631596 Europe
93 Albania ALB 2005 10.830499 Europe
94 Albania ALB 2006 10.76677 Europe
95 Albania ALB 2007 10.195825 Europe
96 Albania ALB 2008 9.739404 Europe
97 Albania ALB 2009 9.097263 Europe
98 Albania ALB 2010 8.516676 Europe
99 Albania ALB 2011 8.045227 Europe
100 Albania ALB 2012 7.796703 Europe

Maternal Mortality Ratio by Country (1751–2020) — Analysis

Global maternal mortality fell 50% since 1985 (429 → 212 per 100,000 births) but progress stalled after 2015

In 2020, South Sudan's rate (1,223) was over 1,100× higher than Belarus (1.1) — the widest gap in global health

Key Findings

  • Global maternal mortality dropped from 429 to 212 deaths per 100,000 live births between 1985 and 2020 — a 50% decline
  • Africa's rate (464) remains 58× higher than Europe's (8) as of 2020, the starkest continental divide
  • Low-income countries cut their rate by 63% (1,113 → 409) but still face 34× the risk of high-income countries (12)
  • Progress plateaued after 2015: the global rate fell just 3% from 2015 to 2020, compared to 25% in the prior 5-year period
  • 9 of the 10 deadliest countries for mothers are in Sub-Saharan Africa; Afghanistan is the sole non-African entry

Visualizations

10 Safest Countries for Mothers (2020)
Maternal Mortality by Income Group
10 Deadliest Countries for Mothers (2020)
Maternal Mortality by World Region

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