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Maternal Mortality Ratio, Adjusted (Per 100,000 Live Births)
2005
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Maternal Mortality Ratio, Adjusted (Per 100,000 Live Births)
2005
(Go to Map above or Notes and Sources below)

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Rank Table by: 
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Rank Country Name  Rate per 100,000 
Global 400
1 Sierra Leone 2,100
2 Afghanistan 1,800
2 Niger 1,800
3 Chad 1,500
4 Angola 1,400
4 Somalia 1,400
5 Rwanda 1,300
6 Liberia 1,200
7 Burundi 1,100
7 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 1,100
7 Guinea-Bissau 1,100
7 Malawi 1,100
7 Nigeria 1,100
8 Cameroon 1,000
9 Central African Republic 980
9 Senegal 980
10 Mali 970
11 Lesotho 960
12 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 950
13 Guinea 910
14 Zimbabwe 880
15 Benin 840
16 Nepal 830
16 Zambia 830
17 Mauritania 820
18 Cote d'Ivoire 810
19 Congo 740
20 Ethiopia 720
21 Burkina Faso 700
22 Gambia 690
23 Equatorial Guinea 680
24 Haiti 670
25 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 660
26 Djibouti 650
27 Bangladesh 570
28 Ghana 560
28 Kenya 560
29 Uganda 550
30 Cambodia 540
31 Gabon 520
31 Mozambique 520
32 Madagascar 510
32 Togo 510
33 Guyana 470
33 Papua New Guinea 470
34 Eritrea 450
34 India 450
34 Sudan 450
35 Bhutan 440
36 Yemen 430
37 Indonesia 420
38 Comoros 400
38 South Africa 400
39 Swaziland 390
40 Botswana 380
40 Myanmar 380
40 Timor Leste 380
41 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 370
42 Pakistan 320
43 Iraq 300
44 Bolivia 290
44 Guatemala 290
45 Honduras 280
46 Morocco 240
46 Peru 240
47 Philippines 230
48 Solomon Islands 220
49 Cape Verde 210
49 Ecuador 210
49 Fiji 210
49 Namibia 210
50 Algeria 180
51 El Salvador 170
51 Jamaica 170
51 Nicaragua 170
51 Tajikistan 170
52 Dominican Republic 150
52 Kyrgyzstan 150
52 Lebanon 150
52 Paraguay 150
52 Viet Nam 150
53 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 140
53 Kazakhstan 140
54 Colombia 130
54 Egypt 130
54 Panama 130
54 Syrian Arab Republic 130
54 Turkmenistan 130
55 Maldives 120
56 Brazil 110
56 Thailand 110
57 Tunisia 100
58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 97
59 Albania 92
60 Azerbaijan 82
61 Argentina 77
62 Armenia 76
63 Suriname 72
64 Georgia 66
65 Oman 64
66 Jordan 62
66 Malaysia 62
67 Mexico 60
68 Sri Lanka 58
69 Venezuela 57
70 Belize 52
71 Mongolia 46
72 China 45
72 Cuba 45
72 Trinidad and Tobago 45
73 Turkey 44
74 United Arab Emirates 37
75 Bahrain 32
76 Costa Rica 30
77 Russian Federation 28
78 Estonia 25
79 Romania 24
79 Uzbekistan 24
80 Moldova (Republic of) 22
81 Uruguay 20
82 Belarus 18
82 Saudi Arabia 18
82 Ukraine 18
83 Bahamas 16
83 Barbados 16
83 Chile 16
84 Mauritius 15
85 Korea (Republic of) 14
85 Singapore 14
86 Brunei Darussalam 13
87 Luxembourg 12
87 Qatar 12
88 Bulgaria 11
88 Lithuania 11
88 Portugal 11
88 United States of America 11
89 Cyprus 10
89 Latvia 10
89 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 10
90 New Zealand 9
91 Belgium 8
91 France 8
91 Malta 8
91 Poland 8
91 United Kingdom 8
92 Canada 7
92 Croatia 7
92 Finland 7
92 Norway 7
93 Hungary 6
93 Japan 6
93 Netherlands 6
93 Slovakia 6
93 Slovenia 6
94 Switzerland 5
95 Australia 4
95 Austria 4
95 Czech Republic 4
95 Germany 4
95 Iceland 4
95 Israel 4
95 Kuwait 4
95 Spain 4
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
96 Denmark 3
96 Greece 3
96 Italy 3
96 Sweden 3
97 Ireland 1
98 American Samoa NA
98 Andorra NA
98 Anguilla NA
98 Antigua and Barbuda NA
98 Aruba NA
98 Bermuda NA
98 Bouvet Island NA
98 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
98 British Virgin Islands NA
98 Cayman Islands NA
98 Christmas Island NA
98 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
98 Cook Islands NA
98 Dominica NA
98 Faeroe Islands NA
98 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
98 French Guiana NA
98 French Polynesia NA
98 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
98 Gibraltar NA
98 Greenland NA
98 Grenada NA
98 Guadeloupe NA
98 Guam NA
98 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
98 Johnston Atoll NA
98 Kiribati NA
98 Liechtenstein NA
98 Marshall Islands NA
98 Martinique NA
98 Mayotte NA
98 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA
98 Midway NA
98 Monaco NA
98 Montenegro NA
98 Montserrat NA
98 Nauru NA
98 Netherlands Antilles NA
98 New Caledonia NA
98 Niue NA
98 Norfolk Island NA
98 Northern Mariana Islands NA
98 Palau NA
98 Pitcairn Island NA
98 Puerto Rico NA
98 Reunion NA
98 Saint Helena NA
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA
98 Saint Lucia NA
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA
98 Samoa NA
98 San Marino NA
98 Sao Tome and Principe NA
98 Serbia NA
98 Seychelles NA
98 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
98 Tokelau NA
98 Tonga NA
98 Turks and Caicos Island NA
98 Tuvalu NA
98 Vanuatu NA
98 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
98 Wake Island NA
98 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA
98 West Bank and Gaza NA
98 Western Sahara NA

Notes: Data adjusted based on reviews by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to account for well-documented problems of underreporting and misclassifications.

Definitions: Maternal Mortality Ratio: The annual number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births.

Sources: WHO, Maternal Mortality in 2005: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank, available at: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/978924.... See also WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/en/, and WHO, World Health Statistics 2009, available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2009/en/index.html.