Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs). Reported as: modeled estimate.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
194
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    World Health Organization

    Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-02-2023-a-woman-dies-every-two-minutes-due-to-pregnancy-or-childbirth--un-agencies

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UNICEF

    UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UN Population Fund

    UN Population Fund (UNFPA), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank Group

    World Bank Group (WBG), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan2023521per 100,000 live births
Albania20237per 100,000 live births
Algeria202362per 100,000 live births
Andorra202311per 100,000 live births
Angola2023183per 100,000 live births
Antigua and Barbuda202335per 100,000 live births
Argentina202333per 100,000 live births
Armenia202319per 100,000 live births
Australia20232per 100,000 live births
Austria20236per 100,000 live births

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