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COUNTRY COMPARISON :: 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).

Rank	Country	(DEATHS/100,000 LIVE BIRTHS)	Date of Information
1	South Sudan	2,054	2006
2	Chad	1,100	2010
3	Somalia	1,000	2010
4	Central African Republic	890	2010
5	Sierra Leone	890	2010
6	Burundi	800	2010
7	Guinea-Bissau	790	2010
8	Liberia	770	2010
9	Sudan	730	2010
10	Cameroon	690	2010
11	Nigeria	630	2010
12	Lesotho	620	2010
13	Guinea	610	2010
14	Niger	590	2010
15	Zimbabwe	570	2010
16	Congo, Republic of the	560	2010
17	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	540	2010
18	Mali	540	2010
19	Mauritania	510	2010
20	Mozambique	490	2010
21	Laos	470	2010
22	Afghanistan	460	2010
23	Tanzania	460	2010
24	Malawi	460	2010
25	Angola	450	2010
26	Zambia	440	2010
27	Cote d'Ivoire	400	2010
28	Senegal	370	2010
29	Gambia, The	360	2010
30	Kenya	360	2010
31	Haiti	350	2010
32	Ghana	350	2010
33	Ethiopia	350	2010
34	Benin	350	2010
35	Rwanda	340	2010
36	Swaziland	320	2010
37	Uganda	310	2010
38	South Africa	300	2010
39	Burkina Faso	300	2010
40	Togo	300	2010
41	Timor-Leste	300	2010
42	Comoros	280	2010
43	Guyana	280	2010
44	Pakistan	260	2010
45	Cambodia	250	2010
46	Eritrea	240	2010
47	Equatorial Guinea	240	2010
48	Madagascar	240	2010
49	Bangladesh	240	2010
50	Gabon	230	2010
51	Papua New Guinea	230	2010
52	Indonesia	220	2010
53	Namibia	200	2010
54	Burma	200	2010
55	India	200	2010
56	Djibouti	200	2010
57	Yemen	200	2010
58	Bolivia	190	2008
59	Bhutan	180	2010
60	Nepal	170	2010
61	Botswana	160	2010
62	Dominican Republic	150	2010
63	Suriname	130	2010
64	Guatemala	120	2010
65	Jamaica	110	2010
66	Tonga	110	2010
67	Ecuador	110	2010
68	Vanuatu	110	2010
69	Honduras	100	2010
70	Morocco	100	2010
71	Micronesia, Federated States of	100	2010
72	Samoa	100	2010
73	Paraguay	99	2010
74	Philippines	99	2010
75	Algeria	97	2010
76	Nicaragua	95	2010
77	Solomon Islands	93	2010
78	Panama	92	2010
79	Venezuela	92	2010
80	Colombia	92	2010
81	El Salvador	81	2010
82	Korea, North	81	2010
83	Cabo Verde	79	2010
84	Argentina	77	2010
85	Cuba	73	2010
86	Kyrgyzstan	71	2010
87	Syria	70	2010
88	Sao Tome and Principe	70	2010
89	Turkmenistan	67	2010
90	Peru	67	2010
91	Georgia	67	2010
92	Egypt	66	2010
93	Tajikistan	65	2010
94	Gaza Strip	64	2010
95	West Bank	64	2010
96	Mongolia	63	2010
97	Jordan	63	2010
98	Iraq	63	2010
99	Mauritius	60	2010
100	Maldives	60	2010
101	Vietnam	59	2010
102	Libya	58	2010
103	Brazil	56	2010
104	Tunisia	56	2010
105	Belize	53	2010
106	Barbados	51	2010
107	Kazakhstan	51	2010
108	Mexico	50	2010
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48	2010
110	Thailand	48	2010
111	Bahamas, The	47	2010
112	Trinidad and Tobago	46	2010
113	Azerbaijan	43	2010
114	Moldova	41	2010
115	Costa Rica	40	2010
116	China	37	2010
117	Saint Lucia	35	2010
118	Sri Lanka	35	2010
119	Russia	34	2010
120	Latvia	34	2010
121	Ukraine	32	2010
122	Oman	32	2010
123	Armenia	30	2010
124	Uruguay	29	2010
125	Malaysia	29	2010
126	Uzbekistan	28	2010
127	Romania	27	2010
128	Albania	27	2010
129	Fiji	26	2010
130	Lebanon	25	2010
131	Chile	25	2010
132	Brunei	24	2010
133	Saudi Arabia	24	2010
134	Grenada	24	2010
135	Hungary	21	2010
136	United States	21	2010
137	Iran	21	2010
138	Bahrain	20	2010
139	Turkey	20	2010
140	Puerto Rico	20	2010
141	Luxembourg	20	2010
142	Croatia	17	2010
143	Korea, South	16	2010
144	New Zealand	15	2010
145	Kuwait	14	2010
146	United Arab Emirates	12	2010
147	Canada	12	2010
148	United Kingdom	12	2010
149	Serbia	12	2010
150	Slovenia	12	2010
151	Denmark	12	2010
152	Bulgaria	11	2010
153	Macedonia	10	2010
154	Cyprus	10	2010
155	Kiribati	9	2008
156	Belgium	8	2010
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	2010
158	France	8	2010
159	Switzerland	8	2010
160	Montenegro	8	2010
161	Malta	8	2010
162	Portugal	8	2010
163	Lithuania	8	2010
164	Australia	7	2010
165	Germany	7	2010
166	Qatar	7	2010
167	Norway	7	2010
168	Israel	7	2010
169	Ireland	6	2010
170	Spain	6	2010
171	Netherlands	6	2010
172	Slovakia	6	2010
173	Czech Republic	5	2010
174	Finland	5	2010
175	Poland	5	2010
176	Japan	5	2010
177	Iceland	5	2010
178	Austria	4	2010
179	Sweden	4	2010
180	Italy	4	2010
181	Belarus	4	2010
182	Singapore	3	2010
183	Greece	3	2010
184	Estonia	2	2010

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