The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 People and Society

Maternal mortality ratio In 15 editions of 36.

Maternal mortality ratio was published in 15 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2017 edition carries it in 185 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Maternal mortality rate”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 edition
185
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Maternal mortality rate” (2011 to 2020) and “Maternal mortality ratio” (2017 to 2025).

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Entries with Maternal mortality ratio in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

  • 216 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)

Africa

53 entries

Algeria

  • 140 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 62

Angola

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 477 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 23

Benin

  • 405 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 26

Botswana

  • 129 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 66

Burkina Faso

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 371 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 31

Burundi

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 712 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 8

Cabo Verde

  • 42 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 103

Cameroon

  • 596 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 15

Central African Republic

  • 882 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 2

Chad

  • 856 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 3

Comoros

  • 335 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 38

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 693 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 10

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

  • 442 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 25

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

  • 645 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 12

Djibouti

  • 229 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 46

Egypt

  • 33 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 110

Equatorial Guinea

  • 342 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 37

Eritrea

  • 501 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 20

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • 389 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 29

Ethiopia

  • 353 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 35

Gabon

  • 291 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 42

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • 706 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 9

Ghana

  • 319 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 39

Guinea

  • 679 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 11

Guinea-Bissau

  • 549 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 18

Kenya

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 510 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 19

Lesotho

  • 487 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 22

Liberia

  • 725 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 7

Libya

  • 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 152

Madagascar

  • 353 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 34

Malawi

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 634 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 13

Mali

  • 587 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 16

Mauritania

  • 602 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 14

Mauritius

  • 53 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 93

Morocco

  • 121 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 69

Mozambique

  • 489 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 21

Namibia

  • 265 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 44

Niger

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 553 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 17

Nigeria

  • 814 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 4

Rwanda

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 290 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 43

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

  • 156 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 58

Senegal

  • 315 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 40

Sierra Leone

  • 1,360 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 1

Somalia

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 732 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 6

South Africa

  • 138 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 63

South Sudan

  • 789 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 5

Sudan

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 311 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 41

Tanzania

  • 398 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 27

Togo

  • 368 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 32

Tunisia

  • 62 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 89

Uganda

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 343 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 36

Zambia

  • 224 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 48

Zimbabwe

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 443 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 24

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

  • 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 183

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • 396 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 28

Armenia

  • 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 121

Azerbaijan

  • 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 120

Bangladesh

  • 176 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 55

Bhutan

  • 148 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 61

China

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 119

Georgia

  • 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 108

India

  • 174 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 56

Japan

  • 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 171

Kazakhstan

  • 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 142

Korea, North now North Korea

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 82 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 79

Korea, South now South Korea

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 145

Kyrgyzstan

  • 76 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 82

Maldives

  • 68 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 84

Mongolia

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 44 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 101

Nepal

  • 258 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 45

Pakistan

  • 178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 53

Russia

  • 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 122

Sri Lanka

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 30 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 114

Tajikistan

  • 32 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 111

Turkmenistan

  • 42 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 104

Uzbekistan

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 109

Central America and the Caribbean

18 entries

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • 80 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 80

Barbados

  • 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 117

Belize

  • 28 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 116

Costa Rica

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 124

Cuba

  • 39 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 106

Dominican Republic

  • 92 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 75

El Salvador

  • 54 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 92

Grenada

  • 27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 118

Guatemala

  • 88 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 78

Haiti

  • 359 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 33

Honduras

  • 129 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 65

Jamaica

  • 89 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 77

Nicaragua

  • 150 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 60

Panama

  • 94 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 74

Puerto Rico

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 14 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 139

Saint Lucia

  • 48 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 97

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 45 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 100

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

  • 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 88

Europe

37 entries

Albania

  • 29 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 115

Austria

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 175

Belarus

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 176

Belgium

  • 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 160

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 143

Bulgaria

  • 11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 146

Croatia

  • 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 158

Czechia

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 180

Denmark

  • 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 169

Estonia

  • 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 151

Finland

  • 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 181

France

  • 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 159

Germany

  • 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 168

Greece

  • 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 184

Hungary

  • 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 131

Ireland

  • 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 156

Italy

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 178

Latvia

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 18 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 130

Lithuania

  • 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 147

Luxembourg

  • 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 150

Malta

  • 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 155

Moldova

  • 23 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 126

Montenegro

  • 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 163

Netherlands

  • 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 162

Macedonia now North Macedonia

  • 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 157

Norway

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 174

Poland

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 182

Portugal

  • 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 149

Romania

  • 31 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 112

Serbia

  • 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 132

Slovakia

  • 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 167

Slovenia

  • 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 154

Spain

  • 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 173

Sweden

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 177

Switzerland

  • 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 172

Ukraine

  • 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 125

United Kingdom

  • 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 153

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • 15 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 135

Cyprus

  • 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 164

Gaza Strip

45 deaths/100,000 live births

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.)

country comparison to the world: 98

Iran

  • 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 123

Iraq

  • 50 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 96

Israel

  • 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 170

Jordan

  • 58 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 90

Kuwait

  • 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 179

Lebanon

  • 15 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 137

Oman

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 133

Qatar

  • 13 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 140

Saudi Arabia

  • 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 141

Syria

  • 68 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 85

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 16 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 134

United Arab Emirates

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 165

West Bank

45 deaths/100,000 live births

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank (2015 est.)

country comparison to the world: 99

Yemen

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 385 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 30

North America

3 entries

Canada

  • 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 161

Mexico

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 38 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 107

United States

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 14 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 138

Oceania

10 entries

Australia

  • 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 166

Fiji

  • 30 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 113

Kiribati

  • 90 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 76

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 72

New Zealand

  • 11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 144

Papua New Guinea

  • 215 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 49

Samoa

  • 51 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 95

Solomon Islands

  • 114 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 70

Tonga

  • 124 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 68

Vanuatu

  • 78 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 81

South America

12 entries

Argentina

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 52 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 94

Bolivia

  • 206 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 51

Brazil

  • 44 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 102

Chile

  • 22 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 128

Colombia

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 64 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 87

Ecuador

  • 64 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 86

Guyana

  • 229 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 47

Paraguay

  • 132 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 64

Peru

  • 68 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 83

Suriname

  • 155 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 59

Uruguay

  • 15 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 136

Venezuela

  • 95 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 73

Southeast Asia

11 entries

Brunei

  • 23 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 127

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 54

Cambodia

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 161 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 57

Indonesia

  • 126 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 67

Laos

  • 197 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 52

Malaysia

  • 40 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 105

Philippines

  • 114 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 71

Singapore

  • 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 148

Thailand

Published as “Maternal mortality ratio”

  • 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 129

Timor-Leste

  • 215 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 50

Vietnam

  • 54 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
  • country comparison to the world: 91

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Maternal mortality ratio”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/maternal-mortality-ratio/2017.

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