Indicator 3.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio, per 100,000 live births
The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period. It depicts the risk of maternal death relative to the number of live births and essentially captures the risk of death in a single pregnancy or a single live birth. Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a specified time period.
Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Albania | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 8.3 |
Armenia | 33.4 | 33.2 | 31.5 | 29.1 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 27.2 |
Austria | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
Azerbaijan | 33.3 | 32.8 | 30.7 | 29.4 | 28.4 | 29.0 | 29.4 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 40.8 |
Belarus | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Belgium | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
Bulgaria | 9.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
Canada | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
Croatia | 9.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Cyprus | 30.4 | 26.8 | 30.7 | 31.9 | 36.3 | 39.1 | 42.4 | 42.3 | 49.4 | 58.5 | 63.8 | 68.4 |
Czechia | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Denmark | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
Estonia | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Finland | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
France | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
Georgia | 43.2 | 41.0 | 39.1 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 27.6 |
Germany | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Greece | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
Hungary | 14.4 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 15.0 |
Iceland | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
Ireland | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
Israel | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Italy | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Kazakhstan | 23.0 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.4 |
Kyrgyzstan | 70.8 | 71.7 | 65.9 | 62.2 | 65.7 | 59.7 | 61.3 | 53.2 | 52.6 | 53.7 | 47.4 | 50.4 |
Latvia | 23.5 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 21.8 | 18.3 |
Lithuania | 9.9 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
Luxembourg | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Malta | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
Montenegro | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
Netherlands | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
North Macedonia | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Norway | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Poland | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Portugal | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
Republic of Moldova | 18.5 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
Romania | 21.1 | 22.2 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
Russian Federation | 19.2 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 13.7 |
Serbia | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
Slovakia | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
Slovenia | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Spain | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Sweden | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Switzerland | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
Tajikistan | 31.2 | 31.9 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 |
Türkiye | 22.2 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
Turkmenistan | 10.3 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
Ukraine | 17.0 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 16.5 |
United Kingdom | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
United States | 15.4 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 21.1 |
Uzbekistan | 37.9 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 36.0 | 33.8 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 30.2 |
Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Albania | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 8.3 |
Armenia | 33.4 | 33.2 | 31.5 | 29.1 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 27.2 |
Austria | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
Azerbaijan | 33.3 | 32.8 | 30.7 | 29.4 | 28.4 | 29.0 | 29.4 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 40.8 |
Belarus | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Belgium | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
Bulgaria | 9.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
Canada | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
Croatia | 9.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Cyprus | 30.4 | 26.8 | 30.7 | 31.9 | 36.3 | 39.1 | 42.4 | 42.3 | 49.4 | 58.5 | 63.8 | 68.4 |
Czechia | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Denmark | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
Estonia | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Finland | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
France | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 |
Georgia | 43.2 | 41.0 | 39.1 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 27.6 |
Germany | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Greece | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
Hungary | 14.4 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 15.0 |
Iceland | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
Ireland | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
Israel | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Italy | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Kazakhstan | 23.0 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.4 |
Kyrgyzstan | 70.8 | 71.7 | 65.9 | 62.2 | 65.7 | 59.7 | 61.3 | 53.2 | 52.6 | 53.7 | 47.4 | 50.4 |
Latvia | 23.5 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 21.8 | 18.3 |
Lithuania | 9.9 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
Luxembourg | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Malta | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
Montenegro | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
Netherlands | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
North Macedonia | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Norway | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Poland | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Portugal | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
Republic of Moldova | 18.5 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
Romania | 21.1 | 22.2 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 15.7 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
Russian Federation | 19.2 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 13.7 |
Serbia | 14.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
Slovakia | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
Slovenia | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Spain | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Sweden | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Switzerland | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.4 |
Tajikistan | 31.2 | 31.9 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 |
Türkiye | 22.2 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
Turkmenistan | 10.3 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
Ukraine | 17.0 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 16.5 |
United Kingdom | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
United States | 15.4 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 21.1 |
Uzbekistan | 37.9 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 36.0 | 33.8 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 30.2 |