Maternal Mortality Rate
WorldPopulationSocial / HealthThe annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births by country.
UNMaternal mortality rates per 100,000 live births: Dark red (more than 250): Most of sub-Saharan Africa, and Afghanistan. Red to light red (15 to 250): India, parts of Africa, U S A. Very light red (less than 15): Canada, most of Europe.
Class | Rank | Deaths per 100,000 live births | Class | Rank | Million Metric Tons | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | |||||||