MATERNAL MORTALITY
SDG Target 3.1
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100 000 live births
AFR
(195 000)
AMR
(7900)
SITUATION
Blood
clots
3%
Abortion
complications
8%
Obstructed
labour and
other direct
causes
9%
Infections
(mostly after
childbirth)
11%
Pregnanyinduced
high blood
pressure
14%
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SEAR
(61 000)
EUR
(1800)
EMR
(28 000)
WPR
(9800)
REFERENCES
Unless otherwise noted, all statistics in the text, table and figures are
taken from: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United
Nations Population Division. Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2015.
Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United
Nations Population Division. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015
(http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/
maternal-mortality-2015/en/, accessed 25 March 2016).
Table A.1.1.
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births), 2015a
Table A.1.1. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100000 live births), 2015
AFR
Cabo Verde
South Africa
Algeria
138
140
156
Costa Rica 25
Barbados 27
224
265
Grenada
27
Belize
28
Senegal
Ghana
315
319
335
Brazil 44
Benin
Congo
Zimbabwe
342
343
353
353
368
371
389
398
405
442
443
Angola
Lesotho
477
487
Mozambique
Eritrea
489
501
510
Kenya
Guinea-Bissau
Niger
549
553
Argentina
52
El Salvador
54
63
Ecuador
64
Peru
68
Bahamas
80
Guatemala
88
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
89
Panama
94
95
64
92
Honduras
129
Paraguay
132
Nicaragua
Suriname
150
155
206
229
Mali
Cameroon
587
596
Guyana
Mauritania
Malawi
602
634
645
SEAR
Thailand
20
679
693
Sri Lanka
Maldives
30
706
712
DemocraticPeoples
People's
Republic
of ..
Democratic
Republic
of Korea
82
Indonesia
126
725
789
814
Bhutan
148
India
174
Bangladesh
Myanmar
176
Timor-Leste
215
Nepal
258
Cte d'Ivoire
Guinea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gambia
Burundi
Liberia
South Sudan
Nigeria
Chad
Central African Republic
Sierra Leone
a
Uruguay 15
Chile 22
Mexico 38
Cuba 39
Swaziland
United Republic of Tanzania
DATA GAPS
290
291
Togo
Burkina Faso
EUR
7
Rwanda
Gabon
Uganda
Ethiopia
Madagascar
EQUITY
53
129
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Canada
Mauritius
Botswana
AMR
42
359
Haiti
856
882
1360
68
178
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Poland
Austria
Belarus
Czech Republic
Italy
Sweden
Israel
Norway
Spain
Switzerland
Denmark
Germany
Slovakia
Belgium
Cyprus
Montenegro
Netherlands
Croatia
France
Ireland
The Former
Yugoslav
RepublicRepublic
of Macedonia
The former
Yugoslav
of ..
Estonia
Malta
Slovenia
United Kingdom
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Hungary
Serbia
Latvia
Republic of Moldova
Ukraine
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Russian Federation
Albania
Romania
Tajikistan
Georgia
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
EMR
3
3
3
3
Kuwait 4
United Arab Emirates
Libya
Saudi Arabia
12
Qatar
13
Bahrain
15
Lebanon
15
Oman
17
25
Egypt
33
Iraq
50
Jordan
58
Tunisia
62
68
Morocco
121
Pakistan
178
5
5
5
7
7
8
229
Djibouti
311
Sudan
Yemen
385
Afghanistan
396
Somalia
9
9
732
WPR
Japan
Australia
Singapore
10
New Zealand
11
11
Republic of Korea
11
11
Brunei Darussalam
23
12
China
27
16
Fiji
30
17
Malaysia
40
Mongolia
44
Samoa
51
24
Viet Nam
54
25
Vanuatu
78
25
Kiribati
90
25
100
29
Philippines
114
Solomon Islands
114
Tonga
124
36
Cambodia
161
42
197
76
215
10
10
10
17
18
23
31
32
36
WHO Member States with a population of less than 100 000 in 2015 were not included in the analysis.
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