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10Survival: progress and setbacks
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000 1
1 Iceland 4 2
2 Norway 7
3 Australia 4
4 Canada 7 2
5 Ireland 1 2
6 Sweden 3 2
7 Switzerland 5 2
8 Japan 6 2
9 Netherlands 6 2
10 France 8 2
11 Finland 7
12 United States 11 2
13 Spain 4 2
14 Denmark 3 2
15 Austria 4 2
16 United Kingdom 8 2
17 Belgium 8 2
18 Luxembourg 12 2
19 New Zealand 9 2
20 Italy 3 2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 2
22 Germany 4 2
23 Israel 4 2
24 Greece 3 2
25 Singapore 14 2
26 Korea (Republic of) 14 2
27 Slovenia 6 2
28 Cyprus 10 2
29 Portugal 11 2
30 Brunei Darussalam 41 2
31 Barbados 16 2
32 Czech Republic 4 2
33 Kuwait 4 2
34 Malta 8 2
35 Qatar 12 2
36 Hungary 6 2
37 Poland 8 2
38 Argentina 77 2
39 United Arab Emirates 37 2
40 Chile 16 2
41 Bahrain 32 2
42 Slovakia 6 2
43 Lithuania 11 2
44 Estonia 25 2
45 Latvia 10 2
46 Uruguay 20 2
47 Croatia 7 2
48 Costa Rica 30 2
49 Bahamas 16 2
50 Seychelles .. 2
51 Cuba 45 2
52 Mexico 60 2
53 Bulgaria 11 2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. 2
55 Tonga .. 2
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 97 2
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 2
58 Oman 64 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 45 2
60 Romania 24 2
61 Saudi Arabia 18 2
62 Panama 83 2
63 Malaysia 62 2
64 Belarus 18 2
65 Mauritius 15
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2
67 Russian Federation 28 2
68 Albania 92 2
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 10 2
70 Brazil 110 2
71 Dominica .. 2
72 Saint Lucia .. 2
73 Kazakhstan 140 2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 57 2
75 Colombia 120 2
76 Ukraine 18 2
77 Samoa .. 2
78 Thailand 110 2
79 Dominican Republic 150 2
80 Belize 52 2
81 China 45
82 Grenada .. 2
83 Armenia 39 2
84 Turkey 44 2
85 Suriname 72 2
86 Jordan 62 2
87 Peru 240 2
88 Lebanon 150 2
89 Ecuador 110 2
90 Philippines 230 2
91 Tunisia 100 2
92 Fiji 210 2
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. 2
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 140 2
95 Paraguay 150 2
96 Georgia 66 2
97 Guyana 470 2
98 Azerbaijan 82 2
99 Sri Lanka 58 2
100 Maldives 120 2
101 Jamaica 26 2
102 Cape Verde 210 2
103 El Salvador 170 2
104 Algeria 180 2
105 Viet Nam 150 2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 2
107 Indonesia 420 2
108 Syrian Arab Republic 130 2
109 Turkmenistan 130 2
110 Nicaragua 170 2
111 Moldova 22 2
112 Egypt 130 2
113 Uzbekistan 24 2
114 Mongolia 46 2
115 Honduras 280 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 150 2
117 Bolivia 290 2
118 Guatemala 290 2
119 Gabon 520 2
120 Vanuatu .. 2
121 South Africa 400 2
122 Tajikistan 170 2
123 Sao Tome and Principe .. 2
124 Botswana 380 2
125 Namibia 210 2
126 Morocco 240 2
127 Equatorial Guinea 680 2
128 India 450 2
129 Solomon Islands 220 2
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 660 2
131 Cambodia 590 2
132 Myanmar 380 2
133 Bhutan 440 2
134 Comoros 400
135 Ghana 560 2
136 Pakistan 320 2
137 Mauritania 820 2
138 Lesotho 960 2
139 Congo 740 2
140 Bangladesh 570 2
141 Swaziland 390 2
142 Nepal 830 2
143 Madagascar 510 2
144 Cameroon 1,000 2
145 Papua New Guinea 470 2
146 Haiti 670 2
147 Sudan 450 2
148 Kenya 560 2
149 Djibouti 650 2
150 Timor-Leste 380 2
151 Zimbabwe 880 2
152 Togo 510 2
153 Yemen 430 2
154 Uganda 550 2
155 Gambia 690 2
156 Senegal 980 2
157 Eritrea 450 2
158 Nigeria 1,100 2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 950 2
160 Guinea 910 2
161 Rwanda 1,300 2
162 Angola 1,400 2
163 Benin 840 2
164 Malawi 1,100 2
165 Zambia 830 2
166 Côte d'Ivoire 810 2
167 Burundi 1,100 2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1,100 2
169 Ethiopia 720 2
170 Chad 1,500 2
171 Central African Republic 980 2
172 Mozambique 520 2
173 Mali 970 2
174 Niger 1,800 2
175 Guinea-Bissau 1,100 2
176 Burkina Faso 700 2
177 Sierra Leone 2,100 2

Notes :
1 - Data adjusted based on reviews by UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA to account for well-documented problems of underreporting and misclassifications.
2 -

Source :
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). 2007a. Correspondence on maternal mortality.