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Maternal mortality ratio (modelled estimate) in Asia

48 countries in Asia, 2023. Unit: per 100,000 live births. World ranking →

First in the ranking

2 /100k

Israel

Median country

23 /100k

half above, half below

World total

197 /100k

World Bank aggregate

Range

2 to 521

Israel - Afghanistan

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Afghanistan (521 /100k) and the lowest in Israel (2 /100k).

The median country is at 23 /100k: half are above, half below.

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

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Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-02-2023-a-woman-dies-every-two-minutes-due-to-pregnancy-or-… · via World Bank WDI (SH.STA.MMRT) · licence

Maternal mortality over time

/100k

Ranking of countries

2023

In chart
Israel in chart	1	Israel	2
United Arab Emirates in chart	2	United Arab Emirates	3
Japan in chart	3	Japan	3
South Korea in chart	4	South Korea	4
Qatar in chart	5	Qatar	4
Turkmenistan in chart	6	Turkmenistan	5
Singapore in chart	7	Singapore	6
Saudi Arabia in chart	8	Saudi Arabia	7
Kuwait in chart	9	Kuwait	8
Kazakhstan in chart	10	Kazakhstan	10
Oman in chart	11	Oman	13
Cyprus in chart	12	Cyprus	14
Tajikistan in chart	13	Tajikistan	14
Lebanon in chart	14	Lebanon	15
Türkiye in chart	15	Türkiye	15
China in chart	16	China	16
Iran in chart	17	Iran	16
Palestine in chart	18	Palestine	16
Bahrain in chart	19	Bahrain	17
Azerbaijan in chart	20	Azerbaijan	18
Sri Lanka in chart	21	Sri Lanka	18
Armenia in chart	22	Armenia	19
Georgia in chart	23	Georgia	20
Syria in chart	24	Syria	20
Malaysia in chart	25	Malaysia	26
Uzbekistan in chart	26	Uzbekistan	26
Jordan in chart	27	Jordan	31
Maldives in chart	28	Maldives	32
Thailand in chart	29	Thailand	34
Brunei in chart	30	Brunei	36
Mongolia in chart	31	Mongolia	41
Kyrgyzstan in chart	32	Kyrgyzstan	42
Bhutan in chart	33	Bhutan	47
Vietnam in chart	34	Vietnam	48
Iraq in chart	35	Iraq	66
North Korea in chart	36	North Korea	67
India in chart	37	India	80
Philippines in chart	38	Philippines	84
Laos in chart	39	Laos	112
Bangladesh in chart	40	Bangladesh	115
Yemen in chart	41	Yemen	118
Cambodia in chart	42	Cambodia	137
Indonesia in chart	43	Indonesia	140
Nepal in chart	44	Nepal	142
Pakistan in chart	45	Pakistan	155
Myanmar in chart	46	Myanmar	185
Timor-Leste in chart	47	Timor-Leste	192
Afghanistan in chart	48	Afghanistan	521

World Bank, WDI · SH.STA.MMRT · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.