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Maternal mortality rates worldwide in 2023, by selected country (per 100,000 live births)

Characteristic	Deaths per 100,000 live births
Colombia	46.9
Mexico	34.6
Latvia	27.8
Chile	18.9
United States	18.6
Luxembourg	15.8
Costa Rica*	15
Turkey	13.5
Portugal*	13.1
Hungary	12.9
Canada	12.2
Finland	11.5
Korea	10
Lithuania	9.7
Estonia	9.3
Belgium*	8.8
New Zealand**	8.6
Czechia	7.7
Australia*	4.7
Netherlands	4.3
Germany	4.2
Greece*	3.9
Norway	3.8
Italy*	3.6
Japan	3.6
Denmark*	3.4
Spain	3.4
Sweden	3
Austria	2.6
Poland	2.6
Switzerland	2.5
Slovakia	2.1
Israel*	1.1
Iceland	0
Ireland*	0
Slovenia**	0

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November 2025

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Survey time period

2023

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Maternal mortality rate is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes."

* Figures are from 2022..

** Figures are from 2021 and earlier.

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Maternal mortality rates can vary significantly around the world. For example, in 2023, Ireland had a maternal mortality rate of zero per 100,000 live births, while Colombia reported a rate of 47 deaths per 100,000 live births. Most causes of maternal mortality are preventable and treatable, with the most common causes including severe bleeding, infections, complications during delivery, high blood pressure during pregnancy, and unsafe abortion.

Maternal mortality in the United States

In 2022, there were a total of 817 maternal deaths in the United States. Women aged 25 to 39 years accounted for 578 of these deaths, however, rates of maternal mortality are much higher among women aged 40 years and older. In 2022, the rate of maternal mortality among women aged 40 years and older in the U.S. was 87 per 100,000 live births, compared to a rate of 21 among women aged 25 to 39 years. The rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. has risen in recent years among all age groups.

Differences in maternal mortality in the U.S. by race/ethnicity

Sadly, there are great disparities in maternal mortality in the United States among different races and ethnicities. In 2022, the rate of maternal mortality among non-Hispanic white women was about 19 per 100,000 live births, while non-Hispanic Black women died from maternal causes at a rate of almost 50 per 100,000 live births. Rates of maternal mortality have risen for white and Hispanic women in recent years, but Black women have by far seen the largest increase in maternal mortality. In 2022, around 253 Black women died from maternal causes in the United States.