In 2020, approximately 287,000 women worldwide died from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications, equivalent to one death every 2 minutes. Hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders, such as ...

Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation’s maternal mortality rate up to 33.8 deaths per 100,000 live first in June of 2022, according to the data.

The maternal mortality ratio in India has consistently been declining over the past few years. It stood at 130 deaths per one lakh live births in 2014-16, whereas it stood at 88 in 2020-22.

The constant drumbeat that maternal mortality is “commonplace” and that pregnancy is “deadly” doesn’t empower me with information to make my own decisions. It just stresses me out.

The maternal mortality ratio (MMR), defined as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, was reported at 8.4, showing a significant downward trend.

A 40% decline in global maternal deaths from 2000 to 2023 was demonstrated in a new report released today by the United Nations (UN), with the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) falling from 328 to ...

Now let's look at the five countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the world, according to the Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023 report released in 2025.

According to the Department of State Health Services, the provisional maternal mortality ratio jumped from 17.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 37.7 two years later, ...

With 189 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, Indonesia has a substantially higher maternal mortality ratio than other countries in the region, according to the United Nations Population Fund.

Now let's look at the five countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the world, according to the Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023 report released in 2025.