About this data

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN DESA, Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group (2025), via the WHO Global Health Observatory and Our World in Data

• These are UN estimates, which adjust each country's registered deaths for maternal deaths that are often missed or misclassified on death certificates, so they are usually higher than national statistics.
• Deaths from accidental or incidental causes are not counted. Rates are per 100,000 live births, whereas the UK's own reports (MBRRACE-UK) give rates per 100,000 maternities (women giving birth), so the figures differ slightly.

This chart appears in Child and maternal health.