Maternal mortality has improved but behind target
The maternal mortality rate is at 197 deaths per 100,000 live births, 40% improvement since the year 2000 - but well behind the global target to reach just 71 deaths by 2030.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, maternal deaths continue to soar and are not reducing quickly enough. Though deaths in Northern America are low, it is the only region to see a worse maternal mortality rate over this century.
Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births:
2030 global target:
71 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
71 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
197
454
101
52
112
65
77
173
3
7
16
World
−131
Sub-Saharan Africa
−294
Northern Africa
−138
Western Asia
−35
Central and Southern Asia
−285
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
−54
Latin America and the Caribbean
−15
Oceania
−101
Australia and New Zealand
−4
Europe
−12
Northern America
+4
