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Maternal Mortality 2000-2023 Report
April 11 , 2025
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- The report, titled ‘Trends in maternal mortality 2000-2023’, was prepared by the WHO, UNICEF, UN Population Fund, World Bank and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (population division).
- Nigeria had the highest number of maternal deaths and accounted for more than a quarter (28.7 percent) of all estimated global maternal deaths in 2023, with approximately 75,000 deaths.
- In 2023, India accounted for the second highest maternal deaths globally and tied with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with 19,000 and second only to Nigeria.
- This amounted to 52 fatalities each day.
- India’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) was 362 in 2000 and came down to 80 in 2023, marking a decline of 78 percent over the period.
- Together, these four countries accounted for almost half (47 percent) of all maternal deaths globally in 2023.
- China registered just 1,400 maternal deaths in 2023.
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