Table 4.

Maternal mortality rate in selected countries

Country	Income level	Annual reduction 2009–2015	ranking	Absolute value in 2015(1/100,000)	ranking
Kazakhstan	upper middle-income country	10.74%	1	12	43
Turkey	upper middle-income country	8.29%	2	16	51
East Timor	lower middle-income country	7.80%	3	215	134
Laos	lower middle-income country	7.57%	4	197	132
Ethiopia	low income country	7.57%	5	353	149
China	upper middle-income country	5.52%	17	27	66
ROK	high-income country	4.97%	24	11	39
India	lower middle-income country	4.19%	43	174	128
Japan	high-income country	2.78%	79	5	11
Germany	high-income country	2.38%	98	6	16
U.K.	high-income country	1.67%	129	9	30
U.S.	high-income country	1.11%	146	14	46
world average	–	2.66%	–	216	–
high-income countries	–	1.52%	–	10	–
upper middle-income countries	–	3.88%	–	41	–
middle-income countries	–	2.61%	–	180	–
lower middle-income countries	–	2.57%	–	254	–
low-income countries	–	3.49%	–	496	–

Source: WDI The World Bank Databank(2015)