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At what rate do mothers die from pregnancy and childbirth in India?

87 per 1,00,000 live births
2022-24▼ 1 vs 2021-23

ORGI · released 20 May 2026 · next due by 19 Jul 2027

At what rate do mothers die from pregnancy and childbirth in India?
PeriodValue (per 1,00,000 live births)
2022-2487
2021-2388
2020-2288
2019-2193
2018-2097
2017-19103
2016-18113
2015-17122
2014-16130

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India's maternal mortality ratio was 87 per 1,00,000 live births in 2022-24 (SRS), compared with 88 per 1,00,000 live births in 2021-23. Source: Office of the Registrar General, India, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022-24 (Sample Registration System).

Cite as: Sample Registration System, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022-24 (Registrar General of India)

What this shows

  • India's maternal mortality ratio was 87 per 1,00,000 live births in 2022-24, down from 88 in 2021-23 and 130 in 2014-16.
  • SDG target 3.1 is to bring the global MMR below 70.
  • Uttar Pradesh (154), Madhya Pradesh (135), Chhattisgarh and Odisha (124 each) were highest in 2022-24; Kerala (24) and Tamil Nadu (25) were lowest. The southern states together were at 41.

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Sample Registration System, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022-24 (Registrar General of India)

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Source
Office of the Registrar General, India, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022-24 (Sample Registration System)
Table
SRS Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality 2022-24, chart 'MMR in India' (2014-16 to 2022-24) and Table 1 (India); 2014-16 to 2021-23 identical in the 2021-23 bulletin
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20 May 2026
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What exactly is measured

Maternal mortality ratio: maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births, from the Sample Registration System of the Registrar General of India. A maternal death is a woman's death while pregnant or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy from a cause related to the pregnancy. Maternal deaths are rare, so each figure pools three years (2022-24 covers 2022, 2023 and 2024); the 95% confidence interval for 2022-24 is 78 to 95.

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  1. 9 periods, latest 2022-24: 87 per 1,00,000 live births · first snapshotArchived source05302bea1ffe
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  • 882021-23, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality
  • 872022-24, Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality

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