Global maternal death: Nigeria tops by a wide margin

FOUR COUNTRIES ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY HALF OF GLOBAL MATERNAL DEATHS

🇳🇬Nigeria, 🇮🇳India, 🇨🇩DR Congo, and 🇵🇰Pakistan together drove almost half (47%) of global maternal mortality in 2023, but Nigeria tops the list by a wide margin, not by chance.

🇳🇬Nigeria — 75,000 deaths
🇮🇳India —…

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Nigeria — 75,000 deaths

India — 19,000 deaths

DR Congo — 19,000 deaths

Pakistan — 11,000 deaths

Nigeria leads globally in maternal deaths, accounting for over a quarter (around 28-29%) of all worldwide fatalities, with roughly 75,000 women dying annually from pregnancy/childbirth complications, averaging one death every seven minutes, primarily due to preventable issues like hemorrhage, hypertension, and unsafe abortions, exacerbated by weak healthcare systems and funding cuts. 

ONE PREGNANCY DEATH EVERY 7 MINUTES

Nigeria recorded more maternal deaths in 3 days than the US did in all of 2023.

🇳🇬Nigeria — 75,000 deaths ≈ 205 deaths/day

🇺🇸US — 610 deaths

A Nigerian woman died from pregnancy-related causes every 7 minutes.

In the US, it was roughly…

— StatiSense (@StatiSense) December 20, 2025