While previously believed to have a maternal mortality rate of 60-80%, more recently it has been reported at 26.4%.

By 2010, the maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Afghanistan was 1,400.

The maternal mortality rate was 520 per 100,000 live births as of 1998.

The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births was 830.

In 2011, Bhutan had a maternal mortality rate of 200 per 100,000.

The maternal mortality rate in 1990 was 820 women per 100,000 live births.

In the field of health, maternal and infant mortality rates have been cut significantly.

The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Kenya is 530.

The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Vietnam is 56.

The maternal mortality rate had gone down slightly in comparison to 2008.