{
  "slug": "us-maternal-mortality",
  "eyebrow": "Graphs · Comparative ranking",
  "title": "US Maternal Mortality vs the Developed World",
  "source": "Commonwealth Fund",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.commonwealthfund.org",
  "dataYear": "2024",
  "updated": "May 2026",
  "unit": "deaths per 100,000 live births",
  "scaleMax": 50,
  "frame": "Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The US overall rate is worse than every developed country. The US-Black rate is more than twice the US overall. Even the best-performing US demographic, US-Asian, is worse than every developed country except New Zealand and Chile.",
  "stats": [
    { "value": "22.3", "caption": "US overall rate (per 100K)" },
    { "value": "49.5", "caption": "US-Black rate (highest)" },
    { "value": "0.0", "caption": "Norway (lowest)" }
  ],
  "methodology": "US subsets (Asian, Hispanic, White, Black) reported separately by the Commonwealth Fund to surface demographic disparities within the national rate.",
  "entries": [
    { "code": "NOR",         "label": "Norway",         "value": 0.0,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "SWIZ",        "label": "Switzerland",    "value": 1.2,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "SWE",         "label": "Sweden",         "value": 2.6,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "NETH",        "label": "Netherlands",    "value": 2.8,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "JPN",         "label": "Japan",          "value": 3.4,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "AUS",         "label": "Australia",      "value": 3.5,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "GER",         "label": "Germany",        "value": 3.5,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "UK",          "label": "United Kingdom", "value": 5.5,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "FRA",         "label": "France",         "value": 7.6,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "CAN",         "label": "Canada",         "value": 8.4,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "KOR",         "label": "South Korea",    "value": 8.8,  "isUS": false },
    { "code": "US-Asian",    "label": "US — Asian",     "value": 13.2, "isUS": true },
    { "code": "NZ",          "label": "New Zealand",    "value": 13.6, "isUS": false },
    { "code": "CHL",         "label": "Chile",          "value": 14.3, "isUS": false },
    { "code": "US-Hispanic", "label": "US — Hispanic",  "value": 16.9, "isUS": true },
    { "code": "US-White",    "label": "US — White",     "value": 19.0, "isUS": true },
    { "code": "US",          "label": "US (overall)",   "value": 22.3, "isUS": true },
    { "code": "US-Black",    "label": "US — Black",     "value": 49.5, "isUS": true }
  ]
}