♦ India has reported 24,700 maternal deaths in 2023 and translating to a maternal mortality ratio of 116 per one lakh livebirths. The analysis published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Women's Health journal. The study which is led by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). 

♦ India's maternal mortality ratio of 2023 has reduced by nearly 80 percent since 1990 - from 508 per one lakh livebirths to 116 per one lakh livebirths.

♦ Estimates suggest that Pakistan saw a total of 10,300 maternal deaths the same year, while the African countries of Ethiopia and Nigeria had 11,900 and 32,900 maternal deaths, respectively.

♦ The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 research provides the most up-to-date global assessment of maternal mortality trends across 204 countries and territories through 2023.