Laos: Worse Maternal Mortality than Afghanistan

I just read the CIA World Factbook list of countries with highest rates of maternal mortality and Laos is at #20.  The only non-Africa country.  Worse than Afghanistan which comes in #21.  Are you kidding me?  It’s neighbors Cambodia (#44), Vietnam (#101), Thailand (#110) and China (#116) are not in the same category.  So sad but also motivates me.

Here’s the list: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2223rank.html