Botswana - Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Botswana was 144.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 278.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 144.00 in 2017.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 262.00
2001 271.00
2002 278.00
2003 278.00
2004 264.00
2005 239.00
2006 221.00
2007 209.00
2008 203.00
2009 189.00
2010 179.00
2011 176.00
2012 170.00
2013 164.00
2014 160.00
2015 156.00
2016 151.00
2017 144.00

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Botswana was 158.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 215.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 140.00 in 2015.

Definition: Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.

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Year Value
2006 173.00
2007 154.00
2008 202.00
2009 215.00
2010 209.00
2011 179.00
2012 208.00
2013 163.00
2014 201.00
2015 140.00
2016 167.00
2017 172.00
2018 158.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health