Ethiopia - 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 Ethiopia was 401.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,030.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 401.00 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 1,030.00
2001 988.00
2002 985.00
2003 972.00
2004 929.00
2005 865.00
2006 795.00
2007 731.00
2008 681.00
2009 638.00
2010 597.00
2011 558.00
2012 527.00
2013 498.00
2014 472.00
2015 446.00
2016 422.00
2017 401.00

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

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
2000 804.00
2005 710.00
2007 1,184.00
2011 861.00
2016 557.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health