Maldives - 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 Maldives was 53.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 125.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 53.00 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 125.00
2001 111.00
2002 105.00
2003 97.00
2004 89.00
2005 75.00
2006 71.00
2007 71.00
2008 72.00
2009 71.00
2010 67.00
2011 62.00
2012 60.00
2013 58.00
2014 56.00
2015 54.00
2016 54.00
2017 53.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Maldives was 27.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 119.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2003.

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 50.00
2001 51.00
2002 119.00
2003 0.00
2004 33.00
2005 16.00
2007 30.00
2008 58.00
2010 96.00
2011 54.00
2015 27.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health