World - 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 World was 211.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 342.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 211.00 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 342.00
2001 335.00
2002 328.00
2003 319.00
2004 309.00
2005 296.00
2006 284.00
2007 274.00
2008 265.00
2009 257.00
2010 248.00
2011 241.00
2012 234.00
2013 229.00
2014 224.00
2015 219.00
2016 214.00
2017 211.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health