Maternal mortality ratio

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. Reported as: national estimate.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
111
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    World Health Organization

    Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), World Health Organization (WHO), note: The country data compiled, adjusted and used in the estimation model by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The country data were compiled from the following sources: civil registration and vital statistics

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim

    specialized studies on maternal mortality

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim

    population based surveys and censuses

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim

    other available data sources including data from surveillance sites.

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UNICEF

    UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    UN Population Fund

    UN Population Fund (UNFPA), note: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank Group

    World Bank Group (WBG), note: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    United Nations

    United Nations (UN), note: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Pan American Health Organization

    Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), note: Core Indicators Portal

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Demographic & Health Surveys

    Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, note: The DHS Program, Demographic and Health Surveys

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Bahrain20230per 100,000 live births
Barbados2023178.30per 100,000 live births
Belize202378.83per 100,000 live births
Bulgaria20238.74per 100,000 live births
Canada20239.38per 100,000 live births
Cayman Islands20230per 100,000 live births
Costa Rica20237.96per 100,000 live births
Cuba202338.70per 100,000 live births
Dominica20230per 100,000 live births
Ecuador202335.62per 100,000 live births

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