Libya - 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 Libya was 72.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 73.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 52.00 in 2008.

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 70.00
2001 68.00
2002 66.00
2003 64.00
2004 61.00
2005 57.00
2006 55.00
2007 53.00
2008 52.00
2009 53.00
2010 53.00
2011 56.00
2012 55.00
2013 58.00
2014 63.00
2015 70.00
2016 73.00
2017 72.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health