OECD members - 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 OECD members was 18.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 18.00 in 2013.

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

See also:

Year Value
2000 24.00
2001 24.00
2002 24.00
2003 23.00
2004 22.00
2005 22.00
2006 21.00
2007 21.00
2008 20.00
2009 21.00
2010 20.00
2011 19.00
2012 19.00
2013 18.00
2014 18.00
2015 18.00
2016 18.00
2017 18.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health