Saudi Arabia - 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 Saudi Arabia was 17.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.00 in 2001 and a minimum value of 17.00 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

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Year Value
2000 24.00
2001 24.00
2002 23.00
2003 23.00
2004 22.00
2005 22.00
2006 21.00
2007 21.00
2008 20.00
2009 20.00
2010 19.00
2011 18.00
2012 18.00
2013 17.00
2014 17.00
2015 17.00
2016 17.00
2017 17.00

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

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
1998 25.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health