Somalia - 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 Somalia was 829.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,210.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 829.00 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 1,210.00
2001 1,170.00
2002 1,140.00
2003 1,100.00
2004 1,080.00
2005 1,040.00
2006 1,040.00
2007 1,030.00
2008 1,010.00
2009 994.00
2010 985.00
2011 955.00
2012 943.00
2013 893.00
2014 878.00
2015 855.00
2016 865.00
2017 829.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health