IBRD only - 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 IBRD only was 89.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 199.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 89.00 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 199.00
2001 192.00
2002 184.00
2003 177.00
2004 170.00
2005 161.00
2006 154.00
2007 145.00
2008 137.00
2009 129.00
2010 122.00
2011 114.00
2012 108.00
2013 103.00
2014 99.00
2015 95.00
2016 92.00
2017 89.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health