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 14.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.00 in 2003 and a minimum value of 14.00 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 20.00
2001 20.00
2002 20.00
2003 20.00
2004 19.00
2005 19.00
2006 18.00
2007 17.00
2008 17.00
2009 17.00
2010 16.00
2011 16.00
2012 16.00
2013 15.00
2014 15.00
2015 15.00
2016 15.00
2017 14.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health