Rwanda - 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 Rwanda was 248.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,160.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 248.00 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 1,160.00
2001 1,100.00
2002 961.00
2003 870.00
2004 758.00
2005 643.00
2006 541.00
2007 469.00
2008 427.00
2009 424.00
2010 373.00
2011 349.00
2012 329.00
2013 308.00
2014 291.00
2015 275.00
2016 260.00
2017 248.00

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
2000 994.00
2005 985.00
2010 785.00
2015 297.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health