Sri Lanka - 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 Sri Lanka was 36.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 36.00 in 2014.

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 56.00
2001 53.00
2002 50.00
2003 50.00
2004 48.00
2005 45.00
2006 47.00
2007 43.00
2008 42.00
2009 41.00
2010 38.00
2011 38.00
2012 37.00
2013 37.00
2014 36.00
2015 36.00
2016 36.00
2017 36.00

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

The value for Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in Sri Lanka was 43.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 165.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 15.00 in 2006.

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
1985 51.00
1986 44.00
1996 20.00
1997 33.00
1998 24.00
1999 17.00
2000 21.00
2001 18.00
2002 17.00
2003 20.00
2004 52.00
2005 165.00
2006 15.00
2007 51.00
2008 48.00
2009 52.00
2010 68.00
2011 34.00
2012 36.00
2013 42.00
2014 36.00
2015 35.00
2016 37.00
2017 37.00
2018 43.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health