Yemen - 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 Yemen was 164.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 301.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 164.00 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 301.00
2001 290.00
2002 278.00
2003 266.00
2004 254.00
2005 242.00
2006 230.00
2007 219.00
2008 208.00
2009 200.00
2010 192.00
2011 187.00
2012 184.00
2013 175.00
2014 174.00
2015 169.00
2016 165.00
2017 164.00

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
1997 588.00
2003 339.00
2013 137.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health