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Maternal mortality ratio — Barbados

Maternal mortality ratio in Barbados in 2023 — 35 per 100k. Ranked 83 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 36.4%.

2023 35 per 100k −7.89% vs 2022
World rank 83of 194
Period maximum 61 per 100k1992
Period minimum 35 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Barbados, 1985–20233040506070198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 55 per 100k1986: 56 per 100k1987: 57 per 100k1988: 55 per 100k1989: 57 per 100k1990: 59 per 100k1991: 60 per 100k1992: 61 per 100k1993: 55 per 100k1994: 53 per 100k1995: 52 per 100k1996: 51 per 100k1997: 51 per 100k1998: 45 per 100k1999: 44 per 100k2000: 46 per 100k2001: 46 per 100k2002: 43 per 100k2003: 45 per 100k2004: 43 per 100k2005: 44 per 100k2006: 45 per 100k2007: 42 per 100k2008: 42 per 100k2009: 42 per 100k2010: 42 per 100k2011: 41 per 100k2012: 40 per 100k2013: 40 per 100k2014: 39 per 100k2015: 37 per 100k2016: 36 per 100k2017: 37 per 100k2018: 37 per 100k2019: 36 per 100k2020: 39 per 100k2021: 38 per 100k2022: 38 per 100k2023: 35 per 100k
Change over the period: −20 (−36.36%) Average annual rate: -1.18 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 35 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
High-income countries computed 9 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 35 −3 −7.89%
2022 38 +0 +0%
2021 38 −1 −2.56%
2020 39 +3 +8.33%
2019 36 −1 −2.7%
2018 37 +0 +0%
2017 37 +1 +2.78%
2016 36 −1 −2.7%
2015 37 −2 −5.13%
2014 39 −1 −2.5%
2013 40 +0 +0%
2012 40 −1 −2.44%
2011 41 −1 −2.38%
2010 42 +0 +0%
2009 42 +0 +0%
2008 42 +0 +0%
2007 42 −3 −6.67%
2006 45 +1 +2.27%
2005 44 +1 +2.33%
2004 43 −2 −4.44%
2003 45 +2 +4.65%
2002 43 −3 −6.52%
2001 46 +0 +0%
2000 46 +2 +4.55%
1999 44 −1 −2.22%
1998 45 −6 −11.76%
1997 51 +0 +0%
1996 51 −1 −1.92%
1995 52 −1 −1.89%
1994 53 −2 −3.64%
1993 55 −6 −9.84%
1992 61 +1 +1.67%
1991 60 +1 +1.69%
1990 59 +2 +3.51%
1989 57 +2 +3.64%
1988 55 −2 −3.51%
1987 57 +1 +1.79%
1986 56 +1 +1.82%
1985 55 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PR Puerto Rico 11 AG Antigua and Barbuda 35 BB Barbados 35 CU Cuba 35 DM Dominica 36 LC Saint Lucia 44 GD Grenada 48 TT Trinidad and Tobago 54 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 74 BS Bahamas 76 DO Dominican Republic 124 JM Jamaica 130 HT Haiti 328
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About the indicator

The number of women who died during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of its end from causes related to pregnancy, per 100,000 live births. The gap between countries exceeds a hundredfold and is almost entirely explained by the availability of skilled attendance at birth and of emergency obstetric care.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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