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Maternal mortality ratio — Benin

Maternal mortality ratio in Benin in 2023 — 518 per 100k. Ranked 187 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 43.1%.

2023 518 per 100k −5.3% vs 2022
World rank 187of 194
Period maximum 910 per 100k1985
Period minimum 501 per 100k2007

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Benin, 1985–20234006008001,000198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 910 per 100k1986: 858 per 100k1987: 817 per 100k1988: 765 per 100k1989: 732 per 100k1990: 692 per 100k1991: 666 per 100k1992: 625 per 100k1993: 591 per 100k1994: 605 per 100k1995: 586 per 100k1996: 576 per 100k1997: 556 per 100k1998: 547 per 100k1999: 536 per 100k2000: 529 per 100k2001: 532 per 100k2002: 534 per 100k2003: 532 per 100k2004: 531 per 100k2005: 514 per 100k2006: 509 per 100k2007: 501 per 100k2008: 563 per 100k2009: 598 per 100k2010: 607 per 100k2011: 613 per 100k2012: 618 per 100k2013: 607 per 100k2014: 605 per 100k2015: 606 per 100k2016: 604 per 100k2017: 592 per 100k2018: 585 per 100k2019: 572 per 100k2020: 578 per 100k2021: 584 per 100k2022: 547 per 100k2023: 518 per 100k
Change over the period: −392 (−43.08%) Average annual rate: -1.47 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 518 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Western Africa computed 676 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 518 −29 −5.3%
2022 547 −37 −6.34%
2021 584 +6 +1.04%
2020 578 +6 +1.05%
2019 572 −13 −2.22%
2018 585 −7 −1.18%
2017 592 −12 −1.99%
2016 604 −2 −0.33%
2015 606 +1 +0.17%
2014 605 −2 −0.33%
2013 607 −11 −1.78%
2012 618 +5 +0.82%
2011 613 +6 +0.99%
2010 607 +9 +1.51%
2009 598 +35 +6.22%
2008 563 +62 +12.38%
2007 501 −8 −1.57%
2006 509 −5 −0.97%
2005 514 −17 −3.2%
2004 531 −1 −0.19%
2003 532 −2 −0.37%
2002 534 +2 +0.38%
2001 532 +3 +0.57%
2000 529 −7 −1.31%
1999 536 −11 −2.01%
1998 547 −9 −1.62%
1997 556 −20 −3.47%
1996 576 −10 −1.71%
1995 586 −19 −3.14%
1994 605 +14 +2.37%
1993 591 −34 −5.44%
1992 625 −41 −6.16%
1991 666 −26 −3.76%
1990 692 −40 −5.46%
1989 732 −33 −4.31%
1988 765 −52 −6.36%
1987 817 −41 −4.78%
1986 858 −52 −5.71%
1985 910 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 40 GH Ghana 234 SN Senegal 237 BF Burkina Faso 242 TG Togo 349 NE Niger 350 GM Gambia 354 SL Sierra Leone 354 CI Côte d'Ivoire 359 ML Mali 367 MR Mauritania 381 GN Guinea 494 GW Guinea-Bissau 505 BJ Benin 518 LR Liberia 628 NG Nigeria 993
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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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