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Maternal mortality ratio — Bulgaria

Maternal mortality ratio in Bulgaria in 2023 — 6 per 100k. Ranked 28 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 76.9%.

2023 6 per 100k −40% vs 2022
World rank 28of 194
Period maximum 27 per 100k1990
Period minimum 6 per 100k2019

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Bulgaria, 1985–20230102030198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 26 per 100k1986: 25 per 100k1987: 25 per 100k1988: 26 per 100k1989: 25 per 100k1990: 27 per 100k1991: 25 per 100k1992: 25 per 100k1993: 23 per 100k1994: 25 per 100k1995: 23 per 100k1996: 22 per 100k1997: 23 per 100k1998: 20 per 100k1999: 20 per 100k2000: 19 per 100k2001: 17 per 100k2002: 15 per 100k2003: 14 per 100k2004: 14 per 100k2005: 13 per 100k2006: 12 per 100k2007: 11 per 100k2008: 10 per 100k2009: 9 per 100k2010: 9 per 100k2011: 8 per 100k2012: 7 per 100k2013: 7 per 100k2014: 7 per 100k2015: 7 per 100k2016: 7 per 100k2017: 7 per 100k2018: 7 per 100k2019: 6 per 100k2020: 9 per 100k2021: 9 per 100k2022: 10 per 100k2023: 6 per 100k
Change over the period: −20 (−76.92%) Average annual rate: -3.79 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bulgaria 6 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia 11 per 100k
Eastern Europe computed 9 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 43 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 6 −4 −40%
2022 10 +1 +11.11%
2021 9 +0 +0%
2020 9 +3 +50%
2019 6 −1 −14.29%
2018 7 +0 +0%
2017 7 +0 +0%
2016 7 +0 +0%
2015 7 +0 +0%
2014 7 +0 +0%
2013 7 +0 +0%
2012 7 −1 −12.5%
2011 8 −1 −11.11%
2010 9 +0 +0%
2009 9 −1 −10%
2008 10 −1 −9.09%
2007 11 −1 −8.33%
2006 12 −1 −7.69%
2005 13 −1 −7.14%
2004 14 +0 +0%
2003 14 −1 −6.67%
2002 15 −2 −11.76%
2001 17 −2 −10.53%
2000 19 −1 −5%
1999 20 +0 +0%
1998 20 −3 −13.04%
1997 23 +1 +4.55%
1996 22 −1 −4.35%
1995 23 −2 −8%
1994 25 +2 +8.7%
1993 23 −2 −8%
1992 25 +0 +0%
1991 25 −2 −7.41%
1990 27 +2 +8%
1989 25 −1 −3.85%
1988 26 +1 +4%
1987 25 +0 +0%
1986 25 −1 −3.85%
1985 26 — —

Eastern Europe, 2023

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

BY Belarus 1 PL Poland 2 CZ Czechia 3 SK Slovakia 4 BG Bulgaria 6 RU Russia 9 HU Hungary 12 RO Romania 12 UA Ukraine 15 MD Moldova 19
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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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