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Maternal mortality ratio — Burkina Faso

Maternal mortality ratio in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 242 per 100k. Ranked 166 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 71.5%.

2023 242 per 100k −23.42% vs 2022
World rank 166of 194
Period maximum 850 per 100k1985
Period minimum 242 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Burkina Faso, 1985–202302505007501,000198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 850 per 100k1986: 834 per 100k1987: 820 per 100k1988: 806 per 100k1989: 787 per 100k1990: 759 per 100k1991: 732 per 100k1992: 703 per 100k1993: 677 per 100k1994: 651 per 100k1995: 629 per 100k1996: 605 per 100k1997: 610 per 100k1998: 567 per 100k1999: 547 per 100k2000: 524 per 100k2001: 513 per 100k2002: 508 per 100k2003: 495 per 100k2004: 481 per 100k2005: 467 per 100k2006: 463 per 100k2007: 453 per 100k2008: 429 per 100k2009: 419 per 100k2010: 404 per 100k2011: 388 per 100k2012: 376 per 100k2013: 361 per 100k2014: 344 per 100k2015: 328 per 100k2016: 313 per 100k2017: 298 per 100k2018: 286 per 100k2019: 274 per 100k2020: 334 per 100k2021: 354 per 100k2022: 316 per 100k2023: 242 per 100k
Change over the period: −608 (−71.53%) Average annual rate: -3.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 242 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Western Africa computed 676 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 303 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 242 −74 −23.42%
2022 316 −38 −10.73%
2021 354 +20 +5.99%
2020 334 +60 +21.9%
2019 274 −12 −4.2%
2018 286 −12 −4.03%
2017 298 −15 −4.79%
2016 313 −15 −4.57%
2015 328 −16 −4.65%
2014 344 −17 −4.71%
2013 361 −15 −3.99%
2012 376 −12 −3.09%
2011 388 −16 −3.96%
2010 404 −15 −3.58%
2009 419 −10 −2.33%
2008 429 −24 −5.3%
2007 453 −10 −2.16%
2006 463 −4 −0.86%
2005 467 −14 −2.91%
2004 481 −14 −2.83%
2003 495 −13 −2.56%
2002 508 −5 −0.97%
2001 513 −11 −2.1%
2000 524 −23 −4.2%
1999 547 −20 −3.53%
1998 567 −43 −7.05%
1997 610 +5 +0.83%
1996 605 −24 −3.82%
1995 629 −22 −3.38%
1994 651 −26 −3.84%
1993 677 −26 −3.7%
1992 703 −29 −3.96%
1991 732 −27 −3.56%
1990 759 −28 −3.56%
1989 787 −19 −2.36%
1988 806 −14 −1.71%
1987 820 −14 −1.68%
1986 834 −16 −1.88%
1985 850 — —

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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