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Maternal mortality ratio — Cameroon

Maternal mortality ratio in Cameroon in 2023 — 258 per 100k. Ranked 168 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 54.9%.

2023 258 per 100k −6.52% vs 2022
World rank 168of 194
Period maximum 678 per 100k2000
Period minimum 258 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Cameroon, 1985–2023200400600800198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 572 per 100k1986: 579 per 100k1987: 557 per 100k1988: 559 per 100k1989: 564 per 100k1990: 570 per 100k1991: 584 per 100k1992: 595 per 100k1993: 606 per 100k1994: 628 per 100k1995: 641 per 100k1996: 648 per 100k1997: 652 per 100k1998: 666 per 100k1999: 672 per 100k2000: 678 per 100k2001: 672 per 100k2002: 658 per 100k2003: 645 per 100k2004: 633 per 100k2005: 629 per 100k2006: 615 per 100k2007: 605 per 100k2008: 592 per 100k2009: 579 per 100k2010: 562 per 100k2011: 541 per 100k2012: 500 per 100k2013: 469 per 100k2014: 440 per 100k2015: 417 per 100k2016: 393 per 100k2017: 372 per 100k2018: 354 per 100k2019: 336 per 100k2020: 316 per 100k2021: 342 per 100k2022: 276 per 100k2023: 258 per 100k
Change over the period: −314 (−54.9%) Average annual rate: -2.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cameroon 258 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Middle Africa computed 386 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 258 −18 −6.52%
2022 276 −66 −19.3%
2021 342 +26 +8.23%
2020 316 −20 −5.95%
2019 336 −18 −5.08%
2018 354 −18 −4.84%
2017 372 −21 −5.34%
2016 393 −24 −5.76%
2015 417 −23 −5.23%
2014 440 −29 −6.18%
2013 469 −31 −6.2%
2012 500 −41 −7.58%
2011 541 −21 −3.74%
2010 562 −17 −2.94%
2009 579 −13 −2.2%
2008 592 −13 −2.15%
2007 605 −10 −1.63%
2006 615 −14 −2.23%
2005 629 −4 −0.63%
2004 633 −12 −1.86%
2003 645 −13 −1.98%
2002 658 −14 −2.08%
2001 672 −6 −0.88%
2000 678 +6 +0.89%
1999 672 +6 +0.9%
1998 666 +14 +2.15%
1997 652 +4 +0.62%
1996 648 +7 +1.09%
1995 641 +13 +2.07%
1994 628 +22 +3.63%
1993 606 +11 +1.85%
1992 595 +11 +1.88%
1991 584 +14 +2.46%
1990 570 +6 +1.06%
1989 564 +5 +0.89%
1988 559 +2 +0.36%
1987 557 −22 −3.8%
1986 579 +7 +1.22%
1985 572 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 75 GQ Equatorial Guinea 174 AO Angola 183 GA Gabon 233 CG Republic of the Congo 241 CM Cameroon 258 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 427 CF Central African Republic 692 TD Chad 748
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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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