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Maternal mortality ratio — Colombia

Maternal mortality ratio in Colombia in 2023 — 59 per 100k. Ranked 106 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 58.7%.

2023 59 per 100k −20.27% vs 2022
World rank 106of 194
Period maximum 147 per 100k2021
Period minimum 59 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Colombia, 1985–20235075100125150198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 143 per 100k1986: 123 per 100k1987: 120 per 100k1988: 113 per 100k1989: 106 per 100k1990: 102 per 100k1991: 99 per 100k1992: 97 per 100k1993: 94 per 100k1994: 93 per 100k1995: 91 per 100k1996: 89 per 100k1997: 90 per 100k1998: 92 per 100k1999: 96 per 100k2000: 95 per 100k2001: 94 per 100k2002: 91 per 100k2003: 87 per 100k2004: 84 per 100k2005: 82 per 100k2006: 81 per 100k2007: 80 per 100k2008: 78 per 100k2009: 77 per 100k2010: 76 per 100k2011: 75 per 100k2012: 73 per 100k2013: 72 per 100k2014: 71 per 100k2015: 70 per 100k2016: 69 per 100k2017: 68 per 100k2018: 67 per 100k2019: 66 per 100k2020: 94 per 100k2021: 147 per 100k2022: 74 per 100k2023: 59 per 100k
Change over the period: −84 (−58.74%) Average annual rate: -2.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Colombia 59 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
South America computed 70 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 43 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 59 −15 −20.27%
2022 74 −73 −49.66%
2021 147 +53 +56.38%
2020 94 +28 +42.42%
2019 66 −1 −1.49%
2018 67 −1 −1.47%
2017 68 −1 −1.45%
2016 69 −1 −1.43%
2015 70 −1 −1.41%
2014 71 −1 −1.39%
2013 72 −1 −1.37%
2012 73 −2 −2.67%
2011 75 −1 −1.32%
2010 76 −1 −1.3%
2009 77 −1 −1.28%
2008 78 −2 −2.5%
2007 80 −1 −1.23%
2006 81 −1 −1.22%
2005 82 −2 −2.38%
2004 84 −3 −3.45%
2003 87 −4 −4.4%
2002 91 −3 −3.19%
2001 94 −1 −1.05%
2000 95 −1 −1.04%
1999 96 +4 +4.35%
1998 92 +2 +2.22%
1997 90 +1 +1.12%
1996 89 −2 −2.2%
1995 91 −2 −2.15%
1994 93 −1 −1.06%
1993 94 −3 −3.09%
1992 97 −2 −2.02%
1991 99 −3 −2.94%
1990 102 −4 −3.77%
1989 106 −7 −6.19%
1988 113 −7 −5.83%
1987 120 −3 −2.44%
1986 123 −20 −13.99%
1985 143 — —

South America, 2023

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

CL Chile 10 UY Uruguay 15 AR Argentina 33 PE Peru 51 EC Ecuador 55 PY Paraguay 58 CO Colombia 59 BR Brazil 67 GY Guyana 75 SR Suriname 84 BO Bolivia 146 VE Venezuela 227
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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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