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Maternal mortality ratio — Costa Rica

Maternal mortality ratio in Costa Rica in 2023 — 24 per 100k. Ranked 75 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 44.2%.

2023 24 per 100k −11.11% vs 2022
World rank 75of 194
Period maximum 44 per 100k2021
Period minimum 24 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Costa Rica, 1985–2023202530354045198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 43 per 100k1986: 42 per 100k1987: 41 per 100k1988: 40 per 100k1989: 40 per 100k1990: 40 per 100k1991: 39 per 100k1992: 39 per 100k1993: 39 per 100k1994: 39 per 100k1995: 39 per 100k1996: 39 per 100k1997: 38 per 100k1998: 37 per 100k1999: 36 per 100k2000: 36 per 100k2001: 35 per 100k2002: 34 per 100k2003: 33 per 100k2004: 33 per 100k2005: 31 per 100k2006: 30 per 100k2007: 30 per 100k2008: 30 per 100k2009: 29 per 100k2010: 29 per 100k2011: 28 per 100k2012: 27 per 100k2013: 27 per 100k2014: 27 per 100k2015: 26 per 100k2016: 27 per 100k2017: 27 per 100k2018: 28 per 100k2019: 26 per 100k2020: 34 per 100k2021: 44 per 100k2022: 27 per 100k2023: 24 per 100k
Change over the period: −19 (−44.19%) Average annual rate: -1.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Costa Rica 24 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
Central America computed 47 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 43 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 24 −3 −11.11%
2022 27 −17 −38.64%
2021 44 +10 +29.41%
2020 34 +8 +30.77%
2019 26 −2 −7.14%
2018 28 +1 +3.7%
2017 27 +0 +0%
2016 27 +1 +3.85%
2015 26 −1 −3.7%
2014 27 +0 +0%
2013 27 +0 +0%
2012 27 −1 −3.57%
2011 28 −1 −3.45%
2010 29 +0 +0%
2009 29 −1 −3.33%
2008 30 +0 +0%
2007 30 +0 +0%
2006 30 −1 −3.23%
2005 31 −2 −6.06%
2004 33 +0 +0%
2003 33 −1 −2.94%
2002 34 −1 −2.86%
2001 35 −1 −2.78%
2000 36 +0 +0%
1999 36 −1 −2.7%
1998 37 −1 −2.63%
1997 38 −1 −2.56%
1996 39 +0 +0%
1995 39 +0 +0%
1994 39 +0 +0%
1993 39 +0 +0%
1992 39 +0 +0%
1991 39 −1 −2.5%
1990 40 +0 +0%
1989 40 +0 +0%
1988 40 −1 −2.44%
1987 41 −1 −2.38%
1986 42 −1 −2.33%
1985 43 — —

Central America, 2023

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

CR Costa Rica 24 PA Panama 37 SV El Salvador 39 MX Mexico 42 HN Honduras 47 NI Nicaragua 60 BZ Belize 67 GT Guatemala 94
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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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