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Maternal mortality ratio — Dominican Republic

Maternal mortality ratio in the Dominican Republic in 2023 — 124 per 100k. Ranked 137 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 50.2%.

2023 124 per 100k +0% vs 2022
World rank 137of 194
Period maximum 249 per 100k1985
Period minimum 68 per 100k2001

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Dominican Republic, 1985–20230100200300198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 249 per 100k1986: 241 per 100k1987: 231 per 100k1988: 221 per 100k1989: 213 per 100k1990: 203 per 100k1991: 193 per 100k1992: 185 per 100k1993: 176 per 100k1994: 166 per 100k1995: 152 per 100k1996: 138 per 100k1997: 122 per 100k1998: 109 per 100k1999: 92 per 100k2000: 76 per 100k2001: 68 per 100k2002: 68 per 100k2003: 71 per 100k2004: 78 per 100k2005: 83 per 100k2006: 87 per 100k2007: 90 per 100k2008: 94 per 100k2009: 96 per 100k2010: 92 per 100k2011: 91 per 100k2012: 89 per 100k2013: 91 per 100k2014: 95 per 100k2015: 102 per 100k2016: 106 per 100k2017: 104 per 100k2018: 107 per 100k2019: 118 per 100k2020: 121 per 100k2021: 153 per 100k2022: 124 per 100k2023: 124 per 100k
Change over the period: −125 (−50.2%) Average annual rate: -1.82 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Dominican Republic 124 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 43 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 124 +0 +0%
2022 124 −29 −18.95%
2021 153 +32 +26.45%
2020 121 +3 +2.54%
2019 118 +11 +10.28%
2018 107 +3 +2.88%
2017 104 −2 −1.89%
2016 106 +4 +3.92%
2015 102 +7 +7.37%
2014 95 +4 +4.4%
2013 91 +2 +2.25%
2012 89 −2 −2.2%
2011 91 −1 −1.09%
2010 92 −4 −4.17%
2009 96 +2 +2.13%
2008 94 +4 +4.44%
2007 90 +3 +3.45%
2006 87 +4 +4.82%
2005 83 +5 +6.41%
2004 78 +7 +9.86%
2003 71 +3 +4.41%
2002 68 +0 +0%
2001 68 −8 −10.53%
2000 76 −16 −17.39%
1999 92 −17 −15.6%
1998 109 −13 −10.66%
1997 122 −16 −11.59%
1996 138 −14 −9.21%
1995 152 −14 −8.43%
1994 166 −10 −5.68%
1993 176 −9 −4.86%
1992 185 −8 −4.15%
1991 193 −10 −4.93%
1990 203 −10 −4.69%
1989 213 −8 −3.62%
1988 221 −10 −4.33%
1987 231 −10 −4.15%
1986 241 −8 −3.21%
1985 249 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

PR Puerto Rico 11 AG Antigua and Barbuda 35 BB Barbados 35 CU Cuba 35 DM Dominica 36 LC Saint Lucia 44 GD Grenada 48 TT Trinidad and Tobago 54 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 74 BS Bahamas 76 DO Dominican Republic 124 JM Jamaica 130 HT Haiti 328
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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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