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Maternal mortality ratio — El Salvador

Maternal mortality ratio in El Salvador in 2023 — 39 per 100k. Ranked 90 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 79.8%.

2023 39 per 100k +0% vs 2022
World rank 90of 194
Period maximum 193 per 100k1985
Period minimum 33 per 100k2006

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — El Salvador, 1985–2023050100150200198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 193 per 100k1986: 169 per 100k1987: 178 per 100k1988: 173 per 100k1989: 155 per 100k1990: 145 per 100k1991: 129 per 100k1992: 121 per 100k1993: 114 per 100k1994: 101 per 100k1995: 89 per 100k1996: 78 per 100k1997: 67 per 100k1998: 61 per 100k1999: 53 per 100k2000: 48 per 100k2001: 45 per 100k2002: 40 per 100k2003: 38 per 100k2004: 35 per 100k2005: 34 per 100k2006: 33 per 100k2007: 33 per 100k2008: 33 per 100k2009: 35 per 100k2010: 34 per 100k2011: 35 per 100k2012: 36 per 100k2013: 39 per 100k2014: 41 per 100k2015: 43 per 100k2016: 43 per 100k2017: 44 per 100k2018: 43 per 100k2019: 40 per 100k2020: 48 per 100k2021: 58 per 100k2022: 39 per 100k2023: 39 per 100k
Change over the period: −154 (−79.79%) Average annual rate: -4.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

El Salvador 39 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
Central America computed 47 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 39 +0 +0%
2022 39 −19 −32.76%
2021 58 +10 +20.83%
2020 48 +8 +20%
2019 40 −3 −6.98%
2018 43 −1 −2.27%
2017 44 +1 +2.33%
2016 43 +0 +0%
2015 43 +2 +4.88%
2014 41 +2 +5.13%
2013 39 +3 +8.33%
2012 36 +1 +2.86%
2011 35 +1 +2.94%
2010 34 −1 −2.86%
2009 35 +2 +6.06%
2008 33 +0 +0%
2007 33 +0 +0%
2006 33 −1 −2.94%
2005 34 −1 −2.86%
2004 35 −3 −7.89%
2003 38 −2 −5%
2002 40 −5 −11.11%
2001 45 −3 −6.25%
2000 48 −5 −9.43%
1999 53 −8 −13.11%
1998 61 −6 −8.96%
1997 67 −11 −14.1%
1996 78 −11 −12.36%
1995 89 −12 −11.88%
1994 101 −13 −11.4%
1993 114 −7 −5.79%
1992 121 −8 −6.2%
1991 129 −16 −11.03%
1990 145 −10 −6.45%
1989 155 −18 −10.4%
1988 173 −5 −2.81%
1987 178 +9 +5.33%
1986 169 −24 −12.44%
1985 193 — —

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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