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Maternal mortality ratio — Jamaica

Maternal mortality ratio in Jamaica in 2023 — 130 per 100k. Ranked 139 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 188.9%.

2023 130 per 100k −5.8% vs 2022
World rank 139of 194
Period maximum 186 per 100k2021
Period minimum 45 per 100k1985

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Jamaica, 1985–2023050100150200198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 45 per 100k1986: 45 per 100k1987: 46 per 100k1988: 48 per 100k1989: 50 per 100k1990: 54 per 100k1991: 58 per 100k1992: 62 per 100k1993: 67 per 100k1994: 71 per 100k1995: 74 per 100k1996: 77 per 100k1997: 79 per 100k1998: 80 per 100k1999: 81 per 100k2000: 82 per 100k2001: 82 per 100k2002: 81 per 100k2003: 79 per 100k2004: 77 per 100k2005: 81 per 100k2006: 89 per 100k2007: 89 per 100k2008: 91 per 100k2009: 93 per 100k2010: 94 per 100k2011: 89 per 100k2012: 89 per 100k2013: 94 per 100k2014: 100 per 100k2015: 100 per 100k2016: 102 per 100k2017: 106 per 100k2018: 112 per 100k2019: 120 per 100k2020: 126 per 100k2021: 186 per 100k2022: 138 per 100k2023: 130 per 100k
Change over the period: +85 (+188.89%) Average annual rate: 2.83 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 130 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 43 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 130 −8 −5.8%
2022 138 −48 −25.81%
2021 186 +60 +47.62%
2020 126 +6 +5%
2019 120 +8 +7.14%
2018 112 +6 +5.66%
2017 106 +4 +3.92%
2016 102 +2 +2%
2015 100 +0 +0%
2014 100 +6 +6.38%
2013 94 +5 +5.62%
2012 89 +0 +0%
2011 89 −5 −5.32%
2010 94 +1 +1.08%
2009 93 +2 +2.2%
2008 91 +2 +2.25%
2007 89 +0 +0%
2006 89 +8 +9.88%
2005 81 +4 +5.19%
2004 77 −2 −2.53%
2003 79 −2 −2.47%
2002 81 −1 −1.22%
2001 82 +0 +0%
2000 82 +1 +1.23%
1999 81 +1 +1.25%
1998 80 +1 +1.27%
1997 79 +2 +2.6%
1996 77 +3 +4.05%
1995 74 +3 +4.23%
1994 71 +4 +5.97%
1993 67 +5 +8.06%
1992 62 +4 +6.9%
1991 58 +4 +7.41%
1990 54 +4 +8%
1989 50 +2 +4.17%
1988 48 +2 +4.35%
1987 46 +1 +2.22%
1986 45 +0 +0%
1985 45 — —

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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