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Maternal mortality ratio — Latin America & Caribbean

Maternal mortality ratio in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 77 per 100k. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 57.9%.

2023 77 per 100k −17.2% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 183 per 100k1985
Period minimum 74 per 100k2013

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Latin America & Caribbean, 1985–202350100150200198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 183 per 100k1986: 173 per 100k1987: 165 per 100k1988: 160 per 100k1989: 152 per 100k1990: 146 per 100k1991: 141 per 100k1992: 135 per 100k1993: 129 per 100k1994: 124 per 100k1995: 118 per 100k1996: 113 per 100k1997: 108 per 100k1998: 102 per 100k1999: 97 per 100k2000: 92 per 100k2001: 90 per 100k2002: 87 per 100k2003: 87 per 100k2004: 87 per 100k2005: 85 per 100k2006: 85 per 100k2007: 84 per 100k2008: 84 per 100k2009: 83 per 100k2010: 81 per 100k2011: 77 per 100k2012: 75 per 100k2013: 74 per 100k2014: 74 per 100k2015: 74 per 100k2016: 75 per 100k2017: 76 per 100k2018: 77 per 100k2019: 76 per 100k2020: 94 per 100k2021: 140 per 100k2022: 93 per 100k2023: 77 per 100k
Change over the period: −106 (−57.92%) Average annual rate: -2.25 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 77 −16 −17.2%
2022 93 −47 −33.57%
2021 140 +46 +48.94%
2020 94 +18 +23.68%
2019 76 −1 −1.3%
2018 77 +1 +1.32%
2017 76 +1 +1.33%
2016 75 +1 +1.35%
2015 74 +0 +0%
2014 74 +0 +0%
2013 74 −1 −1.33%
2012 75 −2 −2.6%
2011 77 −4 −4.94%
2010 81 −2 −2.41%
2009 83 −1 −1.19%
2008 84 +0 +0%
2007 84 −1 −1.18%
2006 85 +0 +0%
2005 85 −2 −2.3%
2004 87 +0 +0%
2003 87 +0 +0%
2002 87 −3 −3.33%
2001 90 −2 −2.17%
2000 92 −5 −5.15%
1999 97 −5 −4.9%
1998 102 −6 −5.56%
1997 108 −5 −4.42%
1996 113 −5 −4.24%
1995 118 −6 −4.84%
1994 124 −5 −3.88%
1993 129 −6 −4.44%
1992 135 −6 −4.26%
1991 141 −5 −3.42%
1990 146 −6 −3.95%
1989 152 −8 −5%
1988 160 −5 −3.03%
1987 165 −8 −4.62%
1986 173 −10 −5.46%
1985 183 — —

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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