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Maternal mortality ratio — Lesotho

Maternal mortality ratio in Lesotho in 2023 — 478 per 100k. Ranked 184 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 32.8%.

2023 478 per 100k +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 184of 194
Period maximum 1,387 per 100k2009
Period minimum 312 per 100k1997

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Lesotho, 1985–202305001,0001,500198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 711 per 100k1986: 680 per 100k1987: 686 per 100k1988: 680 per 100k1989: 680 per 100k1990: 665 per 100k1991: 641 per 100k1992: 601 per 100k1993: 542 per 100k1994: 423 per 100k1995: 357 per 100k1996: 319 per 100k1997: 312 per 100k1998: 332 per 100k1999: 371 per 100k2000: 413 per 100k2001: 465 per 100k2002: 484 per 100k2003: 508 per 100k2004: 499 per 100k2005: 549 per 100k2006: 696 per 100k2007: 891 per 100k2008: 1,205 per 100k2009: 1,387 per 100k2010: 1,311 per 100k2011: 1,210 per 100k2012: 1,000 per 100k2013: 855 per 100k2014: 707 per 100k2015: 594 per 100k2016: 518 per 100k2017: 468 per 100k2018: 491 per 100k2019: 467 per 100k2020: 529 per 100k2021: 577 per 100k2022: 477 per 100k2023: 478 per 100k
Change over the period: −233 (−32.77%) Average annual rate: -1.04 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lesotho 478 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Southern Africa computed 132 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 478 +1 +0.21%
2022 477 −100 −17.33%
2021 577 +48 +9.07%
2020 529 +62 +13.28%
2019 467 −24 −4.89%
2018 491 +23 +4.91%
2017 468 −50 −9.65%
2016 518 −76 −12.79%
2015 594 −113 −15.98%
2014 707 −148 −17.31%
2013 855 −145 −14.5%
2012 1,000 −210 −17.36%
2011 1,210 −101 −7.7%
2010 1,311 −76 −5.48%
2009 1,387 +182 +15.1%
2008 1,205 +314 +35.24%
2007 891 +195 +28.02%
2006 696 +147 +26.78%
2005 549 +50 +10.02%
2004 499 −9 −1.77%
2003 508 +24 +4.96%
2002 484 +19 +4.09%
2001 465 +52 +12.59%
2000 413 +42 +11.32%
1999 371 +39 +11.75%
1998 332 +20 +6.41%
1997 312 −7 −2.19%
1996 319 −38 −10.64%
1995 357 −66 −15.6%
1994 423 −119 −21.96%
1993 542 −59 −9.82%
1992 601 −40 −6.24%
1991 641 −24 −3.61%
1990 665 −15 −2.21%
1989 680 +0 +0%
1988 680 −6 −0.87%
1987 686 +6 +0.88%
1986 680 −31 −4.36%
1985 711 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

SZ Eswatini 118 ZA South Africa 118 NA Namibia 139 BW Botswana 155 LS Lesotho 478
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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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