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Maternal mortality ratio — Liberia

Maternal mortality ratio in Liberia in 2023 — 628 per 100k. Ranked 190 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 64.1%.

2023 628 per 100k −0.95% vs 2022
World rank 190of 194
Period maximum 2,146 per 100k1990
Period minimum 619 per 100k2005

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Liberia, 1985–202301,0002,0003,000198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 1,749 per 100k1986: 1,678 per 100k1987: 1,655 per 100k1988: 1,647 per 100k1989: 1,633 per 100k1990: 2,146 per 100k1991: 1,627 per 100k1992: 1,643 per 100k1993: 1,709 per 100k1994: 1,811 per 100k1995: 1,530 per 100k1996: 1,438 per 100k1997: 1,043 per 100k1998: 962 per 100k1999: 852 per 100k2000: 786 per 100k2001: 720 per 100k2002: 700 per 100k2003: 759 per 100k2004: 645 per 100k2005: 619 per 100k2006: 647 per 100k2007: 659 per 100k2008: 663 per 100k2009: 674 per 100k2010: 712 per 100k2011: 726 per 100k2012: 728 per 100k2013: 725 per 100k2014: 801 per 100k2015: 784 per 100k2016: 690 per 100k2017: 703 per 100k2018: 707 per 100k2019: 689 per 100k2020: 664 per 100k2021: 667 per 100k2022: 634 per 100k2023: 628 per 100k
Change over the period: −1,121 (−64.09%) Average annual rate: -2.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 628 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Western Africa computed 676 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 303 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 628 −6 −0.95%
2022 634 −33 −4.95%
2021 667 +3 +0.45%
2020 664 −25 −3.63%
2019 689 −18 −2.55%
2018 707 +4 +0.57%
2017 703 +13 +1.88%
2016 690 −94 −11.99%
2015 784 −17 −2.12%
2014 801 +76 +10.48%
2013 725 −3 −0.41%
2012 728 +2 +0.28%
2011 726 +14 +1.97%
2010 712 +38 +5.64%
2009 674 +11 +1.66%
2008 663 +4 +0.61%
2007 659 +12 +1.85%
2006 647 +28 +4.52%
2005 619 −26 −4.03%
2004 645 −114 −15.02%
2003 759 +59 +8.43%
2002 700 −20 −2.78%
2001 720 −66 −8.4%
2000 786 −66 −7.75%
1999 852 −110 −11.43%
1998 962 −81 −7.77%
1997 1,043 −395 −27.47%
1996 1,438 −92 −6.01%
1995 1,530 −281 −15.52%
1994 1,811 +102 +5.97%
1993 1,709 +66 +4.02%
1992 1,643 +16 +0.98%
1991 1,627 −519 −24.18%
1990 2,146 +513 +31.41%
1989 1,633 −14 −0.85%
1988 1,647 −8 −0.48%
1987 1,655 −23 −1.37%
1986 1,678 −71 −4.06%
1985 1,749 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 40 GH Ghana 234 SN Senegal 237 BF Burkina Faso 242 TG Togo 349 NE Niger 350 GM Gambia 354 SL Sierra Leone 354 CI Côte d'Ivoire 359 ML Mali 367 MR Mauritania 381 GN Guinea 494 GW Guinea-Bissau 505 BJ Benin 518 LR Liberia 628 NG Nigeria 993
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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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