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Maternal mortality ratio — Mauritania

Maternal mortality ratio in Mauritania in 2023 — 381 per 100k. Ranked 180 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 61.8%.

2023 381 per 100k −1.04% vs 2022
World rank 180of 194
Period maximum 998 per 100k1985
Period minimum 381 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Mauritania, 1985–20232004006008001,000198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 998 per 100k1986: 961 per 100k1987: 914 per 100k1988: 887 per 100k1989: 883 per 100k1990: 858 per 100k1991: 845 per 100k1992: 811 per 100k1993: 813 per 100k1994: 809 per 100k1995: 815 per 100k1996: 813 per 100k1997: 752 per 100k1998: 698 per 100k1999: 669 per 100k2000: 644 per 100k2001: 616 per 100k2002: 590 per 100k2003: 571 per 100k2004: 557 per 100k2005: 536 per 100k2006: 521 per 100k2007: 516 per 100k2008: 506 per 100k2009: 500 per 100k2010: 499 per 100k2011: 494 per 100k2012: 496 per 100k2013: 496 per 100k2014: 484 per 100k2015: 469 per 100k2016: 456 per 100k2017: 450 per 100k2018: 437 per 100k2019: 424 per 100k2020: 413 per 100k2021: 425 per 100k2022: 385 per 100k2023: 381 per 100k
Change over the period: −617 (−61.82%) Average annual rate: -2.5 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 381 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Western Africa computed 676 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 381 −4 −1.04%
2022 385 −40 −9.41%
2021 425 +12 +2.91%
2020 413 −11 −2.59%
2019 424 −13 −2.97%
2018 437 −13 −2.89%
2017 450 −6 −1.32%
2016 456 −13 −2.77%
2015 469 −15 −3.1%
2014 484 −12 −2.42%
2013 496 +0 +0%
2012 496 +2 +0.4%
2011 494 −5 −1%
2010 499 −1 −0.2%
2009 500 −6 −1.19%
2008 506 −10 −1.94%
2007 516 −5 −0.96%
2006 521 −15 −2.8%
2005 536 −21 −3.77%
2004 557 −14 −2.45%
2003 571 −19 −3.22%
2002 590 −26 −4.22%
2001 616 −28 −4.35%
2000 644 −25 −3.74%
1999 669 −29 −4.15%
1998 698 −54 −7.18%
1997 752 −61 −7.5%
1996 813 −2 −0.25%
1995 815 +6 +0.74%
1994 809 −4 −0.49%
1993 813 +2 +0.25%
1992 811 −34 −4.02%
1991 845 −13 −1.52%
1990 858 −25 −2.83%
1989 883 −4 −0.45%
1988 887 −27 −2.95%
1987 914 −47 −4.89%
1986 961 −37 −3.71%
1985 998 — —

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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