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Maternal mortality ratio — Nicaragua

Maternal mortality ratio in Nicaragua in 2023 — 60 per 100k. Ranked 108 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 81.2%.

2023 60 per 100k −1.64% vs 2022
World rank 108of 194
Period maximum 319 per 100k1985
Period minimum 60 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Nicaragua, 1985–20230100200300400198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 319 per 100k1986: 313 per 100k1987: 316 per 100k1988: 301 per 100k1989: 286 per 100k1990: 281 per 100k1991: 273 per 100k1992: 272 per 100k1993: 265 per 100k1994: 256 per 100k1995: 251 per 100k1996: 244 per 100k1997: 236 per 100k1998: 239 per 100k1999: 228 per 100k2000: 213 per 100k2001: 194 per 100k2002: 170 per 100k2003: 154 per 100k2004: 140 per 100k2005: 124 per 100k2006: 113 per 100k2007: 106 per 100k2008: 101 per 100k2009: 99 per 100k2010: 96 per 100k2011: 93 per 100k2012: 88 per 100k2013: 86 per 100k2014: 83 per 100k2015: 81 per 100k2016: 77 per 100k2017: 72 per 100k2018: 67 per 100k2019: 69 per 100k2020: 87 per 100k2021: 124 per 100k2022: 61 per 100k2023: 60 per 100k
Change over the period: −259 (−81.19%) Average annual rate: -4.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nicaragua 60 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean 77 per 100k
Central America computed 47 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 60 −1 −1.64%
2022 61 −63 −50.81%
2021 124 +37 +42.53%
2020 87 +18 +26.09%
2019 69 +2 +2.99%
2018 67 −5 −6.94%
2017 72 −5 −6.49%
2016 77 −4 −4.94%
2015 81 −2 −2.41%
2014 83 −3 −3.49%
2013 86 −2 −2.27%
2012 88 −5 −5.38%
2011 93 −3 −3.13%
2010 96 −3 −3.03%
2009 99 −2 −1.98%
2008 101 −5 −4.72%
2007 106 −7 −6.19%
2006 113 −11 −8.87%
2005 124 −16 −11.43%
2004 140 −14 −9.09%
2003 154 −16 −9.41%
2002 170 −24 −12.37%
2001 194 −19 −8.92%
2000 213 −15 −6.58%
1999 228 −11 −4.6%
1998 239 +3 +1.27%
1997 236 −8 −3.28%
1996 244 −7 −2.79%
1995 251 −5 −1.95%
1994 256 −9 −3.4%
1993 265 −7 −2.57%
1992 272 −1 −0.37%
1991 273 −8 −2.85%
1990 281 −5 −1.75%
1989 286 −15 −4.98%
1988 301 −15 −4.75%
1987 316 +3 +0.96%
1986 313 −6 −1.88%
1985 319 — —

Central America, 2023

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

CR Costa Rica 24 PA Panama 37 SV El Salvador 39 MX Mexico 42 HN Honduras 47 NI Nicaragua 60 BZ Belize 67 GT Guatemala 94
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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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