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Maternal mortality ratio — Papua New Guinea

Maternal mortality ratio in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 189 per 100k. Ranked 156 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 51.9%.

2023 189 per 100k +0% vs 2022
World rank 156of 194
Period maximum 393 per 100k1985
Period minimum 189 per 100k2022

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Papua New Guinea, 1985–2023100200300400198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 393 per 100k1986: 386 per 100k1987: 379 per 100k1988: 377 per 100k1989: 369 per 100k1990: 360 per 100k1991: 354 per 100k1992: 340 per 100k1993: 333 per 100k1994: 324 per 100k1995: 318 per 100k1996: 316 per 100k1997: 316 per 100k1998: 325 per 100k1999: 321 per 100k2000: 323 per 100k2001: 325 per 100k2002: 329 per 100k2003: 328 per 100k2004: 326 per 100k2005: 326 per 100k2006: 325 per 100k2007: 326 per 100k2008: 315 per 100k2009: 302 per 100k2010: 289 per 100k2011: 271 per 100k2012: 257 per 100k2013: 243 per 100k2014: 232 per 100k2015: 221 per 100k2016: 214 per 100k2017: 207 per 100k2018: 205 per 100k2019: 199 per 100k2020: 194 per 100k2021: 223 per 100k2022: 189 per 100k2023: 189 per 100k
Change over the period: −204 (−51.91%) Average annual rate: -1.91 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 189 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
East Asia & Pacific 66 per 100k
Melanesia computed 171 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 189 +0 +0%
2022 189 −34 −15.25%
2021 223 +29 +14.95%
2020 194 −5 −2.51%
2019 199 −6 −2.93%
2018 205 −2 −0.97%
2017 207 −7 −3.27%
2016 214 −7 −3.17%
2015 221 −11 −4.74%
2014 232 −11 −4.53%
2013 243 −14 −5.45%
2012 257 −14 −5.17%
2011 271 −18 −6.23%
2010 289 −13 −4.3%
2009 302 −13 −4.13%
2008 315 −11 −3.37%
2007 326 +1 +0.31%
2006 325 −1 −0.31%
2005 326 +0 +0%
2004 326 −2 −0.61%
2003 328 −1 −0.3%
2002 329 +4 +1.23%
2001 325 +2 +0.62%
2000 323 +2 +0.62%
1999 321 −4 −1.23%
1998 325 +9 +2.85%
1997 316 +0 +0%
1996 316 −2 −0.63%
1995 318 −6 −1.85%
1994 324 −9 −2.7%
1993 333 −7 −2.06%
1992 340 −14 −3.95%
1991 354 −6 −1.67%
1990 360 −9 −2.44%
1989 369 −8 −2.12%
1988 377 −2 −0.53%
1987 379 −7 −1.81%
1986 386 −7 −1.78%
1985 393 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 30 VU Vanuatu 100 SB Solomon Islands 123 PG Papua New Guinea 189
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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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