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Maternal mortality ratio — Sao Tome and Principe

Maternal mortality ratio in Sao Tome and Principe in 2023 — 75 per 100k. Ranked 118 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 52.8%.

2023 75 per 100k −8.54% vs 2022
World rank 118of 194
Period maximum 181 per 100k2005
Period minimum 75 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Sao Tome and Principe, 1985–202350100150200198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 159 per 100k1986: 175 per 100k1987: 161 per 100k1988: 157 per 100k1989: 167 per 100k1990: 164 per 100k1991: 166 per 100k1992: 164 per 100k1993: 166 per 100k1994: 168 per 100k1995: 172 per 100k1996: 171 per 100k1997: 173 per 100k1998: 175 per 100k1999: 179 per 100k2000: 180 per 100k2001: 178 per 100k2002: 179 per 100k2003: 178 per 100k2004: 177 per 100k2005: 181 per 100k2006: 177 per 100k2007: 174 per 100k2008: 174 per 100k2009: 172 per 100k2010: 170 per 100k2011: 164 per 100k2012: 158 per 100k2013: 150 per 100k2014: 138 per 100k2015: 128 per 100k2016: 119 per 100k2017: 110 per 100k2018: 100 per 100k2019: 95 per 100k2020: 92 per 100k2021: 98 per 100k2022: 82 per 100k2023: 75 per 100k
Change over the period: −84 (−52.83%) Average annual rate: -1.96 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 75 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa 448 per 100k
Middle Africa computed 386 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 168 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 75 −7 −8.54%
2022 82 −16 −16.33%
2021 98 +6 +6.52%
2020 92 −3 −3.16%
2019 95 −5 −5%
2018 100 −10 −9.09%
2017 110 −9 −7.56%
2016 119 −9 −7.03%
2015 128 −10 −7.25%
2014 138 −12 −8%
2013 150 −8 −5.06%
2012 158 −6 −3.66%
2011 164 −6 −3.53%
2010 170 −2 −1.16%
2009 172 −2 −1.15%
2008 174 +0 +0%
2007 174 −3 −1.69%
2006 177 −4 −2.21%
2005 181 +4 +2.26%
2004 177 −1 −0.56%
2003 178 −1 −0.56%
2002 179 +1 +0.56%
2001 178 −2 −1.11%
2000 180 +1 +0.56%
1999 179 +4 +2.29%
1998 175 +2 +1.16%
1997 173 +2 +1.17%
1996 171 −1 −0.58%
1995 172 +4 +2.38%
1994 168 +2 +1.2%
1993 166 +2 +1.22%
1992 164 −2 −1.2%
1991 166 +2 +1.22%
1990 164 −3 −1.8%
1989 167 +10 +6.37%
1988 157 −4 −2.48%
1987 161 −14 −8%
1986 175 +16 +10.06%
1985 159 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 75 GQ Equatorial Guinea 174 AO Angola 183 GA Gabon 233 CG Republic of the Congo 241 CM Cameroon 258 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 427 CF Central African Republic 692 TD Chad 748
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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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