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Maternal mortality ratio — Sierra Leone

Maternal mortality ratio in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 354 per 100k. Ranked 175 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 76.5%.

2023 354 per 100k −4.32% vs 2022
World rank 175of 194
Period maximum 1,777 per 100k1995
Period minimum 354 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Sierra Leone, 1985–202305001,0001,5002,000198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 1,506 per 100k1986: 1,530 per 100k1987: 1,533 per 100k1988: 1,549 per 100k1989: 1,575 per 100k1990: 1,572 per 100k1991: 1,699 per 100k1992: 1,681 per 100k1993: 1,696 per 100k1994: 1,755 per 100k1995: 1,777 per 100k1996: 1,726 per 100k1997: 1,721 per 100k1998: 1,753 per 100k1999: 1,731 per 100k2000: 1,603 per 100k2001: 1,518 per 100k2002: 1,492 per 100k2003: 1,433 per 100k2004: 1,366 per 100k2005: 1,294 per 100k2006: 1,168 per 100k2007: 1,132 per 100k2008: 1,093 per 100k2009: 1,054 per 100k2010: 1,018 per 100k2011: 967 per 100k2012: 915 per 100k2013: 842 per 100k2014: 821 per 100k2015: 730 per 100k2016: 633 per 100k2017: 578 per 100k2018: 491 per 100k2019: 464 per 100k2020: 422 per 100k2021: 403 per 100k2022: 370 per 100k2023: 354 per 100k
Change over the period: −1,152 (−76.49%) Average annual rate: -3.74 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 354 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 — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 354 −16 −4.32%
2022 370 −33 −8.19%
2021 403 −19 −4.5%
2020 422 −42 −9.05%
2019 464 −27 −5.5%
2018 491 −87 −15.05%
2017 578 −55 −8.69%
2016 633 −97 −13.29%
2015 730 −91 −11.08%
2014 821 −21 −2.49%
2013 842 −73 −7.98%
2012 915 −52 −5.38%
2011 967 −51 −5.01%
2010 1,018 −36 −3.42%
2009 1,054 −39 −3.57%
2008 1,093 −39 −3.45%
2007 1,132 −36 −3.08%
2006 1,168 −126 −9.74%
2005 1,294 −72 −5.27%
2004 1,366 −67 −4.68%
2003 1,433 −59 −3.95%
2002 1,492 −26 −1.71%
2001 1,518 −85 −5.3%
2000 1,603 −128 −7.39%
1999 1,731 −22 −1.25%
1998 1,753 +32 +1.86%
1997 1,721 −5 −0.29%
1996 1,726 −51 −2.87%
1995 1,777 +22 +1.25%
1994 1,755 +59 +3.48%
1993 1,696 +15 +0.89%
1992 1,681 −18 −1.06%
1991 1,699 +127 +8.08%
1990 1,572 −3 −0.19%
1989 1,575 +26 +1.68%
1988 1,549 +16 +1.04%
1987 1,533 +3 +0.2%
1986 1,530 +24 +1.59%
1985 1,506 — —

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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