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Maternal mortality ratio — Upper-middle-income countries

Maternal mortality ratio in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 43 per 100k. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 73.3%.

2023 43 per 100k −16.54% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 160 per 100k1985
Period minimum 43 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Upper-middle-income countries, 1985–2023050100150200198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 160 per 100k1986: 153 per 100k1987: 146 per 100k1988: 141 per 100k1989: 134 per 100k1990: 131 per 100k1991: 122 per 100k1992: 116 per 100k1993: 109 per 100k1994: 106 per 100k1995: 102 per 100k1996: 99 per 100k1997: 95 per 100k1998: 92 per 100k1999: 90 per 100k2000: 87 per 100k2001: 84 per 100k2002: 81 per 100k2003: 79 per 100k2004: 79 per 100k2005: 76 per 100k2006: 75 per 100k2007: 73 per 100k2008: 72 per 100k2009: 69 per 100k2010: 67 per 100k2011: 64 per 100k2012: 62 per 100k2013: 59 per 100k2014: 57 per 100k2015: 54 per 100k2016: 53 per 100k2017: 51 per 100k2018: 49 per 100k2019: 48 per 100k2020: 53 per 100k2021: 70 per 100k2022: 51 per 100k2023: 43 per 100k
Change over the period: −117 (−73.34%) Average annual rate: -3.42 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 43 per 100k
World 197 per 100k
Maternal mortality ratio — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 43 −8 −16.54%
2022 51 −19 −27.22%
2021 70 +17 +31.13%
2020 53 +6 +12.32%
2019 48 −1 −2.72%
2018 49 −2 −3.34%
2017 51 −2 −4.02%
2016 53 −2 −2.83%
2015 54 −2 −4.32%
2014 57 −3 −4.26%
2013 59 −3 −4.48%
2012 62 −2 −3.4%
2011 64 −3 −4.31%
2010 67 −2 −2.5%
2009 69 −3 −4.02%
2008 72 −1 −1.21%
2007 73 −2 −2.66%
2006 75 −1 −1.88%
2005 76 −3 −3.59%
2004 79 −0 −0.49%
2003 79 −2 −2.21%
2002 81 −3 −3.17%
2001 84 −4 −4.17%
2000 87 −3 −2.89%
1999 90 −2 −2.16%
1998 92 −3 −3.62%
1997 95 −4 −3.94%
1996 99 −3 −2.96%
1995 102 −4 −3.53%
1994 106 −3 −2.33%
1993 109 −7 −6.12%
1992 116 −7 −5.45%
1991 122 −9 −6.53%
1990 131 −3 −2.53%
1989 134 −6 −4.56%
1988 141 −5 −3.39%
1987 146 −7 −4.7%
1986 153 −7 −4.39%
1985 160 — —

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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