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Maternal mortality ratio — Vanuatu

Maternal mortality ratio in Vanuatu in 2023 — 100 per 100k. Ranked 129 in the world out of 194. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 52.6%.

2023 100 per 100k −4.76% vs 2022
World rank 129of 194
Period maximum 211 per 100k1985
Period minimum 100 per 100k2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 100,000 live births

Maternal mortality ratio — Vanuatu, 1985–2023100150200250198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 211 per 100k1986: 194 per 100k1987: 200 per 100k1988: 172 per 100k1989: 162 per 100k1990: 151 per 100k1991: 140 per 100k1992: 140 per 100k1993: 133 per 100k1994: 131 per 100k1995: 131 per 100k1996: 129 per 100k1997: 131 per 100k1998: 134 per 100k1999: 146 per 100k2000: 133 per 100k2001: 132 per 100k2002: 128 per 100k2003: 131 per 100k2004: 131 per 100k2005: 127 per 100k2006: 123 per 100k2007: 120 per 100k2008: 117 per 100k2009: 114 per 100k2010: 114 per 100k2011: 112 per 100k2012: 109 per 100k2013: 110 per 100k2014: 110 per 100k2015: 109 per 100k2016: 107 per 100k2017: 107 per 100k2018: 108 per 100k2019: 105 per 100k2020: 107 per 100k2021: 124 per 100k2022: 105 per 100k2023: 100 per 100k
Change over the period: −111 (−52.61%) Average annual rate: -1.95 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 100 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 — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2023 100 −5 −4.76%
2022 105 −19 −15.32%
2021 124 +17 +15.89%
2020 107 +2 +1.9%
2019 105 −3 −2.78%
2018 108 +1 +0.93%
2017 107 +0 +0%
2016 107 −2 −1.83%
2015 109 −1 −0.91%
2014 110 +0 +0%
2013 110 +1 +0.92%
2012 109 −3 −2.68%
2011 112 −2 −1.75%
2010 114 +0 +0%
2009 114 −3 −2.56%
2008 117 −3 −2.5%
2007 120 −3 −2.44%
2006 123 −4 −3.15%
2005 127 −4 −3.05%
2004 131 +0 +0%
2003 131 +3 +2.34%
2002 128 −4 −3.03%
2001 132 −1 −0.75%
2000 133 −13 −8.9%
1999 146 +12 +8.96%
1998 134 +3 +2.29%
1997 131 +2 +1.55%
1996 129 −2 −1.53%
1995 131 +0 +0%
1994 131 −2 −1.5%
1993 133 −7 −5%
1992 140 +0 +0%
1991 140 −11 −7.28%
1990 151 −11 −6.79%
1989 162 −10 −5.81%
1988 172 −28 −14%
1987 200 +6 +3.09%
1986 194 −17 −8.06%
1985 211 — —

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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