Which has higher maternal deaths by income group, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?

Equatorial Guinea, at 106.17 deaths against 89.41 deaths in Sri Lanka as of 2020.

What is the difference in maternal deaths by income group between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

16.76 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Maternal deaths by income group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Maternal deaths by income group

Equatorial Guinea

106.17 deaths

in 2020

Sri Lanka

89.41 deaths

in 2020

Equatorial Guinea rank

83rd

Sri Lanka rank

86th

Maternal deaths by income group over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 106.17 deaths against 89.41 deaths in Sri Lanka, a difference of 16.76 deaths.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 86th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1980s	233.84 deaths	233.44 deaths	0.4056 deaths	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	202.54 deaths	184.92 deaths	17.62 deaths	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	97.34 deaths	171.09 deaths	73.75 deaths	Sri Lanka
2010s	92.06 deaths	111.27 deaths	19.21 deaths	Sri Lanka
2020s	106.17 deaths	89.41 deaths	16.75 deaths	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal deaths by income group, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?: Equatorial Guinea, at 106.17 deaths against 89.41 deaths in Sri Lanka as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal deaths by income group between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 16.76 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for maternal deaths by income group?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 86th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Maternal deaths by income group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Maternal deaths by income group
Unit: deaths
Source: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 6,660 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of maternal deaths in a given year.