What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Japan and Slovakia?

0.0058 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovakia?

29 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Reported maternal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Slovakia: Reported maternal mortality rate

Japan

0.0369 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Slovakia

0.0311 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Japan rank

86th

Slovakia rank

88th

Reported maternal mortality rate over time

Japan
Slovakia

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.0369 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0311 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovakia, a difference of 0.0058 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Slovakia's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 86th and Slovakia ranks 88th of 111 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Slovakia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0779 deaths per 100,000 people	0.078 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0001 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2000s	0.0546 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0544 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0002 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
2010s	0.0366 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0356 deaths per 100,000 people	0.001 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
2020s	0.0308 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0292 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0016 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported maternal mortality rate, Japan or Slovakia?: Japan, at 0.0369 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.0311 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovakia as of 2022.
What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Japan and Slovakia?: 0.0058 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovakia?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Japan and Slovakia rank globally for reported maternal mortality rate?: Japan ranks 86th and Slovakia ranks 88th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Reported maternal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Reported maternal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 4,885 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Reported deaths from maternal conditions in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.