What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Latvia and Portugal?

0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people, with Latvia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Portugal?

38 years are reported by both, from 1980 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.

Latvia vs Portugal: Reported maternal mortality rate

Latvia

0.204 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Portugal

0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Latvia rank

47th

Portugal rank

50th

Reported maternal mortality rate over time

Latvia
Portugal

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 0.204 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal, a difference of 0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 47th and Portugal ranks 50th of 111 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.5689 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2202 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3486 deaths per 100,000 people	Latvia
1990s	0.348 deaths per 100,000 people	0.094 deaths per 100,000 people	0.254 deaths per 100,000 people	Latvia
2000s	0.2026 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0578 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1448 deaths per 100,000 people	Latvia
2010s	0.1988 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0915 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1073 deaths per 100,000 people	Latvia
2020s	0.2997 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people	0.125 deaths per 100,000 people	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported maternal mortality rate, Latvia or Portugal?: Latvia, at 0.204 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.1747 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Latvia and Portugal?: 0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Portugal?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Latvia and Portugal rank globally for reported maternal mortality rate?: Latvia ranks 47th and Portugal ranks 50th 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.