What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Maldives and United States?

0.0359 deaths per 100,000 people, with Maldives ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and United States?

20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

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.

Maldives vs United States: Reported maternal mortality rate

Maldives

0.453 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

United States

0.4171 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Maldives rank

25th

United States rank

27th

Reported maternal mortality rate over time

Maldives
United States

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 0.453 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.4171 deaths per 100,000 people in United States, a difference of 0.0359 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 2 and United States in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.8968 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2173 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6795 deaths per 100,000 people	Maldives
2010s	0.4819 deaths per 100,000 people	0.363 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1189 deaths per 100,000 people	Maldives
2020s	0.3159 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4967 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1807 deaths per 100,000 people	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported maternal mortality rate, Maldives or United States?: Maldives, at 0.453 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.4171 deaths per 100,000 people in United States as of 2021.
What is the difference in reported maternal mortality rate between Maldives and United States?: 0.0359 deaths per 100,000 people, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and United States?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Maldives and United States rank globally for reported maternal mortality rate?: Maldives ranks 25th and United States ranks 27th 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.