What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Belgium and Italy?

0.17 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Belgium ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?

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 mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Italy: Maternal mortality ratio

Belgium

4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Italy

4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Belgium rank

167th

Italy rank

169th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Belgium
Italy

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Belgium ranks 167th and Italy ranks 169th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1980s	8.1 deaths per 100,000 live births	17.62 deaths per 100,000 live births	9.51 deaths per 100,000 live births	Italy
1990s	8.33 deaths per 100,000 live births	13.84 deaths per 100,000 live births	5.5 deaths per 100,000 live births	Italy
2000s	7.06 deaths per 100,000 live births	8.17 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	Italy
2010s	5.23 deaths per 100,000 live births	6.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	1 deaths per 100,000 live births	Italy
2020s	4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births	4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.1649 deaths per 100,000 live births	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Belgium or Italy?: Belgium, at 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Belgium and Italy?: 0.17 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Belgium ranks 167th and Italy ranks 169th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Maternal mortality ratio
Unit: deaths per 100,000 live births
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

The estimated maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.