What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?

42.7 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?

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.

Benin vs Cote d'Ivoire: Maternal mortality ratio (UN MMEIG)

Benin

522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Cote d'Ivoire

479.91 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Benin rank

13th

Cote d'Ivoire rank

15th

Maternal mortality ratio (UN MMEIG) over time

Benin
Cote d'Ivoire

How they compare

Benin currently reports 522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births against 479.91 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 42.7 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Cote d'Ivoire's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 13th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 15th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Cote d'Ivoire in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Cote d'Ivoire	Difference	Ahead
1980s	655.61 deaths per 100,000 live births	655.22 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.3916 deaths per 100,000 live births	Benin
1990s	527.8 deaths per 100,000 live births	522.45 deaths per 100,000 live births	5.35 deaths per 100,000 live births	Benin
2000s	507.06 deaths per 100,000 live births	548.48 deaths per 100,000 live births	41.42 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cote d'Ivoire
2010s	587.25 deaths per 100,000 live births	550.61 deaths per 100,000 live births	36.64 deaths per 100,000 live births	Benin
2020s	522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births	479.91 deaths per 100,000 live births	42.7 deaths per 100,000 live births	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Benin or Cote d'Ivoire?: Benin, at 522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births against 479.91 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?: 42.7 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Benin and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Benin ranks 13th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 15th 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: 30 October 2026

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