Egypt vs Latvia: Maternal mortality ratio
Egypt
16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Latvia
18.32 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Egypt rank
130th
Latvia rank
127th
Maternal mortality ratio over time
- Egypt
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 18.32 deaths per 100,000 live births against 16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 1.5 deaths per 100,000 live births.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 130th and Latvia ranks 127th of 185 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Latvia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 138.19 deaths per 100,000 live births | 44.43 deaths per 100,000 live births | 93.75 deaths per 100,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 104.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | 44.71 deaths per 100,000 live births | 59.92 deaths per 100,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 59.81 deaths per 100,000 live births | 28.19 deaths per 100,000 live births | 31.62 deaths per 100,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2010s | 25.86 deaths per 100,000 live births | 22.7 deaths per 100,000 live births | 3.16 deaths per 100,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2020s | 16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births | 18.32 deaths per 100,000 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100,000 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Egypt or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 18.32 deaths per 100,000 live births against 16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births in Egypt as of 2020.
- What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Egypt and Latvia?
- 1.5 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Latvia?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
- How do Egypt and Latvia rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?
- Egypt ranks 130th and Latvia ranks 127th 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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About this data
The estimated maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.