What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Egypt and Turkey?

0.51 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Turkey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Turkey?

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.

Egypt vs Turkey: Maternal mortality ratio (UN MMEIG)

Egypt

16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Turkey

17.33 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Egypt rank

130th

Turkey rank

128th

Maternal mortality ratio (UN MMEIG) over time

Egypt
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 17.33 deaths per 100,000 live births against 16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.51 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 130th and Turkey ranks 128th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Turkey in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1980s	138.19 deaths per 100,000 live births	50 deaths per 100,000 live births	88.18 deaths per 100,000 live births	Egypt
1990s	104.63 deaths per 100,000 live births	38.55 deaths per 100,000 live births	66.08 deaths per 100,000 live births	Egypt
2000s	59.81 deaths per 100,000 live births	26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births	33.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	Egypt
2010s	25.86 deaths per 100,000 live births	19.5 deaths per 100,000 live births	6.36 deaths per 100,000 live births	Egypt
2020s	16.82 deaths per 100,000 live births	17.33 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.5124 deaths per 100,000 live births	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Egypt or Turkey?: Turkey, at 17.33 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 Turkey?: 0.51 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Turkey?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Egypt and Turkey rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Egypt ranks 130th and Turkey ranks 128th 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.