What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Iraq and Kiribati?

0.22 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Kiribati?

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.

Iraq vs Kiribati: Maternal mortality ratio

Iraq

76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Kiribati

76.33 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Iraq rank

78th

Kiribati rank

77th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Iraq
Kiribati

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 76.33 deaths per 100,000 live births against 76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.22 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Kiribati ahead.

Iraq ranks 78th and Kiribati ranks 77th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 3 and Kiribati in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Kiribati	Difference	Ahead
1980s	218.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	209.27 deaths per 100,000 live births	8.83 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
1990s	181.23 deaths per 100,000 live births	155.1 deaths per 100,000 live births	26.13 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
2000s	120.32 deaths per 100,000 live births	118.42 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.9 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	95.44 deaths per 100,000 live births	119.79 deaths per 100,000 live births	24.36 deaths per 100,000 live births	Kiribati
2020s	76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	76.33 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.2242 deaths per 100,000 live births	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Iraq or Kiribati?: Kiribati, at 76.33 deaths per 100,000 live births against 76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Iraq and Kiribati?: 0.22 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Kiribati?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Iraq and Kiribati rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Iraq ranks 78th and Kiribati ranks 77th 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.