What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Israel and Poland?

0.88 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Israel ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Poland?

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.

Israel vs Poland: Maternal mortality ratio

Israel

2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Poland

1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Israel rank

181st

Poland rank

183rd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Israel
Poland

How they compare

Israel currently reports 2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births against 1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland, a difference of 0.88 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Israel's figure about 1.4 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 181st and Poland ranks 183rd of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 4 and Poland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1980s	38.46 deaths per 100,000 live births	17.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	21.05 deaths per 100,000 live births	Israel
1990s	22.81 deaths per 100,000 live births	12.85 deaths per 100,000 live births	9.95 deaths per 100,000 live births	Israel
2000s	4.83 deaths per 100,000 live births	5.13 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.3015 deaths per 100,000 live births	Poland
2010s	2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births	2.16 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.6762 deaths per 100,000 live births	Israel
2020s	2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.8784 deaths per 100,000 live births	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Israel or Poland?: Israel, at 2.84 deaths per 100,000 live births against 1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Israel and Poland?: 0.88 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Poland?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Israel and Poland rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Israel ranks 181st and Poland ranks 183rd 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.