What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Morocco and Saint Lucia?

1.42 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Saint Lucia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Saint Lucia?

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.

Morocco vs Saint Lucia: Maternal mortality ratio

Morocco

71.85 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Saint Lucia

73.27 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Morocco rank

84th

Saint Lucia rank

81st

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Morocco
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 73.27 deaths per 100,000 live births against 71.85 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco, a difference of 1.42 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Morocco ranks 84th and Saint Lucia ranks 81st of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 4 and Saint Lucia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	578.89 deaths per 100,000 live births	52.46 deaths per 100,000 live births	526.43 deaths per 100,000 live births	Morocco
1990s	353.2 deaths per 100,000 live births	66.14 deaths per 100,000 live births	287.05 deaths per 100,000 live births	Morocco
2000s	197.43 deaths per 100,000 live births	78.46 deaths per 100,000 live births	118.97 deaths per 100,000 live births	Morocco
2010s	99.32 deaths per 100,000 live births	70.84 deaths per 100,000 live births	28.48 deaths per 100,000 live births	Morocco
2020s	71.85 deaths per 100,000 live births	73.27 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.42 deaths per 100,000 live births	Saint Lucia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Morocco or Saint Lucia?: Saint Lucia, at 73.27 deaths per 100,000 live births against 71.85 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Morocco and Saint Lucia?: 1.42 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Saint Lucia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Morocco and Saint Lucia rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Morocco ranks 84th and Saint Lucia ranks 81st 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.