What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Saudi Arabia and Ukraine?

0.34 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Ukraine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Ukraine?

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.

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine: Maternal mortality ratio

Saudi Arabia

16.2 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Ukraine

16.54 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Saudi Arabia rank

133rd

Ukraine rank

132nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Saudi Arabia
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 16.54 deaths per 100,000 live births against 16.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.34 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ukraine ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 133rd and Ukraine ranks 132nd of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 1 and Ukraine in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saudi Arabia	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1980s	32.5 deaths per 100,000 live births	57.68 deaths per 100,000 live births	25.17 deaths per 100,000 live births	Ukraine
1990s	24.54 deaths per 100,000 live births	45.52 deaths per 100,000 live births	20.98 deaths per 100,000 live births	Ukraine
2000s	18.56 deaths per 100,000 live births	24.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	5.68 deaths per 100,000 live births	Ukraine
2010s	15.82 deaths per 100,000 live births	12.97 deaths per 100,000 live births	2.85 deaths per 100,000 live births	Saudi Arabia
2020s	16.2 deaths per 100,000 live births	16.54 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.3366 deaths per 100,000 live births	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Saudi Arabia or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 16.54 deaths per 100,000 live births against 16.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saudi Arabia as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Saudi Arabia and Ukraine?: 0.34 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Ukraine?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Saudi Arabia and Ukraine rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Saudi Arabia ranks 133rd and Ukraine ranks 132nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine: Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid, drawing on UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/maternal-mortality-ratio-vs-gdp-per-capita/saudi-arabia/ukraine/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/maternal-mortality-ratio-vs-gdp-per-capita/saudi-arabia/ukraine/">Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine: Maternal mortality ratio</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.