Brazil vs Libya: Maternal mortality ratio

Brazil
72.15 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Libya
72.13 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Brazil rank
82nd
Libya rank
83rd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Brazil
  • Libya
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 72.15 deaths per 100,000 live births against 72.13 deaths per 100,000 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.0204 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Brazil ranks 82nd and Libya ranks 83rd of 185 countries.

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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

The estimated maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.