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Cameroon vs Niger: Maternal mortality ratio

Cameroon
437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Niger
441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Cameroon rank
21st
Niger rank
19th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Cameroon
  • Niger
02505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Niger currently reports 441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births against 437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 3.32 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Cameroon ranks 21st and Niger ranks 19th 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.