Equatorial Guinea vs Namibia: Maternal mortality ratio

Equatorial Guinea
212.33 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Namibia
214.63 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Equatorial Guinea rank
45th
Namibia rank
44th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Namibia
2505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 214.63 deaths per 100,000 live births against 212.33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 2.3 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 45th and Namibia ranks 44th 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.