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Armenia vs Iran: Maternal mortality ratio

Armenia
27.19 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Iran
22.02 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Armenia rank
116th
Iran rank
119th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Armenia
  • Iran
20406080100198520022020

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 27.19 deaths per 100,000 live births against 22.02 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iran, a difference of 5.17 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Armenia's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.

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

Armenia ranks 116th and Iran ranks 119th of 189 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Maternal mortality ratio
Unit
deaths per 100,000 live births
Source
UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 8,868 data points, 1751–2020
Last refreshed

The estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births, based on data from death certificates, large-scale surveys, and statistical modeling.