What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Bahamas and Iraq?

0.94 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Bahamas ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Iraq?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing 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.

Bahamas vs Iraq: Maternal mortality ratio

Bahamas

77.05 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Iraq

76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Bahamas rank

77th

Iraq rank

79th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Bahamas
Iraq

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 77.05 deaths per 100,000 live births against 76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.94 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Iraq ahead.

Bahamas ranks 77th and Iraq ranks 79th of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and Iraq in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1980s	57.57 deaths per 100,000 live births	218.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	160.54 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
1990s	57.09 deaths per 100,000 live births	181.23 deaths per 100,000 live births	124.14 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
2000s	74.51 deaths per 100,000 live births	120.32 deaths per 100,000 live births	45.81 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	86.02 deaths per 100,000 live births	95.44 deaths per 100,000 live births	9.42 deaths per 100,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	77.05 deaths per 100,000 live births	76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.9401 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Bahamas or Iraq?: Bahamas, at 77.05 deaths per 100,000 live births against 76.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Bahamas and Iraq?: 0.94 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Iraq?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Bahamas and Iraq rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Bahamas ranks 77th and Iraq ranks 79th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing 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.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.