What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Barbados and Mongolia?

0.38 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Mongolia?

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.

Barbados vs Mongolia: Maternal mortality ratio

Barbados

39.11 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Mongolia

39.49 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Barbados rank

107th

Mongolia rank

105th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Barbados
Mongolia

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 39.49 deaths per 100,000 live births against 39.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.38 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Barbados ranks 107th and Mongolia ranks 105th of 189 countries.

Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	50.99 deaths per 100,000 live births	209.17 deaths per 100,000 live births	158.18 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mongolia
1990s	50.54 deaths per 100,000 live births	198.99 deaths per 100,000 live births	148.45 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mongolia
2000s	46.29 deaths per 100,000 live births	106.56 deaths per 100,000 live births	60.28 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mongolia
2010s	49.57 deaths per 100,000 live births	50.96 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.39 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mongolia
2020s	39.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	39.49 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.3856 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Barbados or Mongolia?: Mongolia, at 39.49 deaths per 100,000 live births against 39.11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Barbados as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Barbados and Mongolia?: 0.38 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Mongolia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Barbados and Mongolia rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Barbados ranks 107th and Mongolia ranks 105th 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.