Belarus vs Poland: Maternal mortality ratio

Belarus
1.1 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Poland
1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Belarus rank
189th
Poland rank
186th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Belarus
  • Poland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births against 1.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, a difference of 0.8576 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.8 times Belarus's.

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

Belarus ranks 189th and Poland ranks 186th 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.