Belgium vs Denmark: Maternal mortality ratio

Belgium

4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Denmark

4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Belgium rank

170th

Denmark rank

171st

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Belgium
Denmark

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.0981 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 90 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 170th and Denmark ranks 171st 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: 07 August 2026

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.