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
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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 0.1 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.

Across the 11 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 7 and Denmark in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Denmark Difference Ahead
1920s 571.91 deaths per 100,000 live births 266.33 deaths per 100,000 live births 305.57 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1930s 458.62 deaths per 100,000 live births 360.3 deaths per 100,000 live births 98.32 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1940s 376.01 deaths per 100,000 live births 239 deaths per 100,000 live births 137.01 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1950s 78.07 deaths per 100,000 live births 56.67 deaths per 100,000 live births 21.4 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1960s 28.1 deaths per 100,000 live births 18.77 deaths per 100,000 live births 9.34 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1970s 13.51 deaths per 100,000 live births 6.09 deaths per 100,000 live births 7.42 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium
1980s 7.72 deaths per 100,000 live births 8.78 deaths per 100,000 live births 1.06 deaths per 100,000 live births Denmark
1990s 8.33 deaths per 100,000 live births 10.2 deaths per 100,000 live births 1.87 deaths per 100,000 live births Denmark
2000s 7.06 deaths per 100,000 live births 7.37 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.3131 deaths per 100,000 live births Denmark
2010s 5.23 deaths per 100,000 live births 5.53 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.2989 deaths per 100,000 live births Denmark
2020s 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.0981 deaths per 100,000 live births Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Belgium or Denmark?
Belgium, at 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Belgium and Denmark?
0.1 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Denmark?
90 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2020.
How do Belgium and Denmark rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?
Belgium ranks 170th and Denmark ranks 171st 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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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
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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.