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Belgium vs Slovakia: Maternal mortality ratio

Belgium
4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Slovakia
4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Belgium rank
170th
Slovakia rank
168th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Belgium
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.76 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.0688 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Slovakia ahead.

Belgium ranks 170th and Slovakia ranks 168th 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.