Statizoid

Belize vs Laos: Maternal mortality ratio

Belize
129.79 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Laos
126.06 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Belize rank
58th
Laos rank
61st

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Belize
  • Laos
0200400600800198520022020

How they compare

Belize currently reports 129.79 deaths per 100,000 live births against 126.06 deaths per 100,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 3.73 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Belize ranks 58th and Laos ranks 61st 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.