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Benin vs Guinea: Maternal mortality ratio

Benin
522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Guinea
553.4 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Benin rank
13th
Guinea rank
10th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Benin
  • Guinea
02505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 553.4 deaths per 100,000 live births against 522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 30.8 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Guinea has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 13th and Guinea ranks 10th 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.