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Benin vs Kenya: Maternal mortality ratio

Benin
522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Kenya
529.96 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Benin rank
13th
Kenya rank
12th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Benin
  • Kenya
0200400600800198520022020

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 529.96 deaths per 100,000 live births against 522.61 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, a difference of 7.36 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 13th and Kenya ranks 12th 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.