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Brazil vs Micronesia (country): Maternal mortality ratio

Brazil
72.15 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Micronesia (country)
74.31 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Brazil rank
83rd
Micronesia (country) rank
81st

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Brazil
  • Micronesia (country)
50100150200250198520022020

How they compare

Micronesia (country) currently reports 74.31 deaths per 100,000 live births against 72.15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brazil, a difference of 2.16 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Brazil ranks 83rd and Micronesia (country) ranks 81st 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.