Bulgaria vs Kuwait: Maternal mortality ratio

Bulgaria

7.09 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Kuwait

7.17 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Bulgaria rank

159th

Kuwait rank

158th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Bulgaria
Kuwait

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 7.17 deaths per 100,000 live births against 7.09 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0849 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 159th and Kuwait ranks 158th 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: 07 August 2026

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.