What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Cape Verde and Jordan?

0.93 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Jordan?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cape Verde vs Jordan: Maternal mortality ratio

Cape Verde

42.24 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Jordan

41.31 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Cape Verde rank

102nd

Jordan rank

103rd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Cape Verde
Jordan

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 42.24 deaths per 100,000 live births against 41.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, a difference of 0.93 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 102nd and Jordan ranks 103rd of 189 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	354.61 deaths per 100,000 live births	88.92 deaths per 100,000 live births	265.7 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cape Verde
1990s	214.8 deaths per 100,000 live births	74.39 deaths per 100,000 live births	140.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cape Verde
2000s	82.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	57.68 deaths per 100,000 live births	24.57 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cape Verde
2010s	46.05 deaths per 100,000 live births	44.63 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cape Verde
2020s	42.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	41.31 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.9266 deaths per 100,000 live births	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Cape Verde or Jordan?: Cape Verde, at 42.24 deaths per 100,000 live births against 41.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Cape Verde and Jordan?: 0.93 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Jordan?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Cape Verde and Jordan rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Cape Verde ranks 102nd and Jordan ranks 103rd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.