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Cameroon vs Malawi: Maternal mortality ratio

Cameroon
437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Malawi
380.67 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Cameroon rank
21st
Malawi rank
24th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Cameroon
  • Malawi
4006008001.0k198520022020

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births against 380.67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 57.08 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Malawi ahead.

Cameroon ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 24th 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.