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Cameroon vs Niger: Maternal mortality ratio

Cameroon
437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Niger
441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Cameroon rank
21st
Niger rank
19th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Cameroon
  • Niger
02505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Niger currently reports 441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births against 437.75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 3.32 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Cameroon ranks 21st and Niger ranks 19th 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.