Statizoid

Costa Rica vs Iran: Maternal mortality ratio

Costa Rica
22 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Iran
22.02 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
120th
Iran rank
119th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Iran
20406080100198520022020

How they compare

Iran currently reports 22.02 deaths per 100,000 live births against 22 deaths per 100,000 live births in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0151 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Iran ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 120th and Iran ranks 119th 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.