Croatia vs Italy: Maternal mortality ratio

Croatia

4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Italy

4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Croatia rank

169th

Italy rank

172nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Croatia
Italy

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 4.82 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.2259 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Italy ahead.

Croatia ranks 169th and Italy ranks 172nd 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.