Denmark vs Italy: Maternal mortality ratio
Denmark
4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Italy
4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Denmark rank
171st
Italy rank
172nd
Maternal mortality ratio over time
- Denmark
- Italy
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Italy ahead.
Denmark ranks 171st and Italy ranks 172nd of 189 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 56.67 deaths per 100,000 live births | 127.48 deaths per 100,000 live births | 70.81 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 1960s | 18.77 deaths per 100,000 live births | 83.74 deaths per 100,000 live births | 64.98 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 1970s | 6.09 deaths per 100,000 live births | 32.19 deaths per 100,000 live births | 26.09 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 1980s | 8.78 deaths per 100,000 live births | 14.22 deaths per 100,000 live births | 5.44 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 1990s | 10.2 deaths per 100,000 live births | 13.84 deaths per 100,000 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 2000s | 7.37 deaths per 100,000 live births | 8.17 deaths per 100,000 live births | 0.7946 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 2010s | 5.53 deaths per 100,000 live births | 6.24 deaths per 100,000 live births | 0.7057 deaths per 100,000 live births | Italy |
| 2020s | 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births | 0.0668 deaths per 100,000 live births | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Denmark or Italy?
- Denmark, at 4.66 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy as of 2020.
- What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Denmark and Italy?
- 0.07 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Italy?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2020.
- How do Denmark and Italy rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?
- Denmark ranks 171st and Italy ranks 172nd 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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About this data
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.