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Ecuador vs Mexico: Maternal mortality ratio

Ecuador
65.75 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Mexico
59.13 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Ecuador rank
90th
Mexico rank
93rd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Ecuador
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 65.75 deaths per 100,000 live births against 59.13 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 6.62 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 90th and Mexico ranks 93rd 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.