Equatorial Guinea vs Namibia: Maternal mortality ratio

Equatorial Guinea
212.33 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Namibia
214.63 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Equatorial Guinea rank
46th
Namibia rank
45th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Namibia
2505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 214.63 deaths per 100,000 live births against 212.33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 2.3 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th and Namibia ranks 45th 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.