What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Finland and Lithuania?

0.32 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Lithuania?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

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.

Finland vs Lithuania: Maternal mortality ratio

Finland

8.34 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Lithuania

8.66 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Finland rank

150th

Lithuania rank

149th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Finland
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 8.66 deaths per 100,000 live births against 8.34 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.32 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Lithuania ahead.

Finland ranks 150th and Lithuania ranks 149th of 189 countries.

Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	6.34 deaths per 100,000 live births	29.59 deaths per 100,000 live births	23.25 deaths per 100,000 live births	Lithuania
1990s	6.53 deaths per 100,000 live births	23.91 deaths per 100,000 live births	17.39 deaths per 100,000 live births	Lithuania
2000s	7.22 deaths per 100,000 live births	13.33 deaths per 100,000 live births	6.11 deaths per 100,000 live births	Lithuania
2010s	7.39 deaths per 100,000 live births	8.27 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.878 deaths per 100,000 live births	Lithuania
2020s	8.34 deaths per 100,000 live births	8.66 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.3216 deaths per 100,000 live births	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Finland or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 8.66 deaths per 100,000 live births against 8.34 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Finland and Lithuania?: 0.32 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Lithuania?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Finland and Lithuania rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Finland ranks 150th and Lithuania ranks 149th 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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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: 18 September 2026

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.