Germany vs Japan: Maternal mortality ratio

Germany

4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Japan

4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Germany rank

175th

Japan rank

176th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Germany
Japan

How they compare

Germany currently reports 4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.1135 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 175th and Japan ranks 176th 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.