Germany vs Netherlands: Maternal mortality ratio

Germany
4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Netherlands
4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Germany rank
175th
Netherlands rank
177th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
0100200300400187819492020

How they compare

Germany currently reports 4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0.1167 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 175th and Netherlands ranks 177th 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.