Germany vs Spain: Maternal mortality ratio

Germany
4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Spain
3.44 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Germany rank
175th
Spain rank
178th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Germany
  • Spain
050100150200195119852020

How they compare

Germany currently reports 4.43 deaths per 100,000 live births against 3.44 deaths per 100,000 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.9872 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 175th and Spain ranks 178th 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.