Japan vs Netherlands: Maternal mortality ratio

Japan
4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Netherlands
4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Japan rank
176th
Netherlands rank
177th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Japan
  • Netherlands
0100200300400187819492020

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1935 it was Netherlands ahead.

Japan ranks 176th and Netherlands ranks 177th of 189 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Netherlands Difference Ahead
1930s 260 deaths per 100,000 live births 293 deaths per 100,000 live births 33 deaths per 100,000 live births Netherlands
1940s 204 deaths per 100,000 live births 187.5 deaths per 100,000 live births 16.5 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1950s 162.37 deaths per 100,000 live births 69.26 deaths per 100,000 live births 93.1 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1960s 91.12 deaths per 100,000 live births 29.18 deaths per 100,000 live births 61.94 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1970s 32.41 deaths per 100,000 live births 10.77 deaths per 100,000 live births 21.64 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1980s 16.18 deaths per 100,000 live births 9.58 deaths per 100,000 live births 6.6 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1990s 10.81 deaths per 100,000 live births 12.02 deaths per 100,000 live births 1.21 deaths per 100,000 live births Netherlands
2000s 7.11 deaths per 100,000 live births 10.39 deaths per 100,000 live births 3.28 deaths per 100,000 live births Netherlands
2010s 5.09 deaths per 100,000 live births 5.32 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.2297 deaths per 100,000 live births Netherlands
2020s 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.0032 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Japan or Netherlands?
Japan, at 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Netherlands as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Japan and Netherlands?
0 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
74 years are reported by both, from 1935 to 2020.
How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?
Japan ranks 176th and Netherlands ranks 177th 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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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.