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Libya vs Paraguay: Maternal mortality ratio

Libya
72.13 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Paraguay
71.12 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Libya rank
84th
Paraguay rank
87th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Libya
  • Paraguay
50100150200250198520022020

How they compare

Libya currently reports 72.13 deaths per 100,000 live births against 71.12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 1 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Paraguay ahead.

Libya ranks 84th and Paraguay ranks 87th 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.