Madagascar vs Malawi: Maternal mortality ratio

Madagascar

391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Malawi

380.67 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Madagascar rank

23rd

Malawi rank

24th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Madagascar
Malawi

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births against 380.67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 10.85 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Madagascar ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 24th 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.