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Maldives vs Samoa: Maternal mortality ratio

Maldives
56.69 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Samoa
59.08 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Maldives rank
95th
Samoa rank
94th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Maldives
  • Samoa
0100200300400198520022020

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 59.08 deaths per 100,000 live births against 56.69 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 2.39 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Maldives ranks 95th and Samoa ranks 94th 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.