What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Mali and Niger?

0.84 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

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.

Mali vs Niger: Maternal mortality ratio

Mali

440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Niger

441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Mali rank

20th

Niger rank

19th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Mali
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births against 440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 0.84 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Mali ranks 20th and Niger ranks 19th of 189 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1,228 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,060 deaths per 100,000 live births	168.25 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
1990s	937.4 deaths per 100,000 live births	894.51 deaths per 100,000 live births	42.89 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
2000s	601.52 deaths per 100,000 live births	780.35 deaths per 100,000 live births	178.83 deaths per 100,000 live births	Niger
2010s	499.58 deaths per 100,000 live births	501.2 deaths per 100,000 live births	1.63 deaths per 100,000 live births	Niger
2020s	440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births	441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births	0.848 deaths per 100,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Mali or Niger?: Niger, at 441.07 deaths per 100,000 live births against 440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mali as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Mali and Niger?: 0.84 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Mali and Niger rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Mali ranks 20th and Niger ranks 19th 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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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: 18 September 2026

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.