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Panama vs Samoa: Maternal mortality ratio

Panama
49.52 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Samoa
59.08 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Panama rank
97th
Samoa rank
94th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Panama
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 59.08 deaths per 100,000 live births against 49.52 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, a difference of 9.56 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Panama's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

Panama ranks 97th 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.