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Philippines vs Vanuatu: Maternal mortality ratio

Philippines
78.24 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Vanuatu
94.44 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Philippines rank
74th
Vanuatu rank
72nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Philippines
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 94.44 deaths per 100,000 live births against 78.24 deaths per 100,000 live births in Philippines, a difference of 16.21 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 74th and Vanuatu ranks 72nd 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.