Suriname vs Vanuatu: Maternal mortality ratio

Suriname
96.46 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Vanuatu
94.44 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Suriname rank
70th
Vanuatu rank
72nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Suriname
  • Vanuatu
100200300400198520022020

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 96.46 deaths per 100,000 live births against 94.44 deaths per 100,000 live births in Vanuatu, a difference of 2.02 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Suriname ranks 70th 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
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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.