Haiti vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre

Haiti
0.0308 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0074 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Haiti rank
5th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
8th

Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre over time

  • Haiti
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.020.040.060.08198520042023

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 0.0308 units per square kilometre against 0.0074 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0234 units per square kilometre.

That makes Haiti's figure about 4.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.

Haiti ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 194 countries.

Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0864 units per square kilometre 0.0114 units per square kilometre 0.075 units per square kilometre Haiti
1990s 0.0642 units per square kilometre 0.0108 units per square kilometre 0.0534 units per square kilometre Haiti
2000s 0.0385 units per square kilometre 0.0099 units per square kilometre 0.0286 units per square kilometre Haiti
2010s 0.036 units per square kilometre 0.0091 units per square kilometre 0.0269 units per square kilometre Haiti
2020s 0.0328 units per square kilometre 0.0077 units per square kilometre 0.0251 units per square kilometre Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre, Haiti or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Haiti, at 0.0308 units per square kilometre against 0.0074 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre between Haiti and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0234 units per square kilometre, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Haiti and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre?
Haiti ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of maternal deaths, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 9,090 data points, 1985–2023
Last refreshed

Number of maternal deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.