Brazil vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Number of maternal deaths

Brazil
1,700
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
13,000
in 2023
Brazil rank
28th
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
27th

Number of maternal deaths over time

  • Brazil
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k198520042023

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 13,000 against 1,700 in Brazil, a difference of 11,300.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 7.6 times Brazil's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 28th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 194 countries.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 6,480 72,000 65,520 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 3,830 48,500 44,670 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 2,210 31,900 29,690 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 1,840 22,500 20,660 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2020s 2,525 16,500 13,975 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of maternal deaths, Brazil or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 13,000 against 1,700 in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of maternal deaths between Brazil and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
11,300, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Brazil and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for number of maternal deaths?
Brazil ranks 28th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Number of maternal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Number of maternal deaths. Statizoid, drawing on Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-maternal-deaths/brazil/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-maternal-deaths/brazil/east-asia-and-pacific-excluding-high-income/">Brazil vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Number of maternal deaths</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of maternal deaths
Source
Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 9,399 data points, 1985–2023
Last refreshed

A maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.