What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Chad and Nigeria?

16 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Nigeria: The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020

Chad

1,063 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Nigeria

1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Chad rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

3rd

The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 over time

Chad
Nigeria

How they compare

Chad currently reports 1,063 deaths per 100,000 live births against 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nigeria, a difference of 16 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 185 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1,412 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,272 deaths per 100,000 live births	140.43 deaths per 100,000 live births	Chad
1990s	1,365 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,198 deaths per 100,000 live births	166.8 deaths per 100,000 live births	Chad
2000s	1,280 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,098 deaths per 100,000 live births	181.62 deaths per 100,000 live births	Chad
2010s	1,167 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,115 deaths per 100,000 live births	52.14 deaths per 100,000 live births	Chad
2020s	1,063 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births	16.25 deaths per 100,000 live births	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020, Chad or Nigeria?: Chad, at 1,063 deaths per 100,000 live births against 1,047 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nigeria as of 2020.
What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Chad and Nigeria?: 16 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Nigeria?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Chad and Nigeria rank globally for the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020?: Chad ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020
Unit: deaths per 100,000 live births
Source: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 6,660 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

The estimated maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.