What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Madagascar and Mali?

48.71 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Mali ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mali?

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.

Madagascar vs Mali: The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020

Madagascar

391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Mali

440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Madagascar rank

23rd

Mali rank

20th

The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 over time

Madagascar
Mali

How they compare

Mali currently reports 440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births against 391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 48.71 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Madagascar ranks 23rd and Mali ranks 20th of 185 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1980s	780.62 deaths per 100,000 live births	1,228 deaths per 100,000 live births	447.26 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
1990s	669.79 deaths per 100,000 live births	937.4 deaths per 100,000 live births	267.61 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
2000s	580.44 deaths per 100,000 live births	601.52 deaths per 100,000 live births	21.08 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
2010s	455.17 deaths per 100,000 live births	499.58 deaths per 100,000 live births	44.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali
2020s	391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births	440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births	48.71 deaths per 100,000 live births	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020, Madagascar or Mali?: Mali, at 440.23 deaths per 100,000 live births against 391.52 deaths per 100,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2020.
What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Madagascar and Mali?: 48.71 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mali?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Madagascar and Mali rank globally for the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020?: Madagascar ranks 23rd and Mali ranks 20th 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.