What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Nepal and Yemen?

8.99 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Yemen?

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.

Nepal vs Yemen: The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020

Nepal

174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Yemen

183.4 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Nepal rank

51st

Yemen rank

49th

The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 over time

Nepal
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 183.4 deaths per 100,000 live births against 174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nepal, a difference of 8.99 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 51st and Yemen ranks 49th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1,093 deaths per 100,000 live births	439.58 deaths per 100,000 live births	653.17 deaths per 100,000 live births	Nepal
1990s	704.35 deaths per 100,000 live births	344.29 deaths per 100,000 live births	360.06 deaths per 100,000 live births	Nepal
2000s	405.8 deaths per 100,000 live births	208.47 deaths per 100,000 live births	197.33 deaths per 100,000 live births	Nepal
2010s	252.81 deaths per 100,000 live births	164.86 deaths per 100,000 live births	87.94 deaths per 100,000 live births	Nepal
2020s	174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births	183.4 deaths per 100,000 live births	8.99 deaths per 100,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020, Nepal or Yemen?: Yemen, at 183.4 deaths per 100,000 live births against 174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nepal as of 2020.
What is the difference in the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 between Nepal and Yemen?: 8.99 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Yemen?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Nepal and Yemen rank globally for the maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020?: Nepal ranks 51st and Yemen ranks 49th 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.