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Portugal, 2023 15 per 100,000 live births +5 per 100,000 live births since 1999 European Union, 2023 5 per 100,000 live births aggregate · −6 per 100,000 live births since 1999 Spain, 2023 3 per 100,000 live births −2 per 100,000 live births since 1999

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Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), 1999 to 2023
Period	Portugal	Spain	European Union
2023	15 per 100,000 live births	3 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births
2022	16 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2021	19 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2020	14 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2019	15 per 100,000 live births	3 per 100,000 live births	6 per 100,000 live births
2018	14 per 100,000 live births	3 per 100,000 live births	6 per 100,000 live births
2017	13 per 100,000 live births	3 per 100,000 live births	6 per 100,000 live births
2016	12 per 100,000 live births	3 per 100,000 live births	6 per 100,000 live births
2015	11 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2014	11 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2013	10 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2012	10 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2011	10 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2010	10 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	7 per 100,000 live births
2009	9 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2008	9 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2007	8 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2006	8 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2005	8 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	8 per 100,000 live births
2004	8 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	9 per 100,000 live births
2003	8 per 100,000 live births	4 per 100,000 live births	9 per 100,000 live births
2002	9 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	9 per 100,000 live births
2001	9 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	10 per 100,000 live births
2000	9 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	11 per 100,000 live births
1999	10 per 100,000 live births	5 per 100,000 live births	11 per 100,000 live births

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Original producer: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN Population Division (MMEIG)
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: SH.STA.MMRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1985 to 2023
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UN Population Division (MMEIG)

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