Maternal mortality ratio in Guinea-Bissau
The maternal mortality ratio in Guinea-Bissau was 505 per 100,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Guinea-Bissau, 2023
505
Change from 2022
−34per 100,000 live births
World, 2023
197 per 100,000 live births
Position in 2023
9th of 194
Maternal mortality ratio in Guinea-Bissau over time
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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.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 505 per 100,000 live births | 197 per 100,000 live births |
| 2022 | 539 per 100,000 live births | 203 per 100,000 live births |
| 2021 | 617 per 100,000 live births | 242 per 100,000 live births |
| 2020 | 603 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2019 | 598 per 100,000 live births | 207 per 100,000 live births |
| 2018 | 585 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2017 | 597 per 100,000 live births | 215 per 100,000 live births |
| 2016 | 617 per 100,000 live births | 220 per 100,000 live births |
| 2015 | 631 per 100,000 live births | 228 per 100,000 live births |
| 2014 | 662 per 100,000 live births | 231 per 100,000 live births |
| 2013 | 707 per 100,000 live births | 235 per 100,000 live births |
| 2012 | 704 per 100,000 live births | 239 per 100,000 live births |
| 2011 | 678 per 100,000 live births | 247 per 100,000 live births |
| 2010 | 698 per 100,000 live births | 253 per 100,000 live births |
| 2009 | 753 per 100,000 live births | 258 per 100,000 live births |
| 2008 | 802 per 100,000 live births | 264 per 100,000 live births |
| 2007 | 792 per 100,000 live births | 269 per 100,000 live births |
| 2006 | 831 per 100,000 live births | 276 per 100,000 live births |
| 2005 | 956 per 100,000 live births | 283 per 100,000 live births |
| 2004 | 980 per 100,000 live births | 291 per 100,000 live births |
| 2003 | 1,069 per 100,000 live births | 301 per 100,000 live births |
| 2002 | 1,141 per 100,000 live births | 311 per 100,000 live births |
| 2001 | 1,222 per 100,000 live births | 321 per 100,000 live births |
| 2000 | 1,295 per 100,000 live births | 328 per 100,000 live births |
| 1999 | 1,461 per 100,000 live births | 340 per 100,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −34 from 539 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 707 per 100,000 live births, the figure has changed by −202.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2023, Guinea-Bissau has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 197 per 100,000 live births.
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Under-five mortality rate
67.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
64.1 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
13.7 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
52.8 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
43
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
2.20 litres
2024 · WHO