Maternal mortality ratio in Zambia
The maternal mortality ratio in Zambia was 85 per 100,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Zambia, 2023
85
Change from 2022
−4per 100,000 live births
World, 2023
197 per 100,000 live births
Position in 2023
70th of 194
Maternal mortality ratio in Zambia 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 | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 85 per 100,000 live births | 197 per 100,000 live births |
| 2022 | 89 per 100,000 live births | 203 per 100,000 live births |
| 2021 | 140 per 100,000 live births | 242 per 100,000 live births |
| 2020 | 99 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2019 | 103 per 100,000 live births | 207 per 100,000 live births |
| 2018 | 117 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2017 | 141 per 100,000 live births | 215 per 100,000 live births |
| 2016 | 158 per 100,000 live births | 220 per 100,000 live births |
| 2015 | 154 per 100,000 live births | 228 per 100,000 live births |
| 2014 | 174 per 100,000 live births | 231 per 100,000 live births |
| 2013 | 213 per 100,000 live births | 235 per 100,000 live births |
| 2012 | 256 per 100,000 live births | 239 per 100,000 live births |
| 2011 | 291 per 100,000 live births | 247 per 100,000 live births |
| 2010 | 332 per 100,000 live births | 253 per 100,000 live births |
| 2009 | 406 per 100,000 live births | 258 per 100,000 live births |
| 2008 | 394 per 100,000 live births | 264 per 100,000 live births |
| 2007 | 324 per 100,000 live births | 269 per 100,000 live births |
| 2006 | 262 per 100,000 live births | 276 per 100,000 live births |
| 2005 | 264 per 100,000 live births | 283 per 100,000 live births |
| 2004 | 260 per 100,000 live births | 291 per 100,000 live births |
| 2003 | 250 per 100,000 live births | 301 per 100,000 live births |
| 2002 | 274 per 100,000 live births | 311 per 100,000 live births |
| 2001 | 306 per 100,000 live births | 321 per 100,000 live births |
| 2000 | 340 per 100,000 live births | 328 per 100,000 live births |
| 1999 | 378 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 −4 from 89 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 213 per 100,000 live births, the figure has changed by −128.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2023, Zambia has the 70th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 197 per 100,000 live births.
More for Zambia
All statistics for Zambia
Under-five mortality rate
48.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
66.3 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
12.8 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
56.2 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
62
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
1.85 litres
2024 · WHO