Maternal mortality ratio in Zimbabwe
The maternal mortality ratio in Zimbabwe was 358 per 100,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1997.
Zimbabwe, 2023
358
Change from 2022
−10per 100,000 live births
World, 2023
197 per 100,000 live births
Position in 2023
18th of 194
Maternal mortality ratio in Zimbabwe 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 | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 358 per 100,000 live births | 197 per 100,000 live births |
| 2022 | 368 per 100,000 live births | 203 per 100,000 live births |
| 2021 | 446 per 100,000 live births | 242 per 100,000 live births |
| 2020 | 380 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2019 | 388 per 100,000 live births | 207 per 100,000 live births |
| 2018 | 386 per 100,000 live births | 211 per 100,000 live births |
| 2017 | 389 per 100,000 live births | 215 per 100,000 live births |
| 2016 | 411 per 100,000 live births | 220 per 100,000 live births |
| 2015 | 428 per 100,000 live births | 228 per 100,000 live births |
| 2014 | 468 per 100,000 live births | 231 per 100,000 live births |
| 2013 | 525 per 100,000 live births | 235 per 100,000 live births |
| 2012 | 558 per 100,000 live births | 239 per 100,000 live births |
| 2011 | 564 per 100,000 live births | 247 per 100,000 live births |
| 2010 | 567 per 100,000 live births | 253 per 100,000 live births |
| 2009 | 540 per 100,000 live births | 258 per 100,000 live births |
| 2008 | 526 per 100,000 live births | 264 per 100,000 live births |
| 2007 | 519 per 100,000 live births | 269 per 100,000 live births |
| 2006 | 480 per 100,000 live births | 276 per 100,000 live births |
| 2005 | 454 per 100,000 live births | 283 per 100,000 live births |
| 2004 | 451 per 100,000 live births | 291 per 100,000 live births |
| 2003 | 455 per 100,000 live births | 301 per 100,000 live births |
| 2002 | 418 per 100,000 live births | 311 per 100,000 live births |
| 2001 | 467 per 100,000 live births | 321 per 100,000 live births |
| 2000 | 405 per 100,000 live births | 328 per 100,000 live births |
| 1999 | 399 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 −10 from 368 per 100,000 live births in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 525 per 100,000 live births, the figure has changed by −167.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2023, Zimbabwe has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 197 per 100,000 live births.
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Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
13.2 years
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Healthy life expectancy
52.5 years
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UHC service coverage
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Alcohol consumption
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