British Virgin Islands: Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)

Key figures

The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 415 in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2023, British Virgin Islands had the 1st highest value of the 19 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to British Virgin Islands in the 2023 ranking

• Grenada — 2nd of 19: 208.2
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 3rd of 19: 207.9
• Barbados — 4th of 19: 178.3

What this measures

Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births.

Limitations: Maternal mortality ratios are generally of unknown reliability, as are many other cause-specific mortality indicators. The ratios cannot be assumed to provide an exact estimate of maternal mortality. Maternal mortality ratios collected directly from Demographic and Health Surveys are presented in the survey year, but reference time of these maternal mortality ratios is for the seven years preceding the survey.

All 19 values

Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 0 (2022)
• Argentina — 34.3 (2022)
• Aruba — 0 (2019)
• Bahamas, The — 212.1 (2022)
• Barbados — 178.3 (2023)
• Belize — 78.83 (2023)
• Brazil — 57.7 (2022)
• Cayman Islands — 0 (2023)
• Chile

More health data for British Virgin Islands

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 3.86% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.49% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 2,755 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 13.17% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 2,841 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 15.1% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 5,596 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 14.08% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

What is British Virgin Islands's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)?

415 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How does British Virgin Islands rank?

1st highest of 19 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), World Health Organization (WHO), note: The country data compiled, adjusted and used in the estimation model by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.MMRT.NE, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), World Health Organization (WHO), note: The country data compiled, adjusted and used in the estimation model by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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