Honduras's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) was 65 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 24.42% from 86 in 2013 (2.76% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 65 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 78 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 86 | 2013 |
| Highest | 125 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 48 | 2022 |
| Average since 2014 | 69.29 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 108 | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Honduras' maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) rose 17 on 2022 (from 48 to 65).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2022), the average change was −2.07 and a typical year strayed about 33.63 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 64 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 77 in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Honduras had the 9th 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 Honduras in the 2023 ranking
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 15 values
| Year | Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 65 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2021 | 125 |
| 2020 | 61 |
| 2019 | 53 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2016 | 77 |
| 2015 | 60 |
| 2014 | 69.9 |
| 2013 |
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)
- British Virgin Islands — 415 (2023)
- Cayman Islands
More health data for Honduras
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.25% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.63 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 29.75% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.7 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 30.77% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 3.33 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 30.26% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.91% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Honduras's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)?
- 65 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 39.81% from 108 in 1997 (1.93% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 125 in 2021 and the lowest 48 in 2022.
- How does Honduras rank?
- 9th highest of 19 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) unusual for Honduras?
- In 2023, Honduras' maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) rose 17 on 2022 (from 48 to 65). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2022), the average change was −2.07 and a typical year strayed about 33.63 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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