Uruguay's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) was 19.1 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.24% from 18.5 in 2013 (0.32% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 19.1 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 14.9 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.5 | 2013 |
| Highest | 52 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 3.1 | 2022 |
| Average since 2014 | 20.35 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 22.9 | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Uruguay's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) rose 16 on 2022 (from 3.1 to 19.1).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was −0.73 and a typical year strayed about 14.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.7 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 48.9 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 less than 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, Uruguay had the 13th 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 Uruguay in the 2023 ranking
- Cuba — 10th of 19: 38.7
- Ecuador — 11th of 19: 35.62
- El Salvador — 12th of 19: 26.8
- Canada — 14th of 19: 9.38
- Costa Rica — 15th of 19: 7.96
- Trinidad and Tobago — 16th of 19: 7.8
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 29 values
| Year | Maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.1 |
| 2022 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2020 | 22.3 |
| 2019 | 13.3 |
| 2018 | 14.9 |
| 2017 | 18.6 |
| 2016 | 19.1 |
| 2015 | 22.5 |
| 2014 | 18.6 |
| 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 Uruguay
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.68% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.23% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 295,113 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.93% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 310,646 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.92% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 605,759 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.9% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.73% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Uruguay's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births)?
- 19.1 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 16.59% from 22.9 in 1995 (0.65% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 52 in 2021 and the lowest 3.1 in 2022.
- How does Uruguay rank?
- 13th 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 Uruguay?
- In 2023, Uruguay's maternal mortality ratio (national estimate, per 100,000 live births) rose 16 on 2022 (from 3.1 to 19.1). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was −0.73 and a typical year strayed about 14.64 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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