Colombia - Maternal Mortality Ratio 2008
78.00
−2.00 from 2007
Colombia's maternal mortality ratio was 78.00 in 2008, decreased +2.00 from 80.00 in 2007. This was the 107th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Greece | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Poland | 3.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Belarus | 4.00 | -33.3% |
| 5th | Czechia | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Spain | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Iceland | 4.00 | -20.0% |
| 8th | Israel | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Australia | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Norway | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Slovak Republic | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 12th | Sweden | 5.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Austria | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Belgium | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 15th | Germany | 6.00 | 20.0% |
| 16th | Croatia | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Ireland | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Japan | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 19th | North Macedonia | 6.00 | -14.3% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Denmark | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Italy | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 7.00 | 16.7% |
| 25th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 26th | Montenegro | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Netherlands | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | San Marino | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | European Union | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Korea | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 31st | Kuwait | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 32nd | Portugal | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 33rd | Qatar | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Albania | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Bulgaria | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 37th | France | 10.00 | 11.1% |
| 38th | Malta | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | New Zealand | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 40th | Estonia | 11.00 | -15.4% |
| 41st | United Kingdom | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Monaco | 11.00 | 10.0% |
| 43rd | Singapore | 11.00 | -8.3% |
| 44th | Turkmenistan | 11.00 | -15.4% |
| 45th | Andorra | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Canada | 12.00 | 9.1% |
| 47th | Saudi Arabia | 12.00 | -7.7% |
| 48th | Serbia | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Hungary | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 51st | Luxembourg | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 52nd | United States | 14.00 | 7.7% |
| 53rd | Lebanon | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 54th | Oman | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Puerto Rico (US) | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.00 | 5.3% |
| 59th | Moldova | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 60th | Chile | 24.00 | -7.7% |
| 61st | Türkiye | 24.00 | -4.0% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 25.00 | -7.4% |
| 63rd | Romania | 25.00 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Ukraine | 26.00 | -3.7% |
| 65th | Russian Federation | 27.00 | -6.9% |
| 66th | Kazakhstan | 28.00 | -12.5% |
| 67th | Armenia | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 69th | Tajikistan | 29.00 | -3.3% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 30.00 | -9.1% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 30.00 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 73rd | Sri Lanka | 30.00 | -3.2% |
| 74th | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.00 | -3.1% |
| 75th | El Salvador | 33.00 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 35.00 | -5.4% |
| 77th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 78th | Thailand | 37.00 | -2.6% |
| 79th | China | 38.00 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Brunei Darussalam | 40.00 | -2.4% |
| 81st | Grenada | 41.00 | 2.5% |
| 82nd | Barbados | 42.00 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Fiji | 42.00 | -2.3% |
| 84th | Cuba | 44.00 | 4.8% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 45.00 | -2.2% |
| 86th | Belize | 48.00 | -7.7% |
| 87th | Mauritius | 48.00 | 4.3% |
| 88th | West Bank and Gaza | 49.00 | 0.0% |
| 89th | Jordan | 50.00 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Mexico | 51.00 | 2.0% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 51.00 | -1.9% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 53.00 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Maldives | 53.00 | 3.9% |
| 94th | Georgia | 54.00 | 3.8% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 55.00 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Panama | 55.00 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.00 | -3.5% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 56.00 | 3.7% |
| 99th | Argentina | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | 65.00 | -1.5% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | 68.00 | -6.8% |
| 102nd | Libya | 68.00 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Brazil | 71.00 | -2.7% |
| 104th | Honduras | 72.00 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 73.00 | -2.7% |
| 106th | Mongolia | 77.00 | -4.9% |
| 107th | Colombia | 78.00 | -2.5% |
| 108th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 79.00 | -1.3% |
| 109th | Bahamas, The | 80.00 | 2.6% |
| 110th | Algeria | 83.00 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 83.00 | -3.5% |
| 112th | Samoa | 87.00 | 2.4% |
| 113th | Tonga | 88.00 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Jamaica | 91.00 | 2.2% |
| 115th | Peru | 91.00 | -3.2% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 94.00 | 4.4% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 95.00 | -1.0% |
| 118th | Palau | 99.00 | 1.0% |
| 119th | Kiribati | 100.00 | -1.0% |
| 120th | Nicaragua | 101.00 | -4.7% |
| 121st | Iraq | 109.00 | -6.8% |
| 122nd | Vanuatu | 117.00 | -2.5% |
| 123rd | Philippines | 123.00 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Bhutan | 133.00 | -10.7% |
| 125th | Guatemala | 133.00 | -1.5% |
| 126th | Guyana | 153.00 | -3.2% |
| 127th | Solomon Islands | 153.00 | -6.1% |
| 128th | Yemen, Republic of | 153.00 | -5.0% |
| 129th | Gabon | 158.00 | -8.7% |
| 130th | Morocco | 158.00 | -6.5% |
| 131st | Suriname | 161.00 | -6.9% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | 166.00 | -6.2% |
| 133rd | São Tomé and Principe | 174.00 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 188.00 | 0.0% |
| 135th | Kenya | 197.00 | -0.5% |
| 136th | Botswana | 199.00 | -1.0% |
| 137th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 214.00 | -4.5% |
| 138th | Tuvalu | 219.00 | -1.4% |
| 139th | India | 223.00 | -7.1% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | 226.00 | -1.3% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 251.00 | -2.3% |
| 142nd | Pakistan | 254.00 | -4.2% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 272.00 | -6.2% |
| 144th | South Africa | 272.00 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Djibouti | 273.00 | -4.2% |
| 146th | Equatorial Guinea | 276.00 | -4.5% |
| 147th | Myanmar | 286.00 | -1.4% |
| 148th | Nepal | 302.00 | -2.3% |
| 149th | Nauru | 302.00 | -0.3% |
| 150th | Bangladesh | 310.00 | -7.2% |
| 151st | Papua New Guinea | 315.00 | -3.4% |
| 152nd | Uganda | 324.00 | -6.1% |
| 153rd | Comoros | 334.00 | -5.1% |
| 154th | Mozambique | 365.00 | 11.6% |
| 155th | Angola | 372.00 | -7.2% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | 374.00 | -7.0% |
| 157th | Ghana | 380.00 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Haiti | 394.00 | 2.9% |
| 159th | Zambia | 394.00 | 21.6% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 395.00 | 6.8% |
| 161st | Sudan | 426.00 | -4.3% |
| 162nd | Burkina Faso | 429.00 | -5.3% |
| 163rd | Malawi | 430.00 | 29.1% |
| 164th | Rwanda | 454.00 | -8.1% |
| 165th | Togo | 457.00 | 2.0% |
| 166th | Senegal | 463.00 | 1.3% |
| 167th | Mauritania | 506.00 | -1.9% |
| 168th | Madagascar | 510.00 | -2.3% |
| 169th | Tanzania | 511.00 | 12.8% |
| 170th | Timor-Leste | 518.00 | -7.3% |
| 171st | Zimbabwe | 526.00 | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Eritrea | 530.00 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | Namibia | 537.00 | 9.8% |
| 174th | Côte d'Ivoire | 562.00 | -0.9% |
| 175th | Benin | 563.00 | 12.4% |
| 176th | Mali | 573.00 | -0.2% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 592.00 | -2.1% |
| 178th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 620.00 | -1.7% |
| 179th | Burundi | 635.00 | -3.1% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 653.00 | -3.3% |
| 181st | Liberia | 663.00 | 0.6% |
| 182nd | Niger | 669.00 | -5.0% |
| 183rd | Eswatini | 766.00 | 18.4% |
| 184th | Guinea | 772.00 | -3.7% |
| 185th | Guinea-Bissau | 802.00 | 1.3% |
| 186th | South Sudan | 858.00 | -8.0% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 955.00 | -7.5% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,035.00 | -3.6% |
| 189th | Nigeria | 1,081.00 | 1.7% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 1,093.00 | -3.4% |
| 191st | Lesotho | 1,205.00 | 35.2% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | 1,234.00 | -2.9% |
| 193rd | Chad | 1,264.00 | 1.9% |
FAQ
What was Colombia's maternal mortality ratio in 2008?▾
Colombia's maternal mortality ratio in 2008 was 78.00. This ranked 107th globally.
How did Colombia's maternal mortality ratio change in 2008?▾
Colombia's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 2.5% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2008?▾
Chad had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 2008 at 1,264.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Colombia in 2008?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Colombia in 2008 was 78.00. This ranked 107th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Colombia's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Colombia's maternal mortality ratio went from 80.00 in 2007 to 78.00 in 2008, a 2.5% decrease.
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