Iceland - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1987
13.00
−2.00 from 1986
Iceland's maternal mortality ratio was 13.00 in 1987, decreased +2.00 from 15.00 in 1986. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Kingdom | 3.00 | 50.0% |
| 2nd | Canada | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Spain | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Finland | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 5th | Sweden | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 6th | Australia | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 7th | Belgium | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Greece | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 9th | Norway | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Croatia | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Ireland | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 12th | Kuwait | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 13th | Montenegro | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 14th | United States | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Denmark | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Netherlands | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 17th | San Marino | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Austria | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 19th | Germany | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 20th | Iceland | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 14.00 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 15.00 | -11.8% |
| 23rd | North Macedonia | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 24th | Qatar | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 25th | Serbia | 15.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 16.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 28th | Japan | 17.00 | -5.6% |
| 29th | Monaco | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Poland | 18.00 | -5.3% |
| 31st | Singapore | 18.00 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Andorra | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | United Arab Emirates | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 34th | France | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 35th | Malta | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 19.00 | 5.6% |
| 37th | Portugal | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 19.00 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Italy | 21.00 | -4.5% |
| 40th | Luxembourg | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 41st | Hungary | 24.00 | -7.7% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 25.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | European Union | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 44th | Lithuania | 28.00 | -6.7% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 29.00 | 0.0% |
| 46th | Belarus | 30.00 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Israel | 30.00 | -16.7% |
| 48th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.00 | -6.1% |
| 49th | Georgia | 32.00 | -5.9% |
| 50th | Albania | 33.00 | -5.7% |
| 51st | Korea | 34.00 | -2.9% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 36.00 | -2.7% |
| 53rd | Saudi Arabia | 36.00 | -5.3% |
| 54th | Oman | 37.00 | -7.5% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.00 | 5.3% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 41.00 | -2.4% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 41.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Estonia | 42.00 | -8.7% |
| 59th | Latvia | 44.00 | 2.3% |
| 60th | Azerbaijan | 45.00 | -6.3% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 46.00 | 2.2% |
| 62nd | Ukraine | 46.00 | -8.0% |
| 63rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.00 | -7.7% |
| 64th | Türkiye | 50.00 | -5.7% |
| 65th | Armenia | 52.00 | -3.7% |
| 66th | Moldova | 56.00 | -6.7% |
| 67th | Malaysia | 56.00 | -5.1% |
| 68th | Barbados | 57.00 | 1.8% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 62.00 | -8.8% |
| 70th | Seychelles | 62.00 | -4.6% |
| 71st | Dominica | 63.00 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Uzbekistan | 63.00 | -8.7% |
| 73rd | Sri Lanka | 64.00 | -3.0% |
| 74th | Lebanon | 65.00 | 12.1% |
| 75th | Russian Federation | 65.00 | -5.8% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | 66.00 | -2.9% |
| 77th | Kazakhstan | 66.00 | -1.5% |
| 78th | Chile | 67.00 | -4.3% |
| 79th | Grenada | 68.00 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Cuba | 69.00 | -1.4% |
| 81st | St. Lucia | 69.00 | 21.1% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.00 | -2.8% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 72.00 | -7.7% |
| 84th | Turkmenistan | 72.00 | -4.0% |
| 85th | Argentina | 73.00 | -3.9% |
| 86th | Fiji | 74.00 | -2.6% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.00 | -2.6% |
| 88th | Brunei Darussalam | 75.00 | -3.8% |
| 89th | Libya | 77.00 | -6.1% |
| 90th | Belize | 83.00 | -4.6% |
| 91st | Trinidad and Tobago | 86.00 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 87.00 | -6.5% |
| 93rd | West Bank and Gaza | 87.00 | -9.4% |
| 94th | Palau | 88.00 | -4.3% |
| 95th | Tajikistan | 91.00 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Mexico | 93.00 | -7.0% |
| 97th | Panama | 93.00 | -1.1% |
| 98th | Mauritius | 103.00 | -2.8% |
| 99th | Tunisia | 107.00 | -11.6% |
| 100th | China | 114.00 | -5.0% |
| 101st | Colombia | 120.00 | -2.4% |
| 102nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 128.00 | -5.2% |
| 103rd | Ecuador | 131.00 | -27.6% |
| 104th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 136.00 | -8.1% |
| 105th | Iraq | 145.00 | -1.4% |
| 106th | Tonga | 147.00 | -1.3% |
| 107th | Samoa | 147.00 | -3.9% |
| 108th | São Tomé and Principe | 161.00 | -8.0% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 163.00 | -6.3% |
| 110th | Brazil | 167.00 | -5.1% |
| 111th | Romania | 173.00 | -3.9% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 178.00 | 5.3% |
| 113th | Honduras | 183.00 | -4.2% |
| 114th | Philippines | 191.00 | -4.0% |
| 115th | Peru | 192.00 | -0.5% |
| 116th | South Africa | 192.00 | -4.0% |
| 117th | Solomon Islands | 200.00 | -11.5% |
| 118th | Vanuatu | 200.00 | 3.1% |
| 119th | Nauru | 206.00 | -1.4% |
| 120th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 224.00 | 3.2% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 225.00 | -2.2% |
| 122nd | Dominican Republic | 231.00 | -4.1% |
| 123rd | Kiribati | 231.00 | -0.4% |
| 124th | Guyana | 234.00 | -1.7% |
| 125th | Algeria | 243.00 | -8.3% |
| 126th | Tuvalu | 252.00 | 11.5% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 277.00 | -3.1% |
| 128th | Marshall Islands | 282.00 | 2.9% |
| 129th | Botswana | 302.00 | -0.7% |
| 130th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 302.00 | 6.0% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | 316.00 | 1.0% |
| 132nd | Namibia | 336.00 | -3.4% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 341.00 | -1.4% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 366.00 | -7.1% |
| 135th | Gabon | 366.00 | -0.8% |
| 136th | Suriname | 372.00 | -1.3% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 379.00 | -1.8% |
| 138th | Yemen, Republic of | 400.00 | -7.0% |
| 139th | Indonesia | 437.00 | -4.0% |
| 140th | Pakistan | 442.00 | 1.4% |
| 141st | Maldives | 471.00 | -7.3% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 478.00 | -5.0% |
| 143rd | Zimbabwe | 480.00 | -8.6% |
| 144th | Congo, Republic of | 519.00 | -3.0% |
| 145th | Eswatini | 521.00 | -4.9% |
| 146th | Cameroon | 557.00 | -3.8% |
| 147th | India | 592.00 | -5.1% |
| 148th | Zambia | 630.00 | 1.8% |
| 149th | Myanmar | 631.00 | -3.2% |
| 150th | Togo | 636.00 | -2.0% |
| 151st | Morocco | 650.00 | -6.7% |
| 152nd | Equatorial Guinea | 672.00 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Lesotho | 686.00 | 0.9% |
| 154th | Côte d'Ivoire | 697.00 | -5.2% |
| 155th | Madagascar | 702.00 | -3.8% |
| 156th | Uganda | 709.00 | -9.2% |
| 157th | Senegal | 760.00 | -7.3% |
| 158th | Cambodia | 772.00 | -6.3% |
| 159th | Djibouti | 785.00 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Central African Republic | 803.00 | 1.0% |
| 161st | Comoros | 811.00 | -1.7% |
| 162nd | Benin | 817.00 | -4.8% |
| 163rd | Burkina Faso | 820.00 | -1.7% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 857.00 | -5.9% |
| 165th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 863.00 | -4.3% |
| 166th | Ghana | 873.00 | -3.9% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | 884.00 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Mauritania | 914.00 | -4.9% |
| 169th | Sudan | 914.00 | -2.6% |
| 170th | Angola | 920.00 | 6.5% |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 930.00 | -3.4% |
| 172nd | Haiti | 952.00 | -2.4% |
| 173rd | Kenya | 960.00 | -9.3% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 964.00 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Niger | 1,074.00 | -3.0% |
| 176th | Nepal | 1,088.00 | -4.8% |
| 177th | Malawi | 1,123.00 | 0.4% |
| 178th | Chad | 1,123.00 | 5.1% |
| 179th | Mali | 1,142.00 | -3.5% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 1,145.00 | 1.7% |
| 181st | Guinea | 1,218.00 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Mozambique | 1,348.00 | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Nigeria | 1,351.00 | -0.9% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | 1,360.00 | -2.9% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,393.00 | -4.1% |
| 186th | Burundi | 1,446.00 | 0.3% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 1,533.00 | 0.2% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 1,555.00 | -4.3% |
| 189th | Liberia | 1,655.00 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Timor-Leste | 1,763.00 | -5.2% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 1,796.00 | -1.6% |
| 192nd | Afghanistan | 1,821.00 | -1.9% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 8,045.00 | 116.3% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's maternal mortality ratio in 1987?▾
Iceland's maternal mortality ratio in 1987 was 13.00. This ranked 20th globally.
How did Iceland's maternal mortality ratio change in 1987?▾
Iceland's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 13.3% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1987?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1987 at 8,045.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Iceland in 1987?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Iceland in 1987 was 13.00. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Iceland's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Iceland's maternal mortality ratio went from 15.00 in 1986 to 13.00 in 1987, a 13.3% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Iceland matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1987. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 20.8%. View full analysis →
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