Namibia - Maternal Mortality Ratio 1997
383.00
−4.00 from 1996
Namibia's maternal mortality ratio was 383.00 in 1997, decreased +4.00 from 387.00 in 1996. This was the 146th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greece | 4.00 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Spain | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 3rd | Norway | 5.00 | -16.7% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.00 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Austria | 7.00 | -12.5% |
| 6th | Finland | 7.00 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Australia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Belgium | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 9th | Canada | 8.00 | -11.1% |
| 10th | Czechia | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Germany | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Ireland | 8.00 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Iceland | 8.00 | 14.3% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 9.00 | 12.5% |
| 15th | Croatia | 9.00 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Slovenia | 9.00 | -10.0% |
| 17th | Switzerland | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 18th | Denmark | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 19th | Japan | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 20th | Monaco | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Poland | 10.00 | -9.1% |
| 22nd | San Marino | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Slovak Republic | 10.00 | 0.0% |
| 24th | France | 11.00 | -15.4% |
| 25th | Kuwait | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 26th | United States | 11.00 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Montenegro | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Portugal | 12.00 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Andorra | 13.00 | -13.3% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 31st | Italy | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 32nd | North Macedonia | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 13.00 | 8.3% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 35th | Qatar | 13.00 | 0.0% |
| 36th | European Union | 13.00 | -7.1% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 14.00 | -12.5% |
| 38th | Malta | 15.00 | -6.3% |
| 39th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 40th | Hungary | 16.00 | -5.9% |
| 41st | Israel | 17.00 | -15.0% |
| 42nd | Singapore | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Serbia | 17.00 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Korea | 19.00 | -5.0% |
| 45th | Oman | 20.00 | -4.8% |
| 46th | Albania | 21.00 | 5.0% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 21.00 | -16.0% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 22.00 | -4.3% |
| 49th | Bulgaria | 23.00 | 4.5% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 23.00 | -4.2% |
| 51st | Saudi Arabia | 23.00 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Belarus | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 53rd | Lebanon | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 27.00 | -3.6% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 28.00 | -6.7% |
| 56th | Estonia | 31.00 | -13.9% |
| 57th | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.00 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Türkiye | 35.00 | -2.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.00 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Seychelles | 37.00 | -5.1% |
| 61st | Costa Rica | 38.00 | -2.6% |
| 62nd | Chile | 39.00 | -4.9% |
| 63rd | Malaysia | 40.00 | -4.8% |
| 64th | Turkmenistan | 40.00 | -13.0% |
| 65th | Latvia | 41.00 | -8.9% |
| 66th | Ukraine | 41.00 | -8.9% |
| 67th | Uzbekistan | 42.00 | -4.5% |
| 68th | Georgia | 45.00 | 28.6% |
| 69th | Sri Lanka | 45.00 | -4.3% |
| 70th | Armenia | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 71st | Thailand | 48.00 | -2.0% |
| 72nd | Mauritius | 49.00 | -5.8% |
| 73rd | Grenada | 50.00 | -2.0% |
| 74th | Barbados | 51.00 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Fiji | 51.00 | -3.8% |
| 76th | Brunei Darussalam | 52.00 | -3.7% |
| 77th | Moldova | 52.00 | -1.9% |
| 78th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.00 | -6.8% |
| 79th | Cuba | 57.00 | -3.4% |
| 80th | Azerbaijan | 59.00 | 1.7% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 59.00 | -4.8% |
| 82nd | Russian Federation | 59.00 | -14.5% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 60.00 | 1.7% |
| 84th | West Bank and Gaza | 60.00 | -1.6% |
| 85th | Mexico | 62.00 | -3.1% |
| 86th | China | 63.00 | -6.0% |
| 87th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 64.00 | -7.2% |
| 88th | Libya | 64.00 | 4.9% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 64.00 | -5.9% |
| 90th | Romania | 66.00 | -8.3% |
| 91st | Dominica | 67.00 | -5.6% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 67.00 | -2.9% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 67.00 | -14.1% |
| 94th | Panama | 70.00 | -4.1% |
| 95th | Kazakhstan | 71.00 | -1.4% |
| 96th | Tajikistan | 76.00 | -7.3% |
| 97th | Belize | 77.00 | 4.1% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.00 | -1.3% |
| 99th | Jamaica | 79.00 | 2.6% |
| 100th | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.00 | -2.4% |
| 101st | Kyrgyz Republic | 85.00 | -6.6% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | 89.00 | 23.6% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 90.00 | 1.1% |
| 104th | Brazil | 92.00 | -6.1% |
| 105th | Honduras | 96.00 | -5.0% |
| 106th | Samoa | 98.00 | -4.9% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | 104.00 | -6.3% |
| 108th | Tonga | 111.00 | -1.8% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 122.00 | -11.6% |
| 110th | Botswana | 123.00 | -5.4% |
| 111th | Palau | 125.00 | 1.6% |
| 112th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 128.00 | 0.0% |
| 113th | Vanuatu | 131.00 | 1.6% |
| 114th | Kiribati | 132.00 | -6.4% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 135.00 | -2.2% |
| 116th | Philippines | 138.00 | -2.1% |
| 117th | Cabo Verde | 147.00 | -12.0% |
| 118th | Maldives | 149.00 | -10.8% |
| 119th | Peru | 152.00 | -8.4% |
| 120th | South Africa | 152.00 | 1.3% |
| 121st | Algeria | 155.00 | -10.4% |
| 122nd | Solomon Islands | 164.00 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Iraq | 165.00 | 4.4% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 173.00 | 1.2% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 180.00 | 1.1% |
| 126th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 194.00 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Guyana | 195.00 | -3.5% |
| 128th | Guatemala | 198.00 | -7.0% |
| 129th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 201.00 | -1.5% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 205.00 | 1.0% |
| 131st | Nauru | 218.00 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Nicaragua | 236.00 | -3.3% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 249.00 | -10.1% |
| 134th | Kenya | 253.00 | -8.0% |
| 135th | Yemen, Republic of | 271.00 | -3.9% |
| 136th | Marshall Islands | 274.00 | -6.2% |
| 137th | Gabon | 290.00 | -9.7% |
| 138th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 306.00 | -2.5% |
| 139th | Lesotho | 312.00 | -2.2% |
| 140th | Suriname | 312.00 | -3.4% |
| 141st | Papua New Guinea | 316.00 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | 323.00 | -2.4% |
| 143rd | Morocco | 333.00 | -5.9% |
| 144th | Zimbabwe | 357.00 | 1.4% |
| 145th | Côte d'Ivoire | 364.00 | -4.5% |
| 146th | Namibia | 383.00 | -1.0% |
| 147th | Zambia | 403.00 | -6.9% |
| 148th | India | 407.00 | -3.6% |
| 149th | Bhutan | 415.00 | -7.8% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 416.00 | -5.9% |
| 151st | Pakistan | 476.00 | -1.2% |
| 152nd | Equatorial Guinea | 507.00 | -6.8% |
| 153rd | Comoros | 520.00 | -4.6% |
| 154th | Uganda | 522.00 | 1.8% |
| 155th | Nepal | 550.00 | -5.8% |
| 156th | Eswatini | 550.00 | -8.9% |
| 157th | Haiti | 551.00 | -6.3% |
| 158th | Ghana | 553.00 | -6.4% |
| 159th | Benin | 556.00 | -3.5% |
| 160th | Cambodia | 580.00 | -6.8% |
| 161st | Djibouti | 582.00 | -4.4% |
| 162nd | Senegal | 599.00 | -0.3% |
| 163rd | Togo | 600.00 | -4.3% |
| 164th | Burkina Faso | 610.00 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 617.00 | -6.7% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | 626.00 | -5.7% |
| 167th | Congo, Republic of | 650.00 | 19.3% |
| 168th | Cameroon | 652.00 | 0.6% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 660.00 | -3.2% |
| 170th | Malawi | 672.00 | -5.8% |
| 171st | Madagascar | 676.00 | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 681.00 | -4.4% |
| 173rd | Angola | 717.00 | -4.0% |
| 174th | Mozambique | 738.00 | -9.9% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 752.00 | -7.5% |
| 176th | Tanzania | 777.00 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 817.00 | -6.9% |
| 178th | Mali | 820.00 | -6.3% |
| 179th | Niger | 841.00 | -1.5% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 928.00 | -2.9% |
| 181st | Guinea | 994.00 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Liberia | 1,043.00 | -27.5% |
| 183rd | Burundi | 1,100.00 | -11.0% |
| 184th | Chad | 1,146.00 | -0.3% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 1,166.00 | -2.3% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 1,184.00 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1,206.00 | -1.6% |
| 188th | Central African Republic | 1,270.00 | 6.6% |
| 189th | Rwanda | 1,318.00 | 1.8% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 1,376.00 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 1,642.00 | 6.7% |
| 192nd | Sierra Leone | 1,721.00 | -0.3% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 4,172.00 | -4.2% |
FAQ
What was Namibia's maternal mortality ratio in 1997?▾
Namibia's maternal mortality ratio in 1997 was 383.00. This ranked 146th globally.
How did Namibia's maternal mortality ratio change in 1997?▾
Namibia's maternal mortality ratio decreased by 1.0% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1997?▾
South Sudan had the highest maternal mortality ratio in 1997 at 4,172.00.
What is the maternal mortality ratio of Namibia in 1997?▾
The maternal mortality ratio of Namibia in 1997 was 383.00. This ranked 146th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Namibia's maternal mortality ratio?▾
Namibia's maternal mortality ratio went from 387.00 in 1996 to 383.00 in 1997, a 1.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Namibia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1997. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.4%. View full analysis →
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