Table 1 Level and change in maternal mortality ratio in LAC, 1990–2021
Country | Maternal mortality ratio | Relative change, % | Average annual growth rate (1990–2021), % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | 2015 | 2019 | 2021 | 1990–2015 | 1990–2019 | 1990–2021 | ||
Haiti | 467.9 | 494.1 | 452.2 | 434.1 | 5.6 | -3.4 | -7.2 | -0.2 |
Bolivia | 345.6 | 208.1 | 208.2 | 217.0 | -39.8 | -39.8 | -37.2 | -1.4 |
Guatemala | 260.2 | 173.5 | 182.9 | 168.8 | -33.3 | -29.7 | -35.1 | -1.3 |
Honduras | 238.0 | 114.3 | 109.5 | 115.6 | -52.0 | -54.0 | -51.4 | -2.2 |
Peru | 203.8 | 83.5 | 112.1 | 100.3 | -59.0 | -45.0 | -50.8 | -2.2 |
El Salvador | 187.8 | 52.3 | 45.0 | 47.1 | -72.1 | -76.1 | -74.9 | -4.2 |
Brazil | 141.7 | 60.4 | 59.6 | 68.2 | -57.4 | -57.9 | -51.9 | -2.3 |
Ecuador | 135.8 | 76.1 | 96.4 | 88.4 | -44.0 | -29.0 | -34.9 | -1.3 |
Paraguay | 111.5 | 94.3 | 108.5 | 104.2 | -15.4 | -2.7 | -6.5 | -0.2 |
Suriname | 97.7 | 139.6 | 143.0 | 141.2 | 42.8 | 46.3 | 44.4 | 1.2 |
Colombia | 95.3 | 93.4 | 77.6 | 76.6 | -2.0 | -18.6 | -19.6 | -0.7 |
Dominican Republic | 90.7 | 121.3 | 126.1 | 96.3 | 33.7 | 39.0 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
Guyana | 82.2 | 160.4 | 156.2 | 161.7 | 95.2 | 90.1 | 96.8 | 2.1 |
Nicaragua | 77.0 | 57.1 | 53.5 | 49.4 | -25.8 | -30.4 | -35.8 | -1.4 |
Mexico | 74.6 | 43.7 | 47.8 | 53.0 | -41.4 | -35.9 | -28.9 | -1.1 |
Venezuela | 72.3 | 81.6 | 114.2 | 129.7 | 12.8 | 58.0 | 79.4 | 1.8 |
Panama | 72.1 | 72.1 | 68.3 | 71.7 | 0.1 | -5.2 | -0.5 | 0.0 |
Argentina | 65.4 | 50.6 | 57.1 | 55.1 | -22.6 | -12.7 | -15.8 | -0.5 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 59.0 | 87.0 | 91.1 | 95.5 | 47.4 | 54.4 | 61.8 | 1.5 |
Cuba | 55.2 | 51.5 | 53.5 | 55.6 | -6.6 | -3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Bahamas | 53.0 | 103.9 | 106.7 | 115.7 | 96.0 | 101.2 | 118.3 | 2.5 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.2 | 90.3 | 92.9 | 102.4 | 87.2 | 92.6 | 112.3 | 2.4 |
Barbados | 46.9 | 67.3 | 65.0 | 57.8 | 43.6 | 38.7 | 23.2 | 0.7 |
Saint Lucia | 46.9 | 90.6 | 91.5 | 96.3 | 93.2 | 95.3 | 105.4 | 2.3 |
Chile | 43.9 | 26.0 | 28.4 | 27.6 | -40.8 | -35.3 | -37.2 | -1.4 |
Grenada | 37.4 | 71.8 | 76.9 | 76.5 | 91.8 | 105.5 | 104.3 | 2.3 |
Dominica | 33.5 | 87.6 | 86.7 | 87.0 | 161.2 | 158.4 | 159.5 | 3.0 |
Jamaica | 32.0 | 73.7 | 77.3 | 78.9 | 130.8 | 141.9 | 146.9 | 2.9 |
Belize | 31.9 | 94.0 | 97.3 | 79.9 | 194.2 | 204.7 | 150.2 | 2.9 |
Uruguay | 31.3 | 29.2 | 31.5 | 32.3 | -6.5 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 30.6 | 44.8 | 53.2 | 54.3 | 46.3 | 73.8 | 77.6 | 1.8 |
Costa Rica | 30.0 | 27.4 | 26.3 | 29.2 | -8.7 | -12.3 | -2.9 | -0.1 |
Latin America and Caribbean | 132.9 | 87.2 | 91.8 | 94.7 | -34.4 | -30.9 | -28.7 | -1.1 |
Regional gap [((Max/Min)-1)x100] | 1,457.6 | 1,797.7 | 1,616.4 | 1,473.7 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |