Health1985–2023per 100,000 population

Maternal mortality

Name: Maternal mortality
Creator: World Bank Open Data
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Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. In Poland the rate fell from around 300 to 2, declining faster than infant mortality Infant mortality.

2/100,000Poland · 2023

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-20, ID 2751b5730e1bWarehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1985–2023; observations: 39; missing years: 0

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19→2

Total change: −17 per 100,000 population
Period: 1985–2023

Poland: 19 (1985) → 2 (2023). Difference: −17 per 100,000 population. Peak value of 19 in 1985; lowest value of 2 in 2011.

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Maternal mortality — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2023	Poland	2/100,000
2022	Poland	2/100,000
2021	Poland	2/100,000
2020	Poland	3/100,000
2019	Poland	2/100,000
2018	Poland	2/100,000
2017	Poland	2/100,000
2016	Poland	2/100,000
2015	Poland	2/100,000
2014	Poland	2/100,000
2013	Poland	2/100,000
2012	Poland	2/100,000
2011	Poland	2/100,000
2010	Poland	3/100,000
2009	Poland	3/100,000
2008	Poland	3/100,000
2007	Poland	3/100,000
2006	Poland	4/100,000
2005	Poland	4/100,000
2004	Poland	4/100,000

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-07-13
Retrieved: 2026-09-20
Indicator code in source: SH.STA.MMRT
Unit of measure: per 100,000 population
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Maternal mortality”. World Bank Open Data (SH.STA.MMRT), 1985–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-20. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 2751b5730e1bffd0c7a62c4266f29533a452c1f8b97635cd953ba2604c56ed74. https://longseries.com/en/d/maternal-mortality/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2023: highest — India; lowest — Poland

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
World	2023	197/100,000197/100,000
Highest value in the comparable yearIndia	2023	80/100,00080/100,000
Brazil	2023	67/100,00067/100,000
United States	2023	17/100,00017/100,000
China	2023	16/100,00016/100,000
United Kingdom	2023	8/100,0008/100,000
France	2023	7/100,0007/100,000
Italy	2023	6/100,0006/100,000

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Poland

About this series

Deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days, per 100,000 live births. Modeled long-term series from 2000; earlier years are sparser for some countries.

Indicator definition

Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births). Reflects access to and quality of obstetric care. See also: Infant mortality and Under-5 mortality.

How to read the data

Poland from hundreds per 100k births to single digits; Germany and the US are low but not identical. Pair with Infant mortality, Fertility and Health expenditure.

Indicator comparisons

Mothers and infants
Maternal deaths per 100,000 births beside infant deaths per 1,000. Different units — read the axes.
Maternal mortality · Infant mortality