Data · Education & health
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births): Vietnam, 1985–2023
- Latest (2023)
- 48 cases per 100,000
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- SH.STA.MMRT
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).
What the series shows
The series runs from 1985 to 2023 (39 years of data). It moved from 186 to 48 cases per 100,000, a change of -74.2%. The highest value was 186 in 1985 and the lowest 48 in 2023. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (cases per 100,000) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 48 |
| 2022 | 49 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2018 | 53 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2016 | 56 |
| 2015 | 58 |
| 2014 | 59 |
| 2013 | 60 |
| 2012 | 60 |
| 2011 | 61 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2009 | 64 |
| 2008 | 65 |
| 2007 | 66 |
| 2006 | 67 |
| 2005 | 69 |
| 2004 | 72 |
| 2003 | 71 |
| 2002 | 74 |
| 2001 | 78 |
| 2000 | 83 |
| 1999 | 86 |
| 1998 | 93 |
| 1997 | 104 |
| 1996 | 111 |
| 1995 | 119 |
| 1994 | 130 |
| 1993 | 135 |
| 1992 | 139 |
| 1991 | 142 |
| 1990 | 147 |
| 1989 | 152 |
| 1988 | 155 |
| 1987 | 163 |
| 1986 | 174 |
| 1985 | 186 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2023 | 48 |
| Thailand | 2023 | 34 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | 140 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 26 |
| Philippines | 2023 | 84 |
| Singapore | 2023 | 6 |
| Cambodia | 2023 | 137 |
| Laos | 2023 | 112 |
| Myanmar | 2023 | 185 |
| China | 2023 | 16 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name sh_sta_mmrt, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.