What we count
Deaths during pregnancy or within 42 days of its end from causes related to pregnancy or its management.
Maternal deaths this year
How many women die from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in WHO's latest estimate.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
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What lies behind this number
Deaths during pregnancy or within 42 days of its end from causes related to pregnancy or its management.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
The definition excludes accidental deaths unrelated to pregnancy, and recording quality varies between countries.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from WHO Trends in maternal mortality 2000–2023 for 2023.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value260,000deaths
- Period
- 2023
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WHO Trends in maternal mortality 2000–2023
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value260,0002023 · deaths
Average per day712even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WHO Trends in maternal mortality 2000–2023 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2023.
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WHO Trends in maternal mortality 2000–2023 and refers to 2023. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- WHO Trends in maternal mortality 2000–2023
- Data period
- 2023
- Verified
- 15 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation