Burkina Faso · Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)

1,7622023

Unit: deaths. Publisher measure: Number of maternal deaths.

Estimated annual number of maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy, from causes related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management; accidental and incidental causes are excluded.

Measurement basis: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) Bayesian model estimates disseminated by WHO; counts, not maternal mortality ratios.

Reference-period cadence: annual.

Source update cadence: every 3–5 years. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.

  • Modelled annual number of maternal deaths, not deaths per live births. Pregnancy-related deaths extend through 42 days after termination; accidental and incidental causes are excluded.
  • Numeric estimates and both uncertainty endpoints preserve source precision. A rounded publisher display of 0 can represent a positive estimate; it is not converted to zero.
  • Reference years are annual, while WHO describes dissemination every 3–5 years. The interval confidence level and official observation publication vintage are not established by this capture.

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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-08. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.

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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 39 rows

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Burkina Faso19853326.1033572408.8846464801.760195
Burkina Faso19863334.422282450.9898554705.332379
Burkina Faso19873339.8296642495.8393864663.721272
Burkina Faso19883337.1113842502.9059924563.662396
Burkina Faso19893322.2120452529.5337084485.000585
Burkina Faso19903275.9207742524.4175664344.476645
Burkina Faso19913229.6720442500.4350494230.484214
Burkina Faso19923151.1431052453.4042594073.012456
Burkina Faso19933086.7025052409.9422423933.871895
Burkina Faso19943030.3848232374.6620023842.447919
Burkina Faso19953009.063512365.2755693808.397603
Burkina Faso19962972.7578572354.6924553759.516128
Burkina Faso19973059.3465642424.7536193863.696403
Burkina Faso19982905.7260842315.6496513693.29882
Burkina Faso19992865.7287312276.4399193644.327706
Burkina Faso20002828.5208592247.2511133597.916689
Burkina Faso20012830.6780742241.4623023587.844355
Burkina Faso20022864.6504212282.3960273641.552981
Burkina Faso20032883.5996912304.2794853656.074198
Burkina Faso20042865.1197742297.7743463622.183617
Burkina Faso20052865.9226712291.8123893620.325913
Burkina Faso20062955.0758612359.998583737.733645
Burkina Faso20072965.8793912347.9903483749.685345
Burkina Faso20082872.1638692262.165033631.323457
Burkina Faso20092866.0758662227.3822473629.103785
Burkina Faso20102822.4664562155.9667023613.82472
Burkina Faso20112761.4492852085.9609993589.891767
Burkina Faso20122730.2064692033.0069443621.727197
Burkina Faso20132665.9790081963.7577373568.852302
Burkina Faso20142563.5256871859.3228233468.153196
Burkina Faso20152465.135121766.5028333394.480865
Burkina Faso20162355.819561671.8349483302.834263
Burkina Faso20172239.4665811558.6024893166.596936
Burkina Faso20182105.2405431447.7283953002.041518
Burkina Faso20191973.2603261331.3628912843.213071
Burkina Faso20202348.977751757.8963663335.351547
Burkina Faso20212524.4114741846.7320613675.624767
Burkina Faso20222281.0966431666.5037443399.454375
Burkina Faso20231761.6869791130.8180342673.245075

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