Saudi Arabia · Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)

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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 2026-10-01. 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
Saudi Arabia1985144.507420794.94344601222.7873208—
Saudi Arabia1986140.551320992.79006749211.9724965—
Saudi Arabia1987137.103479892.64146015204.742297—
Saudi Arabia1988132.693951391.04862391196.6958036—
Saudi Arabia1989127.627408488.60190223186.678046—
Saudi Arabia1990122.472125385.87998713177.7708604—
Saudi Arabia1991118.407704983.64429124170.7008072—
Saudi Arabia1992113.737184280.57623482164.2575704—
Saudi Arabia1993110.879128178.93546021159.3393084—
Saudi Arabia1994107.947170476.90431252153.9481309—
Saudi Arabia1995104.674675674.69443686148.1415793—
Saudi Arabia1996101.32539172.24765415143.1152377—
Saudi Arabia199798.2990909369.91301829138.8134056—
Saudi Arabia199895.6688815367.48359072135.452045—
Saudi Arabia199991.656791264.8495286130.3850907—
Saudi Arabia200089.1117963662.5735565126.9445051—
Saudi Arabia200181.8127997557.1000041117.564907—
Saudi Arabia200274.7777220551.80104948107.7732045—
Saudi Arabia200369.0616779947.3775641299.49082222—
Saudi Arabia200464.8702814744.6706943693.12410497—
Saudi Arabia200563.3547787743.4951477790.92322469—
Saudi Arabia200663.4705421643.5772731491.28267891—
Saudi Arabia200763.9182121843.6821087492.44354715—
Saudi Arabia200861.2478105641.8490936188.86544822—
Saudi Arabia200957.8808620439.4874996183.60446952—
Saudi Arabia201053.3733170536.7644118477.19650778—
Saudi Arabia201152.2875542736.1110839675.23608349—
Saudi Arabia201251.1552986935.2253055173.43464097—
Saudi Arabia201347.9464769733.3098931368.54963027—
Saudi Arabia201447.6690103633.2771084768.46152944—
Saudi Arabia201546.5272275332.5667288966.44433635—
Saudi Arabia201647.4904243933.5507657867.3801257—
Saudi Arabia201748.4757425134.1848871668.67437422—
Saudi Arabia201847.9780757833.6226565868.03782532—
Saudi Arabia201943.2408891330.1005262561.69351862—
Saudi Arabia202057.2161104143.8408922276.46499215—
Saudi Arabia202161.4259781847.1798802680.83533841—
Saudi Arabia202244.1406542834.3491007158.74816235—
Saudi Arabia202340.1797219226.595153960.75093325—

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