What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Bolivia and Sao Tome and Principe?

14.67 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Bolivia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Sao Tome and Principe?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bolivia vs Sao Tome and Principe: Maternal mortality ratio

Bolivia

160.91 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Sao Tome and Principe

146.24 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Bolivia rank

54th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

56th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Bolivia
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 160.91 deaths per 100,000 live births against 146.24 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 14.67 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Bolivia's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 54th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 56th of 189 countries.

Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1980s	542.96 deaths per 100,000 live births	221.9 deaths per 100,000 live births	321.06 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bolivia
1990s	364.67 deaths per 100,000 live births	181.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	183.44 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bolivia
2000s	235.08 deaths per 100,000 live births	163.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	71.84 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bolivia
2010s	171.58 deaths per 100,000 live births	154.51 deaths per 100,000 live births	17.07 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bolivia
2020s	160.91 deaths per 100,000 live births	146.24 deaths per 100,000 live births	14.67 deaths per 100,000 live births	Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Bolivia or Sao Tome and Principe?: Bolivia, at 160.91 deaths per 100,000 live births against 146.24 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Bolivia and Sao Tome and Principe?: 14.67 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Sao Tome and Principe?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Bolivia and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?: Bolivia ranks 54th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 56th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Maternal mortality ratio
Unit: deaths per 100,000 live births
Source: UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 189 places, 8,868 data points, 1751–2020
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births, based on data from death certificates, large-scale surveys, and statistical modeling.