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Botswana vs Nepal: Maternal mortality ratio

Botswana
185.9 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Nepal
174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Botswana rank
49th
Nepal rank
52nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Botswana
  • Nepal
02505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 185.9 deaths per 100,000 live births against 174.41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nepal, a difference of 11.49 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nepal ahead.

Botswana ranks 49th and Nepal ranks 52nd of 189 countries.

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About this data

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

The 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.