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Botswana vs East Timor: Maternal mortality ratio

Botswana
185.9 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
East Timor
203.92 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Botswana rank
49th
East Timor rank
47th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Botswana
  • East Timor
05001.0k1.5k198520022020

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 203.92 deaths per 100,000 live births against 185.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 18.03 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 49th and East Timor ranks 47th 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.