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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Maternal mortality ratio

Democratic Republic of Congo
547.36 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Lesotho
566.21 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
11th
Lesotho rank
9th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lesotho
02505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 566.21 deaths per 100,000 live births against 547.36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 18.85 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 11th and Lesotho ranks 9th 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.