Statizoid

Congo vs Ethiopia: Maternal mortality ratio

Congo
282.39 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Ethiopia
266.69 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Congo rank
30th
Ethiopia rank
32nd

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Congo
  • Ethiopia
2505007501.0k1.2k198520022020

How they compare

Congo currently reports 282.39 deaths per 100,000 live births against 266.69 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 15.7 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Congo ranks 30th and Ethiopia ranks 32nd 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.