Statizoid

Congo vs Sudan: Maternal mortality ratio

Congo
282.39 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Sudan
270.36 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Congo rank
30th
Sudan rank
31st

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Congo
  • Sudan
5001.0k1.5k198520022020

How they compare

Congo currently reports 282.39 deaths per 100,000 live births against 270.36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sudan, a difference of 12.03 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Sudan ahead.

Congo ranks 30th and Sudan ranks 31st 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.