Statizoid

Ecuador vs Peru: Maternal mortality ratio

Ecuador
65.75 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Peru
68.54 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Ecuador rank
90th
Peru rank
88th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Ecuador
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 68.54 deaths per 100,000 live births against 65.75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ecuador, a difference of 2.79 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Peru ahead.

Ecuador ranks 90th and Peru ranks 88th 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.