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Eswatini vs Rwanda: Maternal mortality ratio

Eswatini
239.63 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Rwanda
258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Eswatini rank
38th
Rwanda rank
37th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Eswatini
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births against 239.63 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 19.29 deaths per 100,000 live births.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Rwanda ahead.

Eswatini ranks 38th and Rwanda ranks 37th 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.