Rwanda vs Senegal: Maternal mortality ratio

Rwanda

258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Senegal

260.88 deaths per 100,000 live births

in 2020

Rwanda rank

37th

Senegal rank

35th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

Rwanda
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 260.88 deaths per 100,000 live births against 258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 1.96 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

Rwanda ranks 37th and Senegal ranks 35th 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: 07 August 2026

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.