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Rwanda vs Tanzania: Maternal mortality ratio

Rwanda
258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Tanzania
238.3 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Rwanda rank
37th
Tanzania rank
39th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 258.93 deaths per 100,000 live births against 238.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 20.63 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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

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

Rwanda ranks 37th and Tanzania ranks 39th 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.