What is the difference in number of maternal deaths by region between Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Peru?

16.77 deaths, with Bolivia, Plurinational State of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Peru?

36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of maternal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bolivia, Plurinational State of vs Peru: Number of maternal deaths by region

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

423.19 deaths

in 2020

Peru

406.42 deaths

in 2020

Bolivia, Plurinational State of rank

58th

Peru rank

60th

Number of maternal deaths by region over time

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Peru

How they compare

Bolivia, Plurinational State of currently reports 423.19 deaths against 406.42 deaths in Peru, a difference of 16.77 deaths.

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

Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 58th and Peru ranks 60th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bolivia, Plurinational State of averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1,340 deaths	1,724 deaths	384.68 deaths	Peru
1990s	931.49 deaths	1,455 deaths	523.82 deaths	Peru
2000s	606.21 deaths	600.14 deaths	6.07 deaths	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2010s	451.95 deaths	402.66 deaths	49.3 deaths	Bolivia, Plurinational State of
2020s	423.19 deaths	406.42 deaths	16.77 deaths	Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of maternal deaths by region, Bolivia, Plurinational State of or Peru?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of, at 423.19 deaths against 406.42 deaths in Peru as of 2020.
What is the difference in number of maternal deaths by region between Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Peru?: 16.77 deaths, with Bolivia, Plurinational State of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Peru?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Bolivia, Plurinational State of and Peru rank globally for number of maternal deaths by region?: Bolivia, Plurinational State of ranks 58th and Peru ranks 60th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of maternal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of maternal deaths by region
Unit: deaths
Source: UN MMEIG (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 6,660 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of maternal deaths in a given year.