Botswana vs Namibia: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Botswana
0.4%
in 2023
Namibia
0.4%
in 2023
Botswana rank
48th
Namibia rank
49th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
00.511.52198520042023

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Namibia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 48th and Namibia ranks 49th of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
Unit
%
Source
Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 9,399 data points, 1985–2023
Last refreshed

Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.