Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) by country
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.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
4.2%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Belarus
Median
0.1%
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
9,399
What the numbers show
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 4.2% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,076.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 180 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 66.5%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 78.7%).
Lifetime risk of maternal death: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 4.2% | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 4.2% | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 4.1% | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 3.4% | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 2.5% | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 2.5% | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.5% | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 2.4% | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Benin | 2.3% | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 10 | Niger | 2.1% | 2023 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea | 2.1% | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 2.0% | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.9% | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Madagascar | 1.8% | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 15 | Burundi | 1.8% | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1.7% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.5% | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 18 | Gambia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 1.4% | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 1.4% | 2023 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 1.3% | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 1.3% | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 1.1% | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 1.1% | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Eritrea | 1.1% | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 1.0% | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 29 | Angola | 0.9% | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Senegal | 0.9% | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 0.9% | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Nauru | 0.9% | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 33 | Haiti | 0.8% | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Gabon | 0.8% | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 35 | Rwanda | 0.8% | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Uganda | 0.8% | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.8% | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7% | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Comoros | 0.7% | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Pakistan | 0.6% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6% | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 0.5% | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 0.5% | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 45 | East Timor | 0.5% | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Mozambique | 0.5% | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Kenya | 0.5% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Botswana | 0.4% | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 50 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 0.4% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 0.4% | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 53 | Djibouti | 0.4% | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Vanuatu | 0.4% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 55 | Bolivia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Zambia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Micronesia (country) | 0.4% | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 60 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Eswatini | 0.3% | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2023 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Laos | 0.3% | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3% | 2023 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Kiribati | 0.2% | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 0.2% | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 72 | Tonga | 0.2% | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 73 | Guyana | 0.2% | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 74 | Suriname | 0.2% | 2023 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 76 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 78 | India | 0.2% | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Belize | 0.1% | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Palau | 0.1% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Libya | 0.1% | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 87 | North Korea | 0.1% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 88 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1% | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Peru | 0.1% | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 0.1% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 94 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Vietnam | 0.1% | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 0.1% | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Grenada | 0.1% | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Brunei | 0.1% | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Syria | 0.1% | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 118 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 122 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 134 | United States | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 135 | Iran | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 138 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 139 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2023 | up 66.5% | falling |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 0.0% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 145 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 146 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 150 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Russia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Chile | 0.0% | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 153 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 155 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 156 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 160 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 163 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 166 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 169 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 170 | Israel | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 172 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 173 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 176 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 177 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 178 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 179 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 180 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 181 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 182 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 185 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 186 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 187 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Spain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 191 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 2.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.2%
- IDA blend 2.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.5%
- Low income 1.5%
- IDA total 1.4%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 1.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.2%
- IDA only 1.1%
About this data
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.