Lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize
Belize: Lifetime risk of maternal death was 0.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize, 1985–2023
Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize stood at 0.1%.
The figure is down 36.8% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize peaked at 0.6% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2011.
Belize ranks 81st of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4 |
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More health data for Belize
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 3,538 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 3,718 (2025)
- Population, female 209,590 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 3,627 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 3,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 3,705 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 3,869 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 3,921 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,692 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize?
- Lifetime risk of maternal death in Belize was 0.1% in 2023, according to Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1985.
- What is the lowest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2011.
- How does Belize rank for lifetime risk of maternal death?
- Belize ranks 81st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifetime risk of maternal death rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Lifetime risk of maternal death (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.