Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo
Congo: Lifetime risk of maternal death was 1.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo, 1985–2023
Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo stood at 1.0%. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo peaked at 3.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2023.
Congo ranks 28th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Congo
- Population ages 65 and above, male 90,507 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 70,705 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 69,900 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 74,470 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 2.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 78,575 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 81,841 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 77,510 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 198,513 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 73,546 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo?
- Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo was 1.0% in 2023, according to Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2023.
- How does Congo rank for lifetime risk of maternal death?
- Congo ranks 28th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifetime risk of maternal death rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.