What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Bahrain and Costa Rica?

89 1 in: rate varies by country, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Costa Rica?

39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahrain vs Costa Rica: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Bahrain

3,315 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Costa Rica

3,404 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Bahrain rank

68th

Costa Rica rank

66th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Bahrain
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3,404 1 in: rate varies by country against 3,315 1 in: rate varies by country in Bahrain, a difference of 89 1 in: rate varies by country.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Bahrain ranks 68th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 194 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 4 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
1980s	611 1 in: rate varies by country	657.6 1 in: rate varies by country	46.6 1 in: rate varies by country	Costa Rica
1990s	937.1 1 in: rate varies by country	909.7 1 in: rate varies by country	27.4 1 in: rate varies by country	Bahrain
2000s	1,894 1 in: rate varies by country	1,543 1 in: rate varies by country	351.3 1 in: rate varies by country	Bahrain
2010s	2,798 1 in: rate varies by country	2,202 1 in: rate varies by country	595.3 1 in: rate varies by country	Bahrain
2020s	6,776 1 in: rate varies by country	2,590 1 in: rate varies by country	4,186 1 in: rate varies by country	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Bahrain or Costa Rica?: Costa Rica, at 3,404 1 in: rate varies by country against 3,315 1 in: rate varies by country in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Bahrain and Costa Rica?: 89 1 in: rate varies by country, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Costa Rica?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Costa Rica rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Bahrain ranks 68th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
Unit: 1 in: rate varies by country
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: 17 September 2026

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.