Bangladesh vs Guatemala: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Bangladesh
381 1 in: rate varies by country
in 2023
Guatemala
436 1 in: rate varies by country
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
128th
Guatemala rank
125th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Guatemala
0100200300400198520042023

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 436 1 in: rate varies by country against 381 1 in: rate varies by country in Bangladesh, a difference of 55 1 in: rate varies by country.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Guatemala has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 128th and Guatemala ranks 125th of 194 countries.

Guatemala has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Guatemala Difference Ahead
1980s 21 1 in: rate varies by country 61.6 1 in: rate varies by country 40.6 1 in: rate varies by country Guatemala
1990s 34.8 1 in: rate varies by country 85.3 1 in: rate varies by country 50.5 1 in: rate varies by country Guatemala
2000s 82.8 1 in: rate varies by country 165.2 1 in: rate varies by country 82.4 1 in: rate varies by country Guatemala
2010s 206.2 1 in: rate varies by country 276.8 1 in: rate varies by country 70.6 1 in: rate varies by country Guatemala
2020s 305.75 1 in: rate varies by country 383.5 1 in: rate varies by country 77.75 1 in: rate varies by country Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Bangladesh or Guatemala?
Guatemala, at 436 1 in: rate varies by country against 381 1 in: rate varies by country in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Bangladesh and Guatemala?
55 1 in: rate varies by country, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Guatemala?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Guatemala rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?
Bangladesh ranks 128th and Guatemala ranks 125th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bangladesh vs Guatemala: Lifetime risk of maternal death. Statizoid, drawing on Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lifetime-risk-of-maternal-death-1-in-rate-varies-by-country/bangladesh/guatemala/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lifetime-risk-of-maternal-death-1-in-rate-varies-by-country/bangladesh/guatemala/">Bangladesh vs Guatemala: Lifetime risk of maternal death</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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.