What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Brazil and Peru?

1 1 in: rate varies by country, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?

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.

Brazil vs Peru: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Brazil

1,037 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Peru

1,038 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Brazil rank

104th

Peru rank

103rd

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Brazil
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 1,038 1 in: rate varies by country against 1,037 1 in: rate varies by country in Brazil, a difference of 1 1 in: rate varies by country.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 104th and Peru ranks 103rd of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	176.2 1 in: rate varies by country	120.8 1 in: rate varies by country	55.4 1 in: rate varies by country	Brazil
1990s	366.5 1 in: rate varies by country	174.5 1 in: rate varies by country	192 1 in: rate varies by country	Brazil
2000s	730.3 1 in: rate varies by country	371.1 1 in: rate varies by country	359.2 1 in: rate varies by country	Brazil
2010s	967.2 1 in: rate varies by country	637.1 1 in: rate varies by country	330.1 1 in: rate varies by country	Brazil
2020s	752.5 1 in: rate varies by country	683 1 in: rate varies by country	69.5 1 in: rate varies by country	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Brazil or Peru?: Peru, at 1,038 1 in: rate varies by country against 1,037 1 in: rate varies by country in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Brazil and Peru?: 1 1 in: rate varies by country, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Peru rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Brazil ranks 104th and Peru ranks 103rd 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: 03 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.