Croatia vs Iceland: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Croatia
27,841 1 in: rate varies by country
in 2023
Iceland
22,431 1 in: rate varies by country
in 2023
Croatia rank
11th
Iceland rank
13th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

  • Croatia
  • Iceland
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k198520042023

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 27,841 1 in: rate varies by country against 22,431 1 in: rate varies by country in Iceland, a difference of 5,410 1 in: rate varies by country.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.2 times Iceland's.

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

Croatia ranks 11th and Iceland ranks 13th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Iceland Difference Ahead
1980s 6,551 1 in: rate varies by country 3,647 1 in: rate varies by country 2,904 1 in: rate varies by country Croatia
1990s 8,065 1 in: rate varies by country 5,336 1 in: rate varies by country 2,729 1 in: rate varies by country Croatia
2000s 11,958 1 in: rate varies by country 10,179 1 in: rate varies by country 1,779 1 in: rate varies by country Croatia
2010s 19,400 1 in: rate varies by country 15,559 1 in: rate varies by country 3,840 1 in: rate varies by country Croatia
2020s 16,106 1 in: rate varies by country 12,882 1 in: rate varies by country 3,224 1 in: rate varies by country Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Croatia or Iceland?
Croatia, at 27,841 1 in: rate varies by country against 22,431 1 in: rate varies by country in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Croatia and Iceland?
5,410 1 in: rate varies by country, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Iceland?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Iceland rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?
Croatia ranks 11th and Iceland ranks 13th 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

Croatia vs Iceland: Lifetime risk of maternal death. Statizoid, drawing on Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lifetime-risk-of-maternal-death-1-in-rate-varies-by-country/croatia/iceland/

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/croatia/iceland/">Croatia vs Iceland: 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.