What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Malta and Puerto Rico?

370 1 in: rate varies by country, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Puerto Rico?

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.

Malta vs Puerto Rico: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Malta

11,062 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Puerto Rico

11,432 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Malta rank

36th

Puerto Rico rank

34th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Malta
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 11,432 1 in: rate varies by country against 11,062 1 in: rate varies by country in Malta, a difference of 370 1 in: rate varies by country.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 36th and Puerto Rico ranks 34th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2,795 1 in: rate varies by country	1,444 1 in: rate varies by country	1,351 1 in: rate varies by country	Malta
1990s	3,944 1 in: rate varies by country	1,966 1 in: rate varies by country	1,978 1 in: rate varies by country	Malta
2000s	7,042 1 in: rate varies by country	3,225 1 in: rate varies by country	3,817 1 in: rate varies by country	Malta
2010s	9,602 1 in: rate varies by country	5,881 1 in: rate varies by country	3,721 1 in: rate varies by country	Malta
2020s	9,551 1 in: rate varies by country	7,166 1 in: rate varies by country	2,384 1 in: rate varies by country	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Malta or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 11,432 1 in: rate varies by country against 11,062 1 in: rate varies by country in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Malta and Puerto Rico?: 370 1 in: rate varies by country, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Puerto Rico?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Malta and Puerto Rico rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Malta ranks 36th and Puerto Rico ranks 34th 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.