What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between East Timor and Yemen?

8 1 in: rate varies by country, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Yemen?

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.

East Timor vs Yemen: Lifetime risk of maternal death

East Timor

190 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

Yemen

182 1 in: rate varies by country

in 2023

East Timor rank

150th

Yemen rank

152nd

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

East Timor
Yemen

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 190 1 in: rate varies by country against 182 1 in: rate varies by country in Yemen, a difference of 8 1 in: rate varies by country.

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

East Timor ranks 150th and Yemen ranks 152nd of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1980s	11.4 1 in: rate varies by country	31 1 in: rate varies by country	19.6 1 in: rate varies by country	Yemen
1990s	14.3 1 in: rate varies by country	47.4 1 in: rate varies by country	33.1 1 in: rate varies by country	Yemen
2000s	32.4 1 in: rate varies by country	97.6 1 in: rate varies by country	65.2 1 in: rate varies by country	Yemen
2010s	88.8 1 in: rate varies by country	154.2 1 in: rate varies by country	65.4 1 in: rate varies by country	Yemen
2020s	151.25 1 in: rate varies by country	162 1 in: rate varies by country	10.75 1 in: rate varies by country	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, East Timor or Yemen?: East Timor, at 190 1 in: rate varies by country against 182 1 in: rate varies by country in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between East Timor and Yemen?: 8 1 in: rate varies by country, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Yemen?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Yemen rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: East Timor ranks 150th and Yemen ranks 152nd 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.