Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Bangladesh or Indonesia?

Indonesia, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Bangladesh as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Indonesia?

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 (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Indonesia: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Bangladesh

0.3%

in 2023

Indonesia

0.3%

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

67th

Indonesia rank

66th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Bangladesh
Indonesia

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Bangladesh ranks 67th and Indonesia ranks 66th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Indonesia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	4.8%	1.5%	3.2%	Bangladesh
1990s	3.0%	1.0%	2.0%	Bangladesh
2000s	1.3%	0.7%	0.6%	Bangladesh
2010s	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	Bangladesh
2020s	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Bangladesh or Indonesia?: Indonesia, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Bangladesh and Indonesia?: 0.0%, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Indonesia?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Indonesia rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Bangladesh ranks 67th and Indonesia ranks 66th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Lifetime risk of maternal death (%). 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 (%)
Unit: %
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.