Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Burkina Faso or South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?

Burkina Faso, at 1.0% against 0.2% in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?

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.

Burkina Faso vs South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Lifetime risk of maternal death

Burkina Faso

1.0%

in 2023

South Asia (IDA & IBRD)

0.2%

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

27th

South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank

26th

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Burkina Faso
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.0% against 0.2% in South Asia (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 5.4 times South Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 27th and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 26th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	South Asia (IDA & IBRD)	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5.3%	3.2%	2.2%	Burkina Faso
1990s	4.0%	2.0%	2.0%	Burkina Faso
2000s	2.8%	1.0%	1.8%	Burkina Faso
2010s	1.8%	0.4%	1.4%	Burkina Faso
2020s	1.3%	0.2%	1.1%	Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Burkina Faso or South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: Burkina Faso, at 1.0% against 0.2% in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Burkina Faso and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: 0.8%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Burkina Faso ranks 27th and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 26th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Lifetime risk of maternal death. Statizoid, drawing on Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lifetime-risk-of-maternal-death-percent/burkina-faso/south-asia-ida-and-ibrd/

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-percent/burkina-faso/south-asia-ida-and-ibrd/">Burkina Faso vs South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Lifetime risk of maternal death</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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: 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.