Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Mozambique or Yemen?

Yemen, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Mozambique as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique 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 (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mozambique vs Yemen: Lifetime risk of maternal death

Mozambique

0.5%

in 2023

Yemen

0.5%

in 2023

Mozambique rank

46th

Yemen rank

43rd

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

Mozambique
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.

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

Mozambique ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 43rd of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1980s	7.9%	3.3%	4.7%	Mozambique
1990s	4.9%	2.2%	2.7%	Mozambique
2000s	2.0%	1.1%	0.9%	Mozambique
2010s	1.1%	0.6%	0.5%	Mozambique
2020s	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, Mozambique or Yemen?: Yemen, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Mozambique as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between Mozambique and Yemen?: 0.0%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Yemen?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Mozambique and Yemen rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?: Mozambique ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 43rd 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.