OECD members vs Papua New Guinea: Lifetime risk of maternal death

OECD members
0.0%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.6%
in 2023
OECD members rank
39th
Papua New Guinea rank
42nd

Lifetime risk of maternal death over time

  • OECD members
  • Papua New Guinea
00.511.52198520042023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.6% against 0.0% in OECD members, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 21.2 times OECD members's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

OECD members ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd of 47 groups.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 0.1% 1.9% 1.9% Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1% 1.6% 1.5% Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0% 1.3% 1.3% Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0% 0.8% 0.8% Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifetime risk of maternal death, OECD members or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.6% against 0.0% in OECD members as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifetime risk of maternal death between OECD members and Papua New Guinea?
0.6%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Papua New Guinea?
39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do OECD members and Papua New Guinea rank globally for lifetime risk of maternal death?
OECD members ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 42nd of 47 groups.
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

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.