Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) by country

Countries reporting
72
Highest
1.1
Sudan
Lowest
0.001
Belarus
Median
0.0109
Years covered
39
1985–2023
Data points
2,808

What the numbers show

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 1.1 in Sudan; the lowest is 0.001 in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0109, and the mean is 0.0535.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,055.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 66.5%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 62.2%).

Lifetime risk of maternal death: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sudan 1.1 2023 down 29.4% volatile
2 Yemen 0.549 2023 down 14.2% volatile
3 Djibouti 0.3773 2023 down 40.1% volatile
4 Iraq 0.2152 2023 down 49.4% falling
5 Algeria 0.1579 2023 down 34.7% volatile
6 Morocco 0.1428 2023 down 46.9% volatile
7 Libya 0.1168 2023 down 41.1% falling
8 Kyrgyzstan 0.1135 2023 down 43.0% falling
9 Uzbekistan 0.0884 2023 up 4.3% volatile
10 Jordan 0.0792 2023 down 43.4% volatile
11 Tunisia 0.06 2023 down 37.4% volatile
12 Palestine 0.0536 2023 down 60.6% volatile
13 Syria 0.0526 2023 down 38.6% volatile
14 Tajikistan 0.0454 2023 down 42.6% volatile
15 Egypt 0.045 2023 down 54.5% volatile
16 Oman 0.0326 2023 down 35.4% volatile
17 Lebanon 0.0304 2023 up 6.6% volatile
18 Bahrain 0.0302 2023 down 19.2% volatile
19 Georgia 0.03 2023 down 50.5% falling
20 Armenia 0.0281 2023 down 36.0% volatile
21 Moldova 0.0261 2023 down 11.0% volatile
22 Azerbaijan 0.0256 2023 down 48.8% volatile
23 Kazakhstan 0.0253 2023 down 34.5% volatile
24 Iran 0.0239 2023 down 51.3% volatile
25 Turkey 0.0216 2023 down 46.7% volatile
26 Latvia 0.0202 2023 down 37.1% falling
27 Cyprus 0.0181 2023 up 39.1% volatile
28 Portugal 0.0175 2023 up 66.5% falling
29 Saudi Arabia 0.0172 2023 down 33.0% volatile
30 Romania 0.0152 2023 down 30.2% volatile
31 Luxembourg 0.015 2023 down 28.0% falling
32 Hungary 0.0138 2023 down 11.4% falling
33 Serbia 0.0131 2023 down 17.4% falling
34 Turkmenistan 0.0119 2023 down 43.3% volatile
35 United Kingdom 0.0114 2023 down 16.8% rising
36 Ukraine 0.011 2023 down 57.6% volatile
37 Russia 0.0108 2023 down 57.6% volatile
38 Kuwait 0.0107 2023 down 34.6% volatile
39 France 0.01 2023 down 31.7% falling
40 Monaco 0.0094 2023 up 4.8% volatile
41 Andorra 0.0092 2023 down 8.3% falling
42 Albania 0.0091 2023 down 41.4% volatile
43 Malta 0.009 2023 down 3.1% falling
44 Finland 0.009 2023 down 22.0% falling
45 Montenegro 0.0086 2023 down 21.6% falling
46 Lithuania 0.0081 2023 down 36.5% volatile
47 Bulgaria 0.0072 2023 down 18.2% volatile
48 Austria 0.0072 2023 up 0.5% falling
49 Switzerland 0.0071 2023 down 17.4% falling
50 Qatar 0.0071 2023 down 51.6% volatile
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0068 2023 down 9.3% volatile
52 San Marino 0.0065 2023 down 32.9% flat
53 Italy 0.0061 2023 down 32.8% falling
54 Estonia 0.0057 2023 down 35.4% volatile
55 Slovakia 0.0056 2023 down 12.9% volatile
56 Netherlands 0.0055 2023 down 26.9% falling
57 Sweden 0.0053 2023 down 33.5% falling
58 Denmark 0.005 2023 down 30.3% falling
59 Ireland 0.005 2023 down 46.6% falling
60 Greece 0.0049 2023 up 10.8% falling
61 Belgium 0.0047 2023 down 42.9% falling
62 Germany 0.0046 2023 down 15.6% falling
63 Iceland 0.0045 2023 down 37.1% volatile
64 Slovenia 0.0042 2023 down 46.9% volatile
65 Croatia 0.0036 2023 down 37.1% falling
66 United Arab Emirates 0.0034 2023 down 43.5% volatile
67 North Macedonia 0.0034 2023 down 49.9% volatile
68 Czechia 0.0032 2023 down 30.3% volatile
69 Spain 0.0026 2023 down 39.3% falling
70 Poland 0.0017 2023 down 32.8% volatile
71 Norway 0.0017 2023 down 62.2% volatile
72 Belarus 0.001 2023 down 61.2% volatile

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Indicator
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
72 places, 2,808 data points, 1985–2023
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