Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) in Colombia
Colombia: Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) was 0.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Colombia, 1985–2023
Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0.1% for lifetime risk of maternal death in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.3% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifetime risk of maternal death in Colombia peaked at 0.5% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2023.
That places Colombia 94th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.5% | — |
| 1986 | 0.4% | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4% | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4% | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +40.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +54.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -49.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -21.3% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1%, 100% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +54.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2022 | -49.8% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2020 | +40.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More health data for Colombia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.83 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3468 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 698 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3706 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0324 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3776 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0338 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifetime risk of maternal death in Colombia?
- Lifetime risk of maternal death in Colombia was 0.1% in 2023, according to Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1985.
- What is the lowest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2023.
- How does Colombia rank for lifetime risk of maternal death?
- Colombia ranks 94th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifetime risk of maternal death rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Lifetime risk of maternal death (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.