Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo
Congo: Lifetime risk of maternal death was 1.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo, 1985–2023
Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo stood at 1.0%. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo peaked at 3.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2023.
Congo ranks 28th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2.9% | — |
| 1986 | 2.8% | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 2.7% | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 2.7% | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 2.6% | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 2.6% | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 2.6% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 2.7% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 2.7% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 2.7% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 2.7% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 3.1% | +17.8% |
| 1998 | 2.8% | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +20.2% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Congo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.4813 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9705 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 759.5 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 2,688 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1979 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2015 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo?
- Lifetime risk of maternal death in Congo was 1.0% in 2023, according to Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2023.
- How does Congo rank for lifetime risk of maternal death?
- Congo ranks 28th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifetime risk of maternal death rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.