Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) (Trends) was 0.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifetime risk of maternal death in Marshall Islands, 1985–2023
Source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, lifetime risk of maternal death in Marshall Islands stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.8% on the previous year and down 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifetime risk of maternal death in Marshall Islands peaked at 2.1% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2023.
That places Marshall Islands 52nd 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 Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2.0% | — |
| 1986 | 2.1% | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 2.1% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 2.0% | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 2.0% | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 1.9% | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 1.9% | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 1.9% | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 1.5% | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -18.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -12.8% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 0.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 5.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 0.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2%, 2.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 5 |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
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- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -7.92 % 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 0.0494 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -8.43 % 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 0.0527 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifetime risk of maternal death in Marshall Islands?
- Lifetime risk of maternal death in Marshall Islands was 0.4% in 2023, according to Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 1987.
- What is the lowest lifetime risk of maternal death recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2023.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for lifetime risk of maternal death?
- Marshall Islands ranks 52nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifetime risk of maternal death rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.