economic2026

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Name: Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, lifetime, risk, maternal, death

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•194 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.4%

Median: 0.1%

Countries Covered

194

with available data

Highest

Central African Republic

4.2%

Lowest

Belarus

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Central African Republic4.2%

2Chad4.2%

3Nigeria4.1%

4Somalia3.4%

5Liberia2.5%

By Region

Africa0.8%(9 countries)

Other0.6%(115 countries)

Asia0.2%(25 countries)

North America0.1%(4 countries)

South America0.1%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (4.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4%)

Africa (9)

Other (115)

Asia (25)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Central African Republic	4.2%
2	Chad	4.2%
3	Nigeria	4.1%
4	Somalia	3.4%
5	Liberia	2.5%
6	Afghanistan	2.5%
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.5%
8	South Sudan	2.4%
9	Benin	2.3%
10	Niger	2.1%
11	Guinea	2.1%
12	Mali	2.0%
13	Guinea-Bissau	1.9%
14	Madagascar	1.8%
15	Burundi	1.8%
16	Mauritania	1.7%
17	Cote d'Ivoire	1.5%
18	Republic of The Gambia	1.4%
19	Togo	1.4%
20	Sierra Leone	1.4%
21	Zimbabwe	1.3%
22	Lesotho	1.3%
23	United Republic of Tanzania	1.3%
24	Cameroon	1.1%
25	Sudan	1.1%
26	Eritrea	1.1%
27	Burkina Faso	1.0%
28	Republic of the Congo	1.0%
29	Angola	0.9%
30	Senegal	0.9%
31	Malawi	0.9%
32	Nauru	0.9%
33	Haiti	0.8%
34	Gabon	0.8%
35	Rwanda	0.8%
36	Ethiopia	0.8%
37	Uganda	0.8%
38	Ghana	0.8%
39	Equatorial Guinea	0.7%
40	Comoros	0.7%
41	Pakistan	0.6%
42	Papua New Guinea	0.6%
43	Yemen	0.5%
44	Tuvalu	0.5%
45	Timor-Leste	0.5%
46	Mozambique	0.5%
47	Kenya	0.5%
48	Botswana	0.4%
49	Namibia	0.4%
50	Venezuela	0.4%
51	Solomon Islands	0.4%
52	Marshall Islands	0.4%
53	Djibouti	0.4%
54	Vanuatu	0.4%
55	Bolivia	0.4%
56	Zambia	0.4%
57	Samoa	0.4%
58	Myanmar	0.4%
59	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.4%
60	Cambodia	0.3%
61	Eswatini	0.3%
62	Nepal	0.3%
63	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.3%
64	Sao Tome and Principe	0.3%
65	Dominican Republic	0.3%
66	Indonesia	0.3%
67	Bangladesh	0.3%
68	Kiribati	0.2%
69	South Africa	0.2%
70	Guatemala	0.2%
71	Iraq	0.2%
72	Tonga	0.2%
73	Guyana	0.2%
74	Suriname	0.2%
75	Jamaica	0.2%
76	Algeria	0.2%
77	Philippines	0.2%
78	India	0.2%
79	Morocco	0.1%
80	Paraguay	0.1%
81	Belize	0.1%
82	Nicaragua	0.1%
83	Palau	0.1%
84	Honduras	0.1%
85	Libya	0.1%
86	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
87	North Korea	0.1%
88	Mongolia	0.1%
89	Ecuador	0.1%
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1%
91	Brazil	0.1%
92	Peru	0.1%
93	Bahamas	0.1%
94	Colombia	0.1%
95	Uzbekistan	0.1%
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1%
97	Jordan	0.1%
98	Vietnam	0.1%
99	Seychelles	0.1%
100	Mexico	0.1%
101	Mauritius	0.1%
102	Panama	0.1%
103	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
104	Grenada	0.1%
105	El Salvador	0.1%
106	Bhutan	0.1%
107	Fiji	0.1%
108	Cape Verde	0.1%
109	Tunisia	0.1%
110	Brunei Darussalam	0.1%
111	Saint Lucia	0.1%
112	State of Palestine	0.1%
113	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
114	Maldives	0.1%
115	Barbados	0.1%
116	Dominica	0.0%
117	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0%
118	Argentina	0.0%
119	Tajikistan	0.0%
120	Egypt	0.0%
121	Cuba	0.0%
122	Malaysia	0.0%
123	Thailand	0.0%
124	Oman	0.0%
125	Sri Lanka	0.0%
126	Lebanon	0.0%
127	Bahrain	0.0%
128	Georgia	0.0%
129	Costa Rica	0.0%
130	Armenia	0.0%
131	Moldova, Republic of	0.0%
132	Azerbaijan	0.0%
133	Kazakhstan	0.0%
134	United States of America	0.0%
135	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.0%
136	Türkiye	0.0%
137	Latvia	0.0%
138	Uruguay	0.0%
139	Cyprus	0.0%
140	Portugal	0.0%
141	Saudi Arabia	0.0%
142	Romania	0.0%
143	Luxembourg	0.0%
144	Canada	0.0%
145	Hungary	0.0%
146	People's Republic of China	0.0%
147	Serbia	0.0%
148	Turkmenistan	0.0%
149	United Kingdom	0.0%
150	Ukraine	0.0%
151	Russian Federation	0.0%
152	Chile	0.0%
153	New Zealand	0.0%
154	Kuwait	0.0%
155	France	0.0%
156	Monaco	0.0%
157	Andorra	0.0%
158	Albania	0.0%
159	Malta	0.0%
160	Finland	0.0%
161	Puerto Rico	0.0%
162	Montenegro	0.0%
163	Lithuania	0.0%
164	Bulgaria	0.0%
165	Austria	0.0%
166	Switzerland	0.0%
167	Qatar	0.0%
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%
169	San Marino	0.0%
170	Israel	0.0%
171	Italy	0.0%
172	Singapore	0.0%
173	Estonia	0.0%
174	Slovakia	0.0%
175	Netherlands	0.0%
176	Sweden	0.0%
177	Denmark	0.0%
178	Ireland	0.0%
179	Greece	0.0%
180	Belgium	0.0%
181	Germany	0.0%
182	Iceland	0.0%
183	Slovenia	0.0%
184	Croatia	0.0%
185	Australia	0.0%
186	United Arab Emirates	0.0%
187	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0%
188	Czech Republic	0.0%
189	Japan	0.0%
190	Spain	0.0%
191	South Korea	0.0%
192	Poland	0.0%
193	Norway	0.0%
194	Belarus	0.0%

Showing 194 of 194 countries

Topics

#economic #%#lifetime #risk #maternal #death

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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