Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators (2005)
1	Ireland	47,600
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29,000
3	Italy	26,600
4	Greece	25,900
5	Austria	21,500
6	Germany	19,200
7	Czech Republic	18,100
8	Denmark	17,800
9	Sweden	17,400
10	Spain	16,400
11	Slovenia	14,200
12	Slovakia	13,800
13	Switzerland	13,800
14	Australia	13,300
15	Hungary	13,300
16	Euro area	12,939
17	Iceland	12,700
18	Japan	11,600
19	Canada	11,000
20	Poland	10,600
21	Croatia	10,500
22	Netherlands	10,200
23	Kuwait	9,600
24	Latvia	8,500
25	Finland	8,500
26	Malta	8,300
27	United Kingdom	8,200
28	High income: OECD	7,823
29	Israel	7,800
30	Lithuania	7,800
31	Belgium	7,800
32	Norway	7,700
33	Bulgaria	7,400
34	France	6,900
35	Macedonia	6,500
36	Portugal	6,400
37	Cyprus	6,400
38	Singapore	6,200
39	North Korea	6,100
40	South Korea	6,100
41	New Zealand	5,900
42	High income	5,758
43	Ukraine	5,200
44	Luxembourg	5,000
45	Belarus	4,800
46	United States	4,800
47	Barbados	4,400
48	Moldova	3,700
49	Mauritius	3,300
50	Chile	3,200
51	Romania	3,200
52	Estonia	2,900
53	Puerto Rico	2,900
54	Brunei Darussalam	2,900
55	Russia	2,700
56	Qatar	2,700
57	Bahamas	2,700
58	Uruguay	2,100
59	Cuba	1,400
60	Trinidad and Tobago	1,400
61	Saudi Arabia	1,400
62	Costa Rica	1,400
63	Uzbekistan	1,400
64	Europe & Central Asia	1,320
65	Bahrain	1,300
66	China	1,300
67	Georgia	1,100
68	United Arab Emirates	1,000
69	Armenia	980
70	Turkey	880
71	Sri Lanka	850
72	Mongolia	840
73	Mexico	670
74	Azerbaijan	670
75	Venezuela	610
76	Belize	560
77	Malaysia	560
78	Argentina	530
79	Suriname	530
80	Tunisia	500
81	Thailand	500
82	Albania	490
83	Jordan	450
84	Upper middle income	438.87
85	Oman	420
86	Brazil	370
87	Kazakhstan	360
88	Libya	350
89	East Asia & Pacific	342.28
90	Iran	300
91	Lebanon	290
92	Colombia	290
93	Turkmenistan	290
94	Latin America & Caribbean	284.02
95	Vietnam	280
96	Panama	270
97	Jamaica	240
98	Kyrgyzstan	240
99	Dominican Republic	230
100	Egypt	230
101	Algeria	220
102	Syria	210
103	Maldives	200
104	El Salvador	190
105	Ecuador	170
106	Namibia	170
107	Paraguay	170
108	Fiji	160
109	Tajikistan	160
110	Middle East & North Africa	158.81
111	Nicaragua	150
112	Morocco	150
113	Peru	140
114	Philippines	140
115	Botswana	130
116	Middle income	126.27
117	Swaziland	120
118	Cape Verde	120
119	South Africa	110
120	Burma	110
121	Lower middle income	106.14
122	Solomon Islands	100
123	Indonesia	97
124	Honduras	93
125	Guyana	90
126	Bolivia	89
127	Low & middle income	83.28
128	Pakistan	74
129	Iraq	72
130	Guatemala	71
131	India	70
132	South Asia	59.92
133	Papua New Guinea	55
134	Bhutan	55
135	Gabon	53
136	Sudan	53
137	Comoros	52
138	Bangladesh	51
139	Cambodia	48
140	Lesotho	45
141	Mozambique	45
142	Ghana	45
143	Haiti	44
144	Eritrea	44
145	Zimbabwe	43
146	Yemen	39
147	Kenya	39
148	Madagascar	38
149	Togo	38
150	Djibouti	35
151	Timor-Leste	35
152	Laos	33
153	Gambia	32
154	Nepal	31
155	Low income	30.04
156	Equatorial Guinea	28
157	Ethiopia	27
158	Ivory Coast	27
159	Zambia	27
160	Central African Republic	25
161	Uganda	25
162	Least developed countries: UN classification	24.50
163	Tanzania	24
164	Cameroon	24
165	Sub-Saharan Africa	22
166	Republic of the Congo	22
167	Burkina Faso	22
168	Mauritania	22
169	Senegal	21
170	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	20.45
171	Benin	20
172	Guinea	19
173	Nigeria	18
174	Malawi	18
175	Burundi	16
176	Rwanda	16
177	Mali	15
178	Guinea-Bissau	13
179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13
180	Somalia	12
181	Angola	12
182	Liberia	12
183	Chad	11
184	Afghanistan	8
185	Sierra Leone	8
186	Niger	7

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Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators

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