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Health > Reproductive health > Lifetime risk of maternal death > 1 in > Rate varies by country: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: 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. ".

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Greece 31,800 2008
2 Ireland 17,800 2008
3 Italy 15,200 2008
4 Austria 14,300 2008
=5 Slovakia 13,300 2008
=5 Poland 13,300 2008
7 Japan 12,200 2008
=8 Spain 11,400 2008
=8 Sweden 11,400 2008
10 Germany 11,100 2008
=11 Denmark 10,900 2008
=11 Belgium 10,900 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 10,527.78 2008
13 Singapore 10,000 2008
14 Portugal 9,800 2008
European Union average (profile) 9,403.57 2008
15 Iceland 9,400 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 9,390 2008
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,300 2008
17 Malta 9,200 2008
18 Czech Republic 8,500 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 8,244.44 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 8,214.29 2008
Europe average (profile) 7,736.59 2008
=19 Norway 7,600 2008
=19 Finland 7,600 2008
=19 Switzerland 7,600 2008
22 Serbia and Montenegro 7,500 2008
23 Australia 7,400 2008
24 Netherlands 7,100 2008
=25 France 6,600 2008
=25 Cyprus 6,600 2008
Non-religious countries average (profile) 6,545.83 2008
Cold countries average (profile) 5,830 2008
=27 Lithuania 5,800 2008
=27 Bulgaria 5,800 2008
29 Canada 5,600 2008
30 Hungary 5,500 2008
31 Estonia 5,300 2008
32 Croatia 5,200 2008
=33 Israel 5,100 2008
=33 Belarus 5,100 2008
Eastern Europe average (profile) 5,047.06 2008
35 United Kingdom 4,700 2008
36 Kuwait 4,500 2008
37 Qatar 4,400 2008
38 United Arab Emirates 4,200 2008
39 Slovenia 4,100 2008
=40 Luxembourg 3,800 2008
=40 New Zealand 3,800 2008
42 Latvia 3,600 2008
=43 Ukraine 3,000 2008
=43 Puerto Rico 3,000 2008
45 Romania 2,700 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 2,354.92 2008
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 2,322 2008
46 Bahrain 2,200 2008
47 United States 2,100 2008
=48 Moldova 2,000 2008
=48 Lebanon 2,000 2008
=48 Brunei 2,000 2008
=48 Chile 2,000 2008
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 1,921.33 2008
=52 Turkey 1,900 2008
=52 Armenia 1,900 2008
=52 Russia 1,900 2008
OPEC countries average (profile) 1,793.67 2008
=55 Albania 1,700 2008
=55 Uruguay 1,700 2008
=57 Mauritius 1,600 2008
=57 Oman 1,600 2008
59 China 1,500 2008
Former British colonies average (profile) 1,449.47 2008
Religious countries average (profile) 1,412.19 2008
=60 Uzbekistan 1,400 2008
=60 Cuba 1,400 2008
=62 Georgia 1,300 2008
=62 Fiji 1,300 2008
=62 Saudi Arabia 1,300 2008
=65 Malaysia 1,200 2008
=65 Thailand 1,200 2008
=65 Maldives 1,200 2008
=65 Azerbaijan 1,200 2008
=69 Barbados 1,100 2008
=69 Costa Rica 1,100 2008
=69 Trinidad and Tobago 1,100 2008
=69 Sri Lanka 1,100 2008
73 The Bahamas 1,000 2008
74 Kazakhstan 950 2008
Muslim countries average (profile) 873.26 2008
=75 Brazil 860 2008
=75 Tunisia 860 2008
77 Vietnam 850 2008
78 Mongolia 730 2008
79 Syria 610 2008
80 Argentina 600 2008
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 586.65 2008
=81 Libya 540 2008
=81 Venezuela 540 2008
83 Panama 520 2008
South and Central Asia average (profile) 510.31 2008
84 Jordan 510 2008
=85 Turkmenistan 500 2008
=85 Mexico 500 2008
87 Colombia 460 2008
=88 Jamaica 450 2008
=88 Kyrgyzstan 450 2008
90 Tajikistan 430 2008
91 Suriname 400 2008
92 Peru 370 2008
93 Morocco 360 2008
=94 El Salvador 350 2008
=94 Cape Verde 350 2008
96 Algeria 340 2008
97 Belize 330 2008
=98 Dominican Republic 320 2008
=98 Philippines 320 2008
100 Paraguay 310 2008
=101 Iraq 300 2008
=101 Nicaragua 300 2008
103 Ecuador 270 2008
104 Honduras 240 2008
Former French colonies average (profile) 238.64 2008
105 Solomon Islands 230 2008
106 Guatemala 210 2008
107 Indonesia 190 2008
=108 Botswana 180 2008
=108 Burma 180 2008
110 Bhutan 170 2008
111 Namibia 160 2008
=112 Bolivia 150 2008
=112 Guyana 150 2008
114 India 140 2008
=115 Bangladesh 110 2008
=115 Cambodia 110 2008
=115 Gabon 110 2008
South Asia average (profile) 104.8 2008
118 South Africa 100 2008
119 Papua New Guinea 94 2008
=120 Pakistan 93 2008
=120 Haiti 93 2008
=120 Djibouti 93 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 91.27 2008
123 Nepal 80 2008
124 Swaziland 75 2008
125 Equatorial Guinea 73 2008
126 Eritrea 72 2008
127 Comoros 71 2008
128 Togo 67 2008
129 Ghana 66 2008
130 Lesotho 62 2008
failed states average (profile) 54.36 2008
=131 The Gambia 49 2008
=131 Laos 49 2008
133 Senegal 46 2008
134 Madagascar 45 2008
=135 East Timor 44 2008
=135 Cote d'Ivoire 44 2008
137 Benin 43 2008
138 Zimbabwe 42 2008
139 Mauritania 41 2008
140 Ethiopia 40 2008
141 Congo, Republic of the 39 2008
=142 Kenya 38 2008
=142 Zambia 38 2008
144 Mozambique 37 2008
145 Malawi 36 2008
=146 Cameroon 35 2008
=146 Rwanda 35 2008
=146 Uganda 35 2008
149 Sudan 32 2008
150 Burkina Faso 28 2008
151 Central African Republic 27 2008
152 Guinea 26 2008
153 Burundi 25 2008
154 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24 2008
=155 Tanzania 23 2008
=155 Nigeria 23 2008
157 Mali 22 2008
158 Sierra Leone 21 2008
159 Liberia 20 2008
160 Guinea-Bissau 18 2008
161 Niger 16 2008
=162 Somalia 14 2008
=162 Chad 14 2008
164 Afghanistan 11 2008

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