Lifetime risk of maternal death

0.6 (%) in 2020

In 2020, lifetime risk of maternal death for Botswana was 0.6 %. Though Botswana lifetime risk of maternal death fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 2001 - 2020 period ending at 0.6 % in 2020.

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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.

Date Value Change, %
2020 0.6 58.53%
2019 0.4 -27.18%
2018 0.5 49.11%
2017 0.3 -27.39%
2016 0.5 -26.28%
2015 0.6 3.52%
2014 0.6 26.46%
2013 0.5 -44.77%
2012 0.8 15.28%
2011 0.7 46.06%
2010 0.5 -14.74%
2009 0.6