Lifetime risk of maternal death

3.1 (%) in 2020

In 2020, lifetime risk of maternal death for Guinea Bissau was 3.1 %. Between 2001 and 2020, lifetime risk of maternal death of Guinea Bissau was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 6.5 % in 2001 to 2.8 % 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 3.1 2.40%
2019 3.1 9.54%
2018 2.8 -14.43%
2017 3.3 4.87%
2016 3.1 -11.58%
2015 3.5 -2.51%
2014 3.6 -1.09%
2013 3.6 -8.09%
2012 4.0 -0.85%
2011 4.0 -3.21%
2010 4.1 -0.75%
2009 4.2