Chad is the top country by lifetime risk of maternal death in the world. As of 2020, lifetime risk of maternal death in Chad was 6.7 %. The top 5 countries also includes Central African Republic, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Somalia.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.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.