Colombia's lifetime risk of maternal death (%) was 0.09% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.04 percentage points from 0.13% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.09% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 0.11% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.13% | 2013 |
| Highest | 0.5% | 1985 |
| Lowest | 0.09% | 2023 |
| Average since 2014 | 0.13% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.5% | 1985 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Colombia's lifetime risk of maternal death (%) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.12% to 0.09%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.08 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.12 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Colombia had the 94th highest value of the 194 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 0.09% | 2023 |
| World | 0.37% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 0.13% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 0.07% | 2023 |
Closest to Colombia in the 2023 ranking
- Brazil — 91st of 194: 0.1%
- Peru — 92nd of 194: 0.1%
- Bahamas, The — 93rd of 194: 0.09%
- Uzbekistan — 95th of 194: 0.09%
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 96th of 194: 0.09%
- Jordan — 97th of 194: 0.08%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: The methodology differs from that used for previous estimates, so data should not be compared historically. Maternal mortality ratios are generally of unknown reliability, as are many other cause-specific mortality indicators. The probability cannot be assumed to provide an exact estimate of risk of maternal death.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 39 values
| Year | Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0922 |
| 2022 | 0.1171 |
| 2021 | 0.2332 |
| 2020 | 0.1509 |
| 2019 | 0.1076 |
| 2018 | 0.1093 |
| 2017 | 0.1105 |
| 2016 | 0.1126 |
| 2015 | 0.1189 |
| 2014 | 0.1236 |
| 2013 |
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 0.05% (2023)
- Argentina — 0.05% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 0.09% (2023)
- Barbados — 0.05% (2023)
- Belize — 0.14% (2023)
- Bolivia — 0.37% (2023)
- Brazil — 0.1% (2023)
- Chile — 0.01% (2023)
- Costa Rica — 0.03% (2023)
- Cuba — 0.04% (2023)
- Dominica
More health data for Colombia
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.4% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.85% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 5.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 19.33% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 5.45 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 20.68% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 10.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 19.99% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.39% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Colombia's lifetime risk of maternal death (%)?
- 0.09% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is down 0.41 percentage points from 0.5% in 1985. The highest value was 0.5% in 1985 and the lowest 0.09% in 2023.
- How does Colombia rank?
- 94th highest of 194 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in lifetime risk of maternal death (%) unusual for Colombia?
- In 2023, Colombia's lifetime risk of maternal death (%) fell 0.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.12% to 0.09%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.MMR.RISK.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Trends in Maternal Mortality, World Health Organization (WHO); UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality; UN Population Fund (UNFPA), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality; World Bank Group (WBG), note: Trends in Maternal Mortality Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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