Ecuador's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) was 1,022 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 65.91% from 616 in 2013 (5.19% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1,022 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 786 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 616 | 2013 |
| Highest | 1,022 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 124 | 1985 |
| Average since 2014 | 743.5 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 124 | 1985 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Ecuador's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) rose 27.4% on 2022 (from 802 to 1,022).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 9.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 42.9% in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.2% in 2020. 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 12% 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, Ecuador had the 106th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1,022 | 2023 |
| World | 272 | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 789 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 1,390 | 2023 |
Closest to Ecuador in the 2023 ranking
- Peru — 103rd of 194: 1,038
- Brazil — 104th of 194: 1,037
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 105th of 194: 1,028
- Mongolia — 107th of 194: 1,018
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 108th of 194: 933
- Kyrgyz Republic — 109th of 194: 881
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 (1 in: rate varies by country) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,022 |
| 2022 | 802 |
| 2021 | 573 |
| 2020 | 565 |
| 2019 | 809 |
| 2018 | 786 |
| 2017 | 769 |
| 2016 | 731 |
| 2015 | 704 |
| 2014 | 674 |
| 2013 |
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2,108 (2023)
- Argentina — 2,189 (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 1,075 (2023)
- Barbados — 1,993 (2023)
- Belize — 733 (2023)
- Bolivia — 271 (2023)
- Brazil — 1,037 (2023)
- Chile — 9,268 (2023)
- Colombia — 1,085 (2023)
More health data for Ecuador
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.21% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.58% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 2.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.33% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 2.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.48% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 4.37 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 23.9% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.77% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ecuador's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)?
- 1,022 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is up 724.19% from 124 in 1985 (5.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,022 in 2023 and the lowest 124 in 1985.
- How does Ecuador rank?
- 106th highest of 194 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) unusual for Ecuador?
- In 2023, Ecuador's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) rose 27.4% on 2022 (from 802 to 1,022). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 9.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.MMR.RISK, 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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