Suriname's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) was 566 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 67.95% from 337 in 2013 (5.32% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 566 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 450 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 337 | 2013 |
| Highest | 566 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 63 | 1985 |
| Average since 2014 | 438.2 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 63 | 1985 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Suriname's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) rose 5.8% on 2022 (from 535 to 566).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +7.1% and a typical year strayed about 13.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 64.1% in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.6% in 2021. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 18.18 a year. A straight line explains 47% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Suriname had the 121st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 566 | 2023 |
| World | 272 | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 789 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 1,390 | 2023 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2023 ranking
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 | 566 |
| 2022 | 535 |
| 2021 | 326 |
| 2020 | 491 |
| 2019 | 474 |
| 2018 | 450 |
| 2017 | 426 |
| 2016 | 401 |
| 2015 | 367 |
| 2014 | 346 |
| 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 Suriname
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.18% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 79,635 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 24.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 82,486 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 25.82% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 162,121 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 25.34% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.2% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)?
- 566 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1985?
- It is up 798.41% from 63 in 1985 (5.95% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 566 in 2023 and the lowest 63 in 1985.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 121st 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 Suriname?
- In 2023, Suriname's lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) rose 5.8% on 2022 (from 535 to 566). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +7.1% and a typical year strayed about 13.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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, 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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