Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Peru
Peru: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 was 98.6% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Peru, 1991–2016
Source: Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
Analysis
In 2016, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Peru stood at 98.6%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Peru peaked at 98.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 49.5%, in 1996.
Peru ranks 6th of 33 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 77.8% | — |
| 1996 | 49.5% | -36.4% |
| 2000 | 49.9% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 80.1% | +60.4% |
| 2009 | 85.6% | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 89.8% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 90.6% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 94.6% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 98.0% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 97.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.7% | 49.5% | 77.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 49.9% | 85.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 94.0% | 89.0% | 98.6% | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Peru?
- Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Peru was 98.6% in 2016, according to Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.5% in 1996.
- How does Peru rank for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2?
- Peru ranks 6th out of 33 countries with data for 2016.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank, published as part of Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of most recent births in last 2 years attended by any skilled health personnel (women age 18-49 at the time of the survey). Definition of skilled varies by country and survey but always includes doctor, nurse, midwife and auxiliary midwife).