Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Senegal
Senegal: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 was 55.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Senegal, 1997–2017
Source: Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 55.3% for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in 2017. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 85.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Senegal peaked at 55.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 1997.
Senegal ranks 24th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q2 in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28.3% | — |
| 2000 | 42.2% | +49.3% |
| 2005 | 29.9% | -29.3% |
| 2010 | 52.7% | +76.4% |
| 2012 | 39.0% | -26.0% |
| 2014 | 48.7% | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 45.0% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 48.8% | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 55.3% | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.3% | 28.3% | 28.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 29.9% | 42.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 39.0% | 55.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Senegal?
- Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 in Senegal was 55.3% in 2017, 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 55.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 1997.
- How does Senegal rank for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2?
- Senegal ranks 24th out of 33 countries with data for 2017.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q2 rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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).