Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q4 in Malawi
Malawi: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q4 was 93.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q4 in Malawi, 1992–2015
Source: Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
Analysis
In 2015, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 in Malawi stood at 93.5%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 in Malawi peaked at 93.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 53.3%, in 2000.
Malawi ranks 16th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q4 in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 58.3% | — |
| 2000 | 53.3% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 54.1% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 63.4% | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 54.1% | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 83.0% | +53.5% |
| 2013 | 90.7% | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 93.5% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 53.3% | 63.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 83.0% | 93.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More reference data data for Malawi
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1596 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3426 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5353 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.87 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 in Malawi?
- Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 in Malawi was 93.5% in 2015, according to Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) database, World Bank.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 93.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.3% in 2000.
- How does Malawi rank for births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4?
- Malawi ranks 16th out of 33 countries with data for 2015.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): q4 rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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): Q4. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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).