Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 (highest) by country
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).
What the numbers show
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 67.2% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.0%, and the mean is 94.9%.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 60.1%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 2.2%).
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 100.0% | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Jordan | 99.9% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 99.8% | 2015 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.5% | 2008 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 99.4% | 2014 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 9 | Namibia | 99.2% | 2013 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 10 | Egypt | 99.0% | 2014 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Cameroon | 98.8% | 2014 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 98.7% | 2017 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 97.9% | 2015 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Ghana | 97.7% | 2014 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 97.5% | 2014 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 97.4% | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | Guatemala | 97.0% | 2014 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 18 | Togo | 96.9% | 2013 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 96.8% | 2017 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 96.8% | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 96.4% | 2015 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 22 | India | 96.0% | 2015 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Benin | 95.6% | 2017 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Uganda | 95.5% | 2016 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 95.1% | 2016 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 94.5% | 2017 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 92.9% | 2017 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 28 | Mali | 91.2% | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 90.9% | 2016 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 30 | Nigeria | 84.9% | 2016 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Haiti | 82.9% | 2016 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 76.1% | 2014 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 33 | Chad | 67.2% | 2014 | up 25.2% | rising |
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).