Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q4 by country
Antenatal care: Percentage of women with one or more live births in the three (one, two) years preceding the survey who have received at least one antenatal care during pregnancy before the most recent birth from any skilled personnel and from a doctor. If the respondent mentioned more than one provider, only the...
What the numbers show
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q4 is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 98.8% in Türkiye; the lowest is 1.4% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.0%, and the mean is 41.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 411.1%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 47.1%).
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 98.8% | 2013 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 2 | Jordan | 97.5% | 2018 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 97.3% | 2015 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 96.4% | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 95.9% | 2014 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 95.7% | 2018 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 94.8% | 2020 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 93.8% | 2008 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 93.5% | 2014 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 92.6% | 2014 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 88.2% | 2018 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 81.6% | 2019 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 13 | India | 74.1% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 14 | Haiti | 65.3% | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | Nepal | 62.4% | 2019 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 60.8% | 2017 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 42.0% | 2018 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 18 | Peru | 40.1% | 2012 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 37.1% | 2017 | up 166.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Ghana | 33.1% | 2019 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.7% | 2019 | up 226.6% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritania | 28.5% | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 24.0% | 2018 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 23.5% | 2018 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 23.0% | 2017 | up 411.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Lesotho | 20.0% | 2018 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 27 | Malawi | 19.3% | 2017 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea | 18.5% | 2018 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 29 | Liberia | 18.0% | 2020 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 30 | Madagascar | 16.5% | 2021 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 15.1% | 2019 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 13.3% | 2019 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 33 | Gambia | 10.8% | 2020 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.0% | 2016 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Burundi | 6.8% | 2017 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 36 | Chad | 6.7% | 2015 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 5.3% | 2019 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 38 | Mali | 4.9% | 2018 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Senegal | 4.2% | 2019 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 4.0% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 3.6% | 2017 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 42 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2018 | up 285.7% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 2.1% | 2020 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Zambia | 2.1% | 2018 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 1.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
About this data
Antenatal care: Percentage of women with one or more live births in the three (one, two) years preceding the survey who have received at least one antenatal care during pregnancy before the most recent birth from any skilled personnel and from a doctor. If the respondent mentioned more than one provider, only the most qualified provider is considered. The DHS surveys refer births in the three years preceding the survey, the MICS2 surveys refer births in the one year preceding the survey, and the MICS3 surveys refer births in the two years preceding the survey.