Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q5 (highest) 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): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 99.1% in Mongolia; the lowest is 6.9% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.2%, and the mean is 52.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 358.1%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 29.8%).
Antenatal care (doctor) (% of women with a birth): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 99.1% | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 98.8% | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 98.6% | 2013 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Colombia | 98.5% | 2015 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 97.9% | 2014 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 6 | Jordan | 97.6% | 2018 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 96.4% | 2008 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.1% | 2018 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 96.1% | 2014 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 94.3% | 2014 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 93.0% | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 89.9% | 2020 | up 138.5% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 87.5% | 2017 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 14 | Nepal | 83.6% | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 15 | Haiti | 79.5% | 2017 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 16 | India | 79.4% | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 17 | Peru | 67.2% | 2012 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 65.8% | 2017 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 60.8% | 2018 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 59.2% | 2018 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritania | 50.7% | 2021 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 43.3% | 2018 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.2% | 2019 | up 122.7% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 42.6% | 2017 | up 358.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 36.2% | 2019 | up 54.0% | flat |
| 26 | Guinea | 36.0% | 2018 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 36.0% | 2019 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 28 | Lesotho | 33.8% | 2018 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 29 | Liberia | 31.1% | 2020 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 27.9% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 26.5% | 2020 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 32 | Burundi | 26.0% | 2017 | up 162.6% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 21.2% | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.8% | 2016 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 19.8% | 2020 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 18.6% | 2018 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Malawi | 17.9% | 2017 | up 167.2% | rising |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 17.2% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 12.3% | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 40 | Chad | 11.9% | 2015 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 41 | Benin | 11.6% | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 42 | Togo | 11.2% | 2017 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 43 | Mozambique | 10.9% | 2018 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 8.6% | 2018 | up 75.5% | falling |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 6.9% | 2018 | up 115.6% | rising |
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.