Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q1 (lowest) by country
Assistance during delivery (Assisted births): Percentage of live births in the three (one, two) years preceding the survey attended by any skilled personnel and by a doctor. The DHS surveys refer births in the three years preceding the survey, the MICS2 surveys refer births in the one year preceding the survey,...
What the numbers show
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 11.6% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.2%, and the mean is 59.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 649.4%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 60.7%).
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 99.7% | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Jordan | 99.5% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.0% | 2018 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 97.6% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 97.5% | 2014 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 92.9% | 2013 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 88.3% | 2020 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Colombia | 87.9% | 2015 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 87.6% | 2016 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 85.0% | 2014 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 84.4% | 2019 | up 202.5% | rising |
| 12 | India | 81.2% | 2021 | up 316.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Lesotho | 76.4% | 2018 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 75.6% | 2017 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 15 | Gambia | 75.5% | 2020 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 73.4% | 2014 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 73.3% | 2019 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 73.3% | 2018 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 19 | Zambia | 69.1% | 2018 | up 162.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 69.0% | 2017 | up 152.7% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 66.1% | 2016 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 64.4% | 2012 | up 217.2% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 63.4% | 2018 | up 174.5% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 57.7% | 2019 | up 649.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Benin | 57.4% | 2018 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 49.5% | 2019 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.8% | 2016 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 28 | Mali | 47.2% | 2018 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 43.7% | 2016 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritania | 39.5% | 2021 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.4% | 2008 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 34.0% | 2014 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 32.4% | 2019 | up 376.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Cameroon | 30.7% | 2018 | up 61.6% | falling |
| 35 | Chad | 30.6% | 2019 | up 277.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea | 28.6% | 2018 | up 191.8% | rising |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 22.8% | 2019 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 19.4% | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 39 | Haiti | 15.2% | 2017 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Nigeria | 12.7% | 2018 | up 44.3% | flat |
| 41 | Togo | 11.6% | 2014 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 11.6% | 2010 | down 41.1% | volatile |
About this data
Assistance during delivery (Assisted births): Percentage of live births in the three (one, two) years preceding the survey attended by any skilled personnel and by a doctor. 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.