Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q4 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): Q4 is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Mongolia; the lowest is 26.8% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.8%, and the mean is 86.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 172.1%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 21.7%).
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 99.9% | 2013 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Peru | 99.3% | 2012 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | Colombia | 99.2% | 2015 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 99.0% | 2014 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 99.0% | 2015 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 98.4% | 2014 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Philippines | 98.4% | 2017 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Rwanda | 97.4% | 2020 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 97.2% | 2014 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 97.2% | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 97.0% | 2017 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 15 | India | 95.3% | 2021 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 16 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 94.4% | 2018 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 93.9% | 2016 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 93.7% | 2008 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 93.4% | 2019 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 20 | Senegal | 93.0% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 92.9% | 2016 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 22 | Lesotho | 92.7% | 2018 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 91.9% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 91.5% | 2020 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 25 | Cameroon | 91.4% | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 90.9% | 2018 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 27 | Benin | 90.0% | 2018 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 28 | Ghana | 87.3% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 87.0% | 2019 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Mali | 86.7% | 2018 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 31 | Kenya | 84.1% | 2014 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 32 | Guinea | 81.9% | 2018 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 33 | Uganda | 80.8% | 2016 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 34 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 80.2% | 2016 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 75.0% | 2014 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 70.2% | 2019 | up 172.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Nigeria | 67.9% | 2018 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 63.2% | 2021 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 39 | Haiti | 59.9% | 2017 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 40 | Chad | 55.1% | 2019 | up 144.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 54.9% | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 26.8% | 2010 | down 15.5% | falling |
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.