Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q5 in Egypt
Egypt: Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q5 was 98.9% in 2014. ▲ Rising
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q5 in Egypt, 1995–2014
Source: Household Surveys (DHS, MICS). Measured in highest.
Analysis
In 2014, assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 in Egypt stood at 98.9%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 in Egypt peaked at 98.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 86.8%, in 1995.
That places Egypt 12th out of 42 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q5 in Egypt, year by year
| Year | highest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 86.8% | — |
| 2000 | 94.2% | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 95.7% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 96.8% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 97.4% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 98.9% | +1.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 98.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96.0%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.8% | 86.8% | 86.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.0% | 94.2% | 97.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.9% | 98.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 9 Rwanda 99.1% compare
- 10 Colombia 99.0% compare
- 10 Mauritania 99.0% compare
- 12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 98.9% compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 98.9% compare
- 15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.8% compare
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 in Egypt?
- Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 in Egypt was 98.9% in 2014, according to Household Surveys (DHS, MICS).
- What is the highest assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 98.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.8% in 1995.
- How does Egypt rank for assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5?
- Egypt ranks 12th out of 42 countries with data for 2014.
- Is assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): q5 rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Household Surveys (DHS, MICS), published as part of Assistance during delivery (any skilled personnel) (% of births): Q5 (highest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.