Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% 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 (doctor) (% of births): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 91.4% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.3% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.0%, and the mean is 24.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 305.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 457.5%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 61.8%).
Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% of births): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 91.4% | 2018 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 89.2% | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 84.2% | 2015 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 4 | Jordan | 82.4% | 2018 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 80.1% | 2014 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 76.4% | 2018 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 76.2% | 2014 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 66.0% | 2014 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Türkiye | 64.4% | 2013 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 42.3% | 2021 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 31.3% | 2008 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 29.2% | 2017 | up 201.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Peru | 25.8% | 2012 | up 230.8% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 22.3% | 2019 | up 457.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Malawi | 20.5% | 2016 | up 327.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 17.3% | 2019 | up 260.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Rwanda | 14.6% | 2020 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Lesotho | 14.0% | 2018 | up 211.1% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 12.8% | 2017 | up 245.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Kenya | 11.3% | 2014 | up 140.4% | rising |
| 21 | Gambia | 8.7% | 2020 | up 180.6% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 7.3% | 2018 | up 386.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 7.2% | 2019 | up 132.3% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 5.7% | 2017 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritania | 5.6% | 2021 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 5.4% | 2016 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 4.0% | 2018 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.5% | 2016 | up 169.2% | flat |
| 29 | Senegal | 2.6% | 2019 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 2.3% | 2018 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 2.2% | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 2.2% | 2019 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Madagascar | 2.1% | 2021 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2016 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1.8% | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 36 | Guinea | 1.7% | 2018 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Chad | 1.2% | 2019 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.2% | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 1.0% | 2014 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Cameroon | 0.8% | 2018 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Nigeria | 0.8% | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2010 | down 50.0% | 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.