Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% of births): Q2 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): Q2 is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 98.0% in Colombia; the lowest is 0.2% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.4%, and the mean is 29.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 490.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 808.6%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 50.0%).
Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% of births): Q2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 98.0% | 2015 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 90.8% | 2018 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 89.2% | 2015 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 4 | Jordan | 87.3% | 2018 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 87.0% | 2014 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 85.6% | 2014 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 7 | Egypt | 82.1% | 2014 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 77.0% | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 72.4% | 2013 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.6% | 2008 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 11 | India | 55.5% | 2021 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Peru | 48.1% | 2012 | up 108.2% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 42.2% | 2017 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 41.1% | 2019 | up 487.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 31.8% | 2019 | up 808.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Lesotho | 23.6% | 2018 | up 293.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 21.7% | 2017 | up 189.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 18.5% | 2016 | up 242.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 16.0% | 2014 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 20 | Rwanda | 15.7% | 2020 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Haiti | 12.6% | 2017 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 12.3% | 2018 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 8.1% | 2019 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 23 | Gambia | 8.1% | 2020 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 25 | Cameroon | 7.8% | 2018 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 6.7% | 2016 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 5.6% | 2021 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 5.4% | 2018 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 29 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.8% | 2016 | up 65.5% | falling |
| 30 | Mauritania | 4.7% | 2021 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 4.6% | 2018 | up 206.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Benin | 3.3% | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.1% | 2016 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Mali | 3.0% | 2018 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.9% | 2018 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 2.5% | 2018 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 2.4% | 2019 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 2.2% | 2019 | up 633.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Togo | 2.1% | 2014 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 40 | Chad | 1.8% | 2019 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 0.9% | 2019 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2010 | down 50.0% | 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.