Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% of births): Q3 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): Q3 is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 98.1% in Colombia; the lowest is 0.2% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.6%, and the mean is 34.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 490.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 71.4%).
Assistance during delivery (doctor) (% of births): Q3: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 98.1% | 2015 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 2 | Jordan | 91.9% | 2018 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 91.2% | 2014 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 89.8% | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 89.7% | 2014 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.6% | 2018 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 89.3% | 2014 | up 99.8% | rising |
| 8 | Türkiye | 84.3% | 2013 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 80.2% | 2008 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mongolia | 80.1% | 2018 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 11 | India | 67.5% | 2021 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 63.3% | 2012 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 55.4% | 2017 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 54.8% | 2019 | up 249.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 42.9% | 2019 | up 479.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Indonesia | 30.1% | 2017 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Lesotho | 25.4% | 2018 | up 217.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Kenya | 25.0% | 2014 | up 237.8% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 19.1% | 2016 | up 267.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Rwanda | 19.1% | 2020 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Haiti | 17.1% | 2017 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Cameroon | 16.2% | 2018 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 14.1% | 2019 | up 220.5% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 11.3% | 2018 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 25 | Uganda | 9.3% | 2016 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Mauritania | 8.8% | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 8.8% | 2020 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 8.7% | 2021 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 29 | Senegal | 8.6% | 2019 | up 145.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea | 7.1% | 2018 | up 222.7% | rising |
| 31 | Zambia | 6.8% | 2018 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 6.3% | 2018 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 33 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.7% | 2016 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 5.0% | 2018 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 35 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.0% | 2018 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.0% | 2016 | up 471.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Mali | 3.6% | 2018 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Togo | 3.2% | 2014 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 2.6% | 2019 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Chad | 1.7% | 2019 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 1.6% | 2019 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2010 | down 71.4% | 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.