Births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan
Bhutan: Births attended by health staff sdgs was 98.9 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan, 1994–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 98.9 for births attended by health staff sdgs in 2021.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan peaked at 99.3 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12, in 1994.
That places Bhutan 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12 | — |
| 2000 | 27.3 | +127.5% |
| 2003 | 56.1 | +105.5% |
| 2005 | 52.3 | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 57.1 | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 71.4 | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 66.3 | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 66 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 64.5 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 70 | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 74.6 | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 89 | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 89 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 89 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 89 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96.4 | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 96.2 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 96.3 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.3 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 98.9 | -0.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 98.9 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 98.9 is above the median for South Asia, which is 94.15, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +127.5% | 12 | 27.3 |
| 2003 | +105.5% | 27.3 | 56.1 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2000s | 56.64 | 27.3 | 71.4 | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.4 | 64.5 | 96.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1 | 98.9 | 99.3 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More health data for Bhutan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0915 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 9 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.2986 % 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 0.0299 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.3987 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0313 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan?
- Births attended by health staff sdgs in Bhutan was 98.9 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest births attended by health staff sdgs recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3 in 2020.
- What is the lowest births attended by health staff sdgs recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 in 1994.
- How does Bhutan rank for births attended by health staff sdgs?
- Bhutan ranks 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2021.
- Is births attended by health staff sdgs rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Births attended by health staff sdgs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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