Births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR
AFR: Births attended by skilled health personnel was 74.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
74.1%
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
12th
of 13 groups
All-time high
74.1%
in 2025
All-time low
39.0%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR stood at 74.1%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR peaked at 74.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.0% | — |
| 2001 | 41.0% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 44.0% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 45.0% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 47.0% | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 48.0% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 50.0% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 52.0% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 53.0% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 56.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 58.0% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 59.0% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 61.1% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 63.3% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 65.4% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 67.3% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 68.7% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 70.0% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 71.2% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 72.0% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 72.9% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 74.1% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.3% | 39.0% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.0% | 52.0% | 67.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.5% | 68.7% | 74.1% | 6 |
More health data for AFR
- Pertussis - number of reported cases 12,202 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases 20,578 (2025)
- Under-five mortality rate 69.9 (2024)
- Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 46.32 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 442.12 (2023)
- Number of deaths among adolescents 181,479 (2024)
- Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 8.27 (2024)
- Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 281,554 (2024)
- Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 632.45 (2023)
- Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 55.86 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR?
- Births attended by skilled health personnel in AFR was 74.1% in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in AFR?
- The highest recorded value was 74.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in AFR?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.0% in 2000.
- How does AFR rank for births attended by skilled health personnel?
- AFR ranks 12th out of 13 groups with data for 2025.
- Is births attended by skilled health personnel rising or falling in AFR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this AFR data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Births attended by skilled health personnel (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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