Births attended by skilled health personnel in Bhutan
Bhutan: Births attended by skilled health personnel was 98.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health personnel in Bhutan, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 98.5% for births attended by skilled health personnel in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health personnel in Bhutan peaked at 99.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 27.0%, in 2000.
That places Bhutan 84th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, 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 skilled health personnel in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.0% | — |
| 2003 | 56.0% | +107.4% |
| 2005 | 52.0% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 57.0% | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 71.0% | +24.6% |
| 2008 | 66.0% | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 66.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65.0% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 70.0% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 75.0% | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 89.0% | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | +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% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.4% | 27.0% | 71.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.5% | 65.0% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.9% | 98.5% | 99.3% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health personnel in Bhutan?
- Births attended by skilled health personnel in Bhutan was 98.5% in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.0% in 2000.
- How does Bhutan rank for births attended by skilled health personnel?
- Bhutan ranks 84th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is births attended by skilled health personnel rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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