Births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR
EMR: Births attended by skilled health personnel was 87.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
87.0%
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
10th
of 13 groups
All-time high
87.0%
in 2025
All-time low
44.0%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
EMR recorded 87.0% for births attended by skilled health personnel in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR peaked at 87.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 44.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.0% | — |
| 2001 | 46.0% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 47.0% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 49.0% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 51.0% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 52.0% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 54.0% | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 57.0% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 58.0% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 60.0% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 62.0% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 64.0% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 66.0% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 68.0% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 70.0% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 72.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 74.7% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 76.4% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 77.6% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 78.7% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 79.6% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 82.7% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 84.2% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 85.6% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 87.0% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.8% | 44.0% | 60.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.9% | 62.0% | 78.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.4% | 79.6% | 87.0% | 6 |
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- Total tetanus - number of reported cases 524 (2025)
- Under-five mortality rate 42.13 (2024)
- Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 35.06 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 167.38 (2023)
- Number of deaths among adolescents 52,267 (2024)
- Mortality rate among children ages 5 to 9 years 3.61 (2024)
- Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 66,236 (2024)
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- Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 209.65 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR?
- Births attended by skilled health personnel in EMR was 87.0% in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in EMR?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in EMR?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.0% in 2000.
- How does EMR rank for births attended by skilled health personnel?
- EMR ranks 10th out of 13 groups with data for 2025.
- Is births attended by skilled health personnel rising or falling in EMR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this EMR 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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