Births attended by skilled health personnel in World
World: Births attended by skilled health personnel was 87.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
87.2%
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
5th
of 7 groups
All-time high
87.2%
in 2025
All-time low
61.0%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Births attended by skilled health personnel in World, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, births attended by skilled health personnel in World stood at 87.2%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health personnel in World peaked at 87.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health personnel in World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61.0% | — |
| 2001 | 61.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 62.0% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 63.0% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 64.0% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 66.0% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 67.0% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 69.0% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 70.0% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 72.0% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 74.0% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 76.0% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 77.0% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 78.0% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 80.0% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 80.7% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 81.8% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 82.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 83.3% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 83.7% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 84.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 85.1% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 85.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 86.4% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 87.2% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.6% | 61.0% | 70.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.5% | 72.0% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.4% | 83.7% | 87.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health personnel in World?
- Births attended by skilled health personnel in World was 87.2% in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 87.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.0% in 2000.
- How does World rank for births attended by skilled health personnel?
- World ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is births attended by skilled health personnel rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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