Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) by country
Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
Countries reporting
169
Highest
100.0%
Cuba
Lowest
31.9%
Somalia
Median
98.4%
Years covered
43
1980–2022
Data points
2,906
What the numbers show
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cuba; the lowest is 31.9% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.4%, and the mean is 90.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 398.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 7.8%).
Births attended by skilled health staff: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 100.0% | 2009 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Korea | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2017 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | China | 99.9% | 2016 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Greece | 99.9% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Kuwait | 99.9% | 2019 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Libya | 99.9% | 2013 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Latvia | 99.9% | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Oman | 99.9% | 2020 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | El Salvador | 99.9% | 2018 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Ukraine | 99.9% | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Albania | 99.8% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 30 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Botswana | 99.8% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 99.8% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Czechia | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Fiji | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 30 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 99.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Japan | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Malta | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Slovenia | 99.8% | 2012 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Hungary | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Ireland | 99.7% | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Jamaica | 99.7% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 99.7% | 2018 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Palestine, State of | 99.7% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 47 | Bahrain | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Estonia | 99.6% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Republic of Moldova | 99.6% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 47 | Malaysia | 99.6% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Poland | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 99.6% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Singapore | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Finland | 99.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 99.5% | 2016 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 55 | Maldives | 99.5% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 55 | Seychelles | 99.5% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 55 | Tunisia | 99.5% | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 55 | Tuvalu | 99.5% | 2020 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 61 | Ecuador | 99.4% | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 99.3% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 62 | Mongolia | 99.3% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 99.2% | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 99.2% | 2019 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 64 | Norway | 99.2% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Thailand | 99.1% | 2019 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | United States of America | 99.1% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 69 | Bahamas | 99.0% | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 99.0% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 99.0% | 2014 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 99.0% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 74 | Bhutan | 98.9% | 2021 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 98.8% | 2020 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 75 | Colombia | 98.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 75 | Algeria | 98.8% | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 75 | Montenegro | 98.8% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Cambodia | 98.7% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 79 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 98.7% | 2018 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Portugal | 98.6% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.6% | 2016 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 83 | Brazil | 98.4% | 2020 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 98.4% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 83 | Suriname | 98.4% | 2018 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tonga | 98.3% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 87 | France | 98.2% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 88 | Austria | 98.1% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 89 | Canada | 98.0% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 89 | Slovakia | 98.0% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 91 | Guyana | 97.6% | 2020 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 92 | Iceland | 97.4% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 93 | Cape Verde | 97.3% | 2018 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 94 | Palau | 97.2% | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 95 | Egypt | 97.1% | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 96 | Türkiye | 97.0% | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.8% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 96.7% | 2016 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 99 | Mexico | 96.6% | 2017 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 100 | New Zealand | 96.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Malawi | 96.4% | 2020 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 102 | Germany | 96.2% | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 96.1% | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 104 | Australia | 96.0% | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 105 | Iraq | 95.6% | 2018 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 106 | Denmark | 95.3% | 2018 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 107 | Panama | 95.0% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 108 | Peru | 94.9% | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 94.8% | 2019 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 94.8% | 2017 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 111 | Indonesia | 94.7% | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 94.6% | 2020 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 94.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 114 | Rwanda | 94.2% | 2020 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 115 | Honduras | 94.1% | 2019 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 94.1% | 2017 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 117 | Romania | 93.0% | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 118 | Marshall Islands | 92.4% | 2017 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 119 | Paraguay | 92.2% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 120 | Kiribati | 91.9% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 121 | India | 89.4% | 2021 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 89.4% | 2013 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 123 | Samoa | 88.9% | 2020 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 124 | Eswatini | 88.3% | 2014 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 86.9% | 2019 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 126 | Lesotho | 86.6% | 2018 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 86.6% | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 128 | Solomon Islands | 86.2% | 2015 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 86.0% | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 130 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 85.2% | 2018 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 131 | Liberia | 84.4% | 2020 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 84.4% | 2017 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 133 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.0% | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 83.8% | 2020 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 135 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 81.1% | 2019 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 136 | Zambia | 80.4% | 2019 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 79.8% | 2015 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 78.9% | 2018 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 139 | Benin | 78.1% | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 140 | Nepal | 77.2% | 2019 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Burundi | 76.5% | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 142 | Senegal | 74.5% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 143 | Uganda | 74.2% | 2016 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 144 | Mozambique | 73.0% | 2015 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 145 | Mauritania | 70.4% | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 146 | Kenya | 70.2% | 2016 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 147 | Guatemala | 69.6% | 2017 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 69.4% | 2017 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 149 | Cameroon | 69.0% | 2018 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 150 | Pakistan | 68.0% | 2020 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 67.3% | 2018 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 152 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 64.4% | 2017 | up 240.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 63.5% | 2016 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 61.8% | 2020 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 155 | Myanmar | 60.2% | 2016 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 59.0% | 2019 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 56.7% | 2016 | up 208.2% | rising |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 56.4% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 159 | Guinea | 55.3% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.8% | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 161 | Nigeria | 50.7% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 49.8% | 2019 | up 398.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Chad | 47.2% | 2019 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Madagascar | 45.8% | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 165 | Yemen | 44.7% | 2013 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 166 | Niger | 43.7% | 2021 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 167 | Haiti | 41.6% | 2017 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 40.3% | 2019 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 169 | Somalia | 31.9% | 2019 | up 239.4% | rising |
About this data
Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.