Births attended by skilled health staff in Belize
Belize: Births attended by skilled health staff was 94.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff in Belize, 1991–2020
Source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Belize recorded 94.6% for births attended by skilled health staff in 2020.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Belize peaked at 97.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 1991.
That places Belize 112th out of 169 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health staff in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 76.9% | — |
| 1995 | 79.0% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 83.8% | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 90.2% | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 97.0% | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 87.8% | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 89.3% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 95.8% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 90.7% | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 94.9% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 93.5% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 94.0% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 96.2% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 93.0% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 93.1% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 93.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 96.8% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 95.3% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 94.8% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 95.3% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 94.6% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.7% | 76.9% | 83.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 92.4% | 87.8% | 97.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 94.6% | 93.0% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.6% | 94.6% | 94.6% | 1 |
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- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5114 % change on previous year (2090)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Belize?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Belize was 94.6% in 2020, according to State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 1991.
- How does Belize rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Belize ranks 112th out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.