Births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan
Bhutan: Births attended by skilled health staff was 98.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan, 1994–2021
Source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2021, births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan stood at 98.9%.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan peaked at 99.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.0%, in 1994.
Bhutan ranks 74th of 169 countries on this measure, 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 staff in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12.0% | — |
| 2000 | 27.3% | +127.5% |
| 2003 | 56.1% | +105.5% |
| 2005 | 52.3% | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 57.1% | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 71.4% | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 66.3% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 66.0% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 64.5% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 70.0% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 74.6% | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 89.0% | +19.3% |
| 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% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 98.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84.0%, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 98.9% is above the median for South Asia, which is 94.2%, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +127.5% | 12.0% | 27.3% |
| 2003 | +105.5% | 27.3% | 56.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 56.6% | 27.3% | 71.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 64.5% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 98.9% | 99.3% | 2 |
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More health data for Bhutan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0915 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,531 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.2986 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0299 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Bhutan was 98.9% in 2021, 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.0% in 1994.
- How does Bhutan rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Bhutan ranks 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2021.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.