Births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana
Botswana: Births attended by skilled health staff was 99.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana, 1988–2017
Source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 99.8% for births attended by skilled health staff in 2017.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana peaked at 99.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 77.4%, in 1988.
That places Botswana 30th out of 169 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 77.4% | — |
| 1996 | 87.0% | +12.4% |
| 2000 | 98.5% | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 92.0% | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 96.5% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 96.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 97.3% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 94.0% | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 99.3% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 94.6% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 98.3% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 99.5% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 77.4% | 77.4% | 77.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.0% | 87.0% | 87.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.6% | 92.0% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.1% | 99.9% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Botswana was 99.8% in 2017, 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.4% in 1988.
- How does Botswana rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Botswana ranks 30th out of 169 countries with data for 2017.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.