Births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia
Georgia: Births attended by skilled health staff was 99.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia, 1989–2021
Source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Georgia recorded 99.8% for births attended by skilled health staff in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia peaked at 99.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 90.8%, in 1993.
Georgia ranks 30th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 94.6% | — |
| 1990 | 96.6% | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 91.3% | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 91.1% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 90.8% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 96.0% | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 95.5% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 96.6% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 97.4% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 97.2% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 97.5% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 98.3% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 98.8% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 99.4% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 99.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 99.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 99.5%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 99.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 99.7%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.6% | 94.6% | 94.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 93.7% | 90.8% | 96.6% | 6 |
| 2000s | 98.0% | 95.5% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Georgia was 99.8% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.8% in 1993.
- How does Georgia rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Georgia ranks 30th out of 169 countries with data for 2021.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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.