Births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi
Malawi: Births attended by skilled health staff was 96.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi, 1992–2020
Source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi is 96.4%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi peaked at 96.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 53.6%, in 2006.
Malawi ranks 101st of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 54.7% | — |
| 2000 | 55.6% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 60.5% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 56.1% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 56.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 53.6% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 68.0% | +26.9% |
| 2010 | 71.4% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 87.4% | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 89.8% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 96.4% | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.7% | 54.7% | 54.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 58.3% | 53.6% | 68.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 82.9% | 71.4% | 89.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 96.4% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Malawi was 96.4% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.6% in 2006.
- How does Malawi rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Malawi ranks 101st out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.