Births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Births attended by skilled health staff was 100.0% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1995–2020
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis is 100.0%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 1998.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 1st of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 100.0% | — |
| 1998 | 99.4% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis compared with similar countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.5%, 1.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 100.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 98.8%, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.7% | 99.4% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.4% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 1 Cuba 100.0% compare
- 1 Dominica 100.0% compare
- 1 Grenada 100.0% compare
- 1 Korea 100.0% compare
- 1 Kyrgyzstan 100.0% compare
- 1 Lithuania 100.0% compare
- 1 Micronesia, Federated States of 100.0% compare
- 1 North Macedonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Qatar 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Uruguay 100.0% compare
More health data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2094)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2397 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,623 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.53 % 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 0.0289 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Births attended by skilled health staff in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 100.0% 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest births attended by skilled health staff recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 1998.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for births attended by skilled health staff?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is births attended by skilled health staff rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.