Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1 (lowest) by country
Place of delivery (Births at health facility): Percentage of live births in the three years preceding the survey which took place at health facility.
What the numbers show
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 12.5% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.5%, and the mean is 60.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 674.1%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 0.3%).
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 99.7% | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.0% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 97.5% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 96.9% | 2014 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Turkey | 92.5% | 2013 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 6 | Malawi | 89.7% | 2016 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 88.3% | 2015 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Rwanda | 86.8% | 2020 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 80.0% | 2019 | up 349.4% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 78.5% | 2021 | up 460.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 77.9% | 2014 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 12 | Gambia | 75.3% | 2020 | up 122.8% | rising |
| 13 | Zambia | 73.9% | 2018 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 72.9% | 2019 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 71.6% | 2014 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 16 | Uganda | 66.0% | 2016 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Benin | 63.9% | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 62.7% | 2017 | up 364.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Ghana | 62.2% | 2018 | up 176.4% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 60.0% | 2012 | up 265.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 57.1% | 2019 | up 604.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Senegal | 55.7% | 2019 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 23 | Indonesia | 54.3% | 2017 | up 233.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 50.5% | 2010 | up 120.5% | rising |
| 25 | Mali | 47.3% | 2018 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 43.6% | 2016 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 27 | Tanzania | 42.8% | 2016 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritania | 39.9% | 2021 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 29 | Kenya | 33.2% | 2014 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 29.3% | 2018 | up 225.6% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 26.3% | 2018 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 26.0% | 2019 | up 312.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 20.9% | 2019 | up 674.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Chad | 14.2% | 2019 | up 184.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Haiti | 13.9% | 2017 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | 12.5% | 2018 | up 64.5% | falling |
About this data
Place of delivery (Births at health facility): Percentage of live births in the three years preceding the survey which took place at health facility.