Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q5 (highest) 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): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Vietnam; the lowest is 57.4% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.7%, and the mean is 93.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 133.2%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 2.1%).
Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 100.0% | 2014 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2013 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 1 | Colombia | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.7% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Benin | 99.4% | 2018 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 99.4% | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Rwanda | 99.1% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Mauritania | 99.1% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 98.4% | 2012 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 98.2% | 2014 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Cameroon | 98.1% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 12 | Jordan | 97.9% | 2018 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | India | 97.8% | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 97.4% | 2014 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 97.0% | 2019 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 16 | Malawi | 96.8% | 2016 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 96.7% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ghana | 96.7% | 2018 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 96.6% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 96.5% | 2017 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 21 | Gambia | 96.4% | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 95.9% | 2018 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 22 | Nepal | 95.9% | 2019 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 95.7% | 2010 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 95.7% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 26 | Tanzania | 95.3% | 2016 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | Kenya | 93.1% | 2014 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 92.9% | 2016 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 92.8% | 2019 | up 133.2% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 91.3% | 2016 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 87.1% | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 86.5% | 2019 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 80.1% | 2019 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nigeria | 79.5% | 2018 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 35 | Haiti | 78.3% | 2017 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 36 | Chad | 57.4% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
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.