Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits (% of pregnant women) by country
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care, at least four times, are the percentage of women attended at least four times during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.
What the numbers show
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits (% of pregnant women) is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 95.8% in Peru; the lowest is 25.1% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 69.0%, and the mean is 67.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 180.0%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 41.6%).
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru | 95.8% | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 95.3% | 2015 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 94.3% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 92.7% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 92.6% | 2019 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Jordan | 91.5% | 2018 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 90.5% | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 90.0% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 89.8% | 2016 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 89.7% | 2018 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 11 | Honduras | 88.3% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 88.2% | 2021 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Philippines | 86.5% | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 85.9% | 2018 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 15 | Jamaica | 85.6% | 2011 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Bolivia | 85.6% | 2016 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 17 | Georgia | 85.2% | 2020 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 18 | Egypt | 82.8% | 2014 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 19 | Maldives | 81.6% | 2017 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cuba | 79.3% | 2019 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 78.8% | 2019 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 22 | Gambia | 78.5% | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | Nepal | 77.8% | 2019 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 77.4% | 2017 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | Lesotho | 76.6% | 2018 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 26 | Cambodia | 75.6% | 2014 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 75.5% | 2016 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 28 | Oman | 73.9% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 71.5% | 2019 | up 25.9% | flat |
| 30 | Haiti | 66.6% | 2017 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 31 | Cameroon | 64.9% | 2018 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 63.5% | 2019 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 33 | Namibia | 62.5% | 2013 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 34 | Tanzania | 62.2% | 2017 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | Madagascar | 59.9% | 2021 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 58.5% | 2020 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 37 | India | 58.1% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 38 | Eritrea | 57.4% | 2010 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 56.8% | 2018 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 56.7% | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 54.8% | 2017 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Morocco | 53.5% | 2018 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Pakistan | 52.4% | 2019 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 52.1% | 2018 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 51.3% | 2016 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 46 | Mozambique | 51.0% | 2018 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 50.5% | 2020 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 48 | Rwanda | 47.2% | 2020 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 47.2% | 2015 | up 168.2% | rising |
| 50 | Mali | 43.3% | 2018 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 43.0% | 2019 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 52 | Niger | 37.3% | 2021 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 36.9% | 2019 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Guinea | 35.3% | 2018 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 55 | Chad | 31.0% | 2015 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 56 | Senegal | 29.2% | 2021 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 27.6% | 2020 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 58 | Yemen | 25.1% | 2013 | up 80.6% | rising |
About this data
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care, at least four times, are the percentage of women attended at least four times during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.