Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) by country
Countries reporting
178
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
40.3%
Central African Republic
Median
98.5%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,639
What the numbers show
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 40.3% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.5%, and the mean is 92.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 398.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 12.1%).
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 100.0% | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 100.0% | 2009 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | China | 99.9% | 2016 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 99.9% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 99.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Estonia | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Italy | 99.9% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Jordan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Libya | 99.9% | 2013 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 18 | Maldives | 99.9% | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 99.9% | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Armenia | 99.8% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 33 | Botswana | 99.8% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Cuba | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Czechia | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Fiji | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Japan | 99.8% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Korea | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Malta | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Mauritius | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Malaysia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Slovenia | 99.8% | 2012 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Seychelles | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Bahamas | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Greece | 99.7% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Russian Federation | 99.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | Russian Federation | 99.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | State of Palestine | 99.7% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Republic of Moldova | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Poland | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 99.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 99.6% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Republic of Moldova | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Finland | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Ireland | 99.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 64 | Israel | 99.5% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Palau | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Singapore | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 69 | Bahrain | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Chile | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 72 | Argentina | 99.3% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 72 | Bermuda | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | Barbados | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Norway | 99.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 99.0% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 99.0% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Jamaica | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Montenegro | 98.8% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 81 | United States of America | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Austria | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 84 | Hungary | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Cambodia | 98.7% | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 98.7% | 2018 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 98.6% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 88 | Australia and New Zealand | 98.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 90 | Australia | 98.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 90 | Bhutan | 98.5% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 90 | Latvia | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Brazil | 98.4% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Romania | 98.4% | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 93 | Cabo Verde | 98.4% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 96 | Tonga | 98.3% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 97 | Paraguay | 98.2% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 98.1% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 99 | Guyana | 98.0% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 98.0% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 98.0% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 98.0% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 103 | Canada | 97.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Colombia | 97.8% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 105 | France | 97.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 105 | Iceland | 97.6% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 97.6% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 108 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 97.5% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 109 | Ecuador | 97.2% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovakia | 97.2% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 111 | Egypt | 97.1% | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 111 | Micronesia | 97.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 113 | Türkiye | 97.0% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 113 | Türkiye | 97.0% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 115 | Denmark | 96.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 116 | Indonesia | 96.8% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.8% | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 96.6% | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 119 | Germany | 96.4% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 120 | Malawi | 96.3% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 120 | Namibia | 96.3% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 120 | New Zealand | 96.3% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 123 | Guatemala | 96.0% | 2022 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 123 | Iraq | 96.0% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 95.8% | 2021 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 95.7% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 127 | Belize | 94.9% | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 127 | Polynesia | 94.9% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 129 | Peru | 94.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 94.2% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 130 | Rwanda | 94.2% | 2020 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 132 | Honduras | 94.1% | 2019 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 133 | Zambia | 93.9% | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 134 | Senegal | 93.5% | 2023 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 135 | Eswatini | 93.4% | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 92.4% | 2017 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 137 | Kiribati | 91.9% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 90.9% | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 139 | Philippines | 89.6% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 140 | India | 89.4% | 2021 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 141 | Kenya | 89.3% | 2022 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 142 | Lesotho | 88.8% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 143 | Uganda | 88.4% | 2022 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 144 | Ghana | 87.6% | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 145 | Mexico | 87.5% | 2022 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 86.9% | 2019 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 147 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 85.0% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 147 | United Republic of Tanzania | 85.0% | 2022 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 84.6% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 150 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.1% | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 150 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.1% | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 152 | Gambia | 83.8% | 2020 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 153 | Benin | 80.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 154 | Nepal | 80.1% | 2022 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 79.8% | 2023 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 79.8% | 2023 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Melanesia | 78.5% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 158 | Haiti | 75.6% | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 159 | Burundi | 75.2% | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 160 | Mauritania | 70.4% | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 69.7% | 2023 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Togo | 69.4% | 2017 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 163 | Cameroon | 69.0% | 2018 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 68.5% | 2022 | up 133.8% | rising |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 68.5% | 2022 | up 133.8% | rising |
| 166 | Pakistan | 68.0% | 2020 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 67.5% | 2023 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 167 | Mozambique | 67.5% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 169 | Mali | 65.5% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 170 | Yemen | 60.9% | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea | 55.3% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.8% | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 49.8% | 2019 | up 398.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Chad | 47.2% | 2019 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Madagascar | 45.8% | 2021 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 176 | Nigeria | 45.7% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 177 | Niger | 43.7% | 2021 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 40.3% | 2019 | down 7.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 99.9%
- Southern Europe 99.8%
- Central Asia 99.6%
- Eastern Europe 99.5%
- Northern Europe 99.3%
- Europe 99.0%
- Europe and Northern America 98.9%
- United States of America 98.8%
- Northern America 98.7%
- South America 98.2%
- Western Europe 97.6%
- Southern Africa 97.6%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 97.2%
- Americas 97.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 96.3%
- Northern Africa 94.9%
- South-Eastern Asia 94.5%
- Central America 93.7%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 93.4%
- Asia 92.3%
- Western Asia 92.0%
- Caribbean 90.5%
- Central and Southern Asia 89.8%
- Oceania 89.6%
- Southern Asia 89.3%
- World 87.2%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 86.7%
- Middle Africa 79.9%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 79.3%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 76.6%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 76.0%
- Africa 75.8%
- Eastern Africa 75.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 73.1%
- Western Africa 64.5%