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DEFINITION
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.
Health Statistics > Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Sweden :
100 %
1987 ...
#2
Grenada :
100 %
2003 ...
#3
Palau :
100 %
2002 ...
#4
Austria :
100 %
1993 ...
#5
Qatar :
100 %
2002 ...
#6
Cayman Islands :
100 %
2004 ...
#7
Lithuania :
100 %
2002 ...
#8
Germany :
100 %
1986 ...
#9
Hong Kong :
100 %
2002 ...
#10
Japan :
100 %
1996 ...
#11
Latvia :
100 %
2002 ...
#12
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
100 %
2004 ...
#13
American Samoa :
100 %
2002 ...
#14
Denmark :
100 %
1987 ...
#15
Kuwait :
100 %
2002 ...
#16
Belgium :
100 %
1987 ...
#17
Ukraine :
100 %
2002 ...
#18
Netherlands :
100 %
1998 ...
#19
Antigua and Barbuda :
100 %
2004 ...
#20
New Zealand :
100 %
1995 ...
#21
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
100 %
2004 ...
#22
Norway :
100 %
1988 ...
#23
Macau :
100 %
2003 ...
#24
Ireland :
100 %
2003 ...
#25
Dominica :
100 %
2003 ...
#26
Barbados :
100 %
2003 ...
#27
Samoa :
100 %
2003 ...
#28
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2003 ...
#29
Singapore :
100 %
2003 ...
#30
Korea, South :
100 %
2000 ...
#31
Croatia :
99.9 %
2004 ...
#32
Luxembourg :
99.9 %
2003 ...
#33
Czech Republic :
99.9 %
2002 ...
#34
Cuba :
99.9 %
2005 ...
#35
Belarus :
99.9 %
2004 ...
#36
Finland :
99.9 %
2003 ...
#37
Puerto Rico :
99.8 %
2003 ...
#38
Slovenia :
99.8 %
2002 ...
#39
Poland :
99.8 %
2002 ...
#40
Chile :
99.8 %
2004 ...
#41
Portugal :
99.7 %
2000 ...
#42
Brunei :
99.7 %
2005 ...
#43
Hungary :
99.6 %
2002 ...
#44
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.6 %
2000 ...
#45
Northern Mariana Islands :
99.6 %
2000 ...
#46
Estonia :
99.6 %
2002 ...
#47
Moldova :
99.5 %
2005 ...
#48
Jordan :
99.5 %
2002 ...
#49
Uruguay :
99.4 %
2002 ...
#50
Guam :
99.4 %
2001 ...
#51
Slovakia :
99.4 %
2002 ...
#52
Russia :
99.3 %
2002 ...
#53
Thailand :
99.3 %
2000 ...
#54
Australia :
99.3 %
2000 ...
#55
Bulgaria :
99.2 %
2002 ...
#56
Mauritius :
99.2 %
2004 ...
#57
Kazakhstan :
99.1 %
1999 ...
#58
French Polynesia :
99 %
1999 ...
#59
United States :
99 %
2001 ...
#60
Bahamas, The :
99 %
2003 ...
#61
Saint Lucia :
99 %
2003 ...
#62
Israel :
99 %
1987 ...
#63
France :
99 %
1993 ...
#64
United Kingdom :
99 %
1998 ...
#65
Kyrgyzstan :
99 %
2003 ...
#66
Fiji :
99 %
2000 ...
#67
Bahrain :
99 %
2003 ...
#68
Macedonia, Republic of :
99 %
2004 ...
#69
Romania :
98.9 %
2004 ...
#70
Dominican Republic :
98.7 %
2002 ...
#71
Costa Rica :
98.5 %
2004 ...
#72
Armenia :
98.4 %
2005 ...
#73
Canada :
98.3 %
2001 ...
#74
Virgin Islands :
98.3 %
2002 ...
#75
Albania :
98 %
2002 ...
#76
Malta :
98 %
1993 ...
#77
Malaysia :
97.4 %
2003 ...
#78
China :
97.3 %
2004 ...
#79
Turkmenistan :
97.2 %
2000 ...
#80
Korea, North :
97.1 %
2004 ...
#81
Jamaica :
97 %
2003 ...
#82
Mongolia :
97 %
2003 ...
#83
Brazil :
96.7 %
2002 ...
#84
Colombia :
96.4 %
2005 ...
#85
Sri Lanka :
96 %
2000 ...
#86
Trinidad and Tobago :
96 %
2000 ...
#87
Aruba :
96 %
2002 ...
#88
Algeria :
95.9 %
2002 ...
#89
Uzbekistan :
95.6 %
2000 ...
#90
Venezuela :
95 %
2003 ...
#91
Marshall Islands :
95 %
2002 ...
#92
Argentina :
95 %
2005 ...
#93
Oman :
94.7 %
2000 ...
#94
Libya :
94.4 %
1995 ...
#95
Botswana :
94.2 %
2000 ...
#96
Saudi Arabia :
93 %
2002 ...
#97
Lebanon :
93 %
2001 ...
#98
Panama :
92.5 %
2003 ...
#99
El Salvador :
92.4 %
2003 ...
#100
Georgia :
92.4 %
2005 ...
#101
Serbia and Montenegro :
92.1 %
2002 ...
#102
South Africa :
92 %
2003 ...
#103
Tonga :
91.3 %
2002 ...
#104
Vietnam :
90 %
2004 ...
#105
Tunisia :
89.9 %
2000 ...
#106
Iran :
89.6 %
2000 ...
#107
Kiribati :
88.9 %
2002 ...
#108
Cape Verde :
88.5 %
1998 ...
#109
Azerbaijan :
88 %
2001 ...
#110
Vanuatu :
88 %
2003 ...
#111
Micronesia, Federated States of :
87.7 %
2001 ...
#112
Sudan :
87 %
2000 ...
#113
Congo, Republic of the :
86.2 %
2005 ...
#114
Guyana :
85.6 %
2000 ...
#115
Gabon :
85.5 %
2000 ...
#116
Solomon Islands :
85 %
1999 ...
#117
Suriname :
84.5 %
2000 ...
#118
Mexico :
83.3 %
2004 ...
#119
Belize :
83.3 %
1999 ...
#120
Turkey :
83 %
2003 ...
#121
Paraguay :
77.1 %
2004 ...
#122
São Tomé and Príncipe :
76.4 %
2003 ...
#123
Namibia :
75.5 %
2000 ...
#124
Benin :
75 %
2005 ...
#125
Ecuador :
74.7 %
2004 ...
#126
Egypt :
74.2 %
2005 ...
#127
Swaziland :
74 %
2002 ...
#128
Peru :
73.4 %
2004 ...
#129
Zimbabwe :
72.5 %
1999 ...