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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
Date
= 1
Kuwait :
100 %
2002
= 1
Qatar :
100 %
2002
= 1
American Samoa :
100 %
2002
= 1
Netherlands :
100 %
1998
= 1
Austria :
100 %
1993
= 1
Japan :
100 %
1996
= 1
Barbados :
100 %
2003
= 1
Lithuania :
100 %
2002
= 1
Belgium :
100 %
1987
= 1
New Zealand :
100 %
1995
= 1
Cayman Islands :
100 %
2004
= 1
Hong Kong :
100 %
2002
= 1
Denmark :
100 %
1987
= 1
Korea, South :
100 %
2000
= 1
Dominica :
100 %
2003
= 1
Latvia :
100 %
2002
= 1
Ireland :
100 %
2003
= 1
Macau :
100 %
2003
= 1
Grenada :
100 %
2003
= 1
Norway :
100 %
1988
= 1
Germany :
100 %
1986
= 1
Palau :
100 %
2002
= 1
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
100 %
2004
= 1
Sweden :
100 %
1987
= 1
Ukraine :
100 %
2002
= 1
Singapore :
100 %
2003
= 1
United Arab Emirates :
100 %
2003
= 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
100 %
2004
= 1
Samoa :
100 %
2003
= 1
Antigua and Barbuda :
100 %
2004
= 31
Czech Republic :
99.9 %
2002
= 31
Luxembourg :
99.9 %
2003
= 31
Belarus :
99.9 %
2004
= 31
Finland :
99.9 %
2003
= 31
Cuba :
99.9 %
2005
= 31
Croatia :
99.9 %
2004
= 37
Slovenia :
99.8 %
2002
= 37
Poland :
99.8 %
2002
= 37
Chile :
99.8 %
2004
= 37
Puerto Rico :
99.8 %
2003
= 41
Brunei :
99.7 %
2005
= 41
Portugal :
99.7 %
2000
= 43
Hungary :
99.6 %
2002
= 43
Northern Mariana Islands :
99.6 %
2000
= 43
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
99.6 %
2000
= 43
Estonia :
99.6 %
2002
= 47
Moldova :
99.5 %
2005
= 47
Jordan :
99.5 %
2002
= 49
Slovakia :
99.4 %
2002
= 49
Uruguay :
99.4 %
2002
= 49
Guam :
99.4 %
2001
= 52
Thailand :
99.3 %
2000
= 52
Russia :
99.3 %
2002
= 52
Australia :
99.3 %
2000
= 55
Bulgaria :
99.2 %
2002
= 55
Mauritius :
99.2 %
2004
# 57
Kazakhstan :
99.1 %
1999
= 58
Kyrgyzstan :
99 %
2003
= 58
France :
99 %
1993
= 58
Saint Lucia :
99 %
2003
= 58
United States :
99 %
2001
= 58
Fiji :
99 %
2000
= 58
Israel :
99 %
1987
= 58
French Polynesia :
99 %
1999
= 58
Macedonia, Republic of :
99 %
2004
= 58
Bahrain :
99 %
2003
= 58
United Kingdom :
99 %
1998
= 58
Bahamas, The :
99 %
2003
# 69
Romania :
98.9 %
2004
# 70
Dominican Republic :
98.7 %
2002
# 71
Costa Rica :
98.5 %
2004
# 72
Armenia :
98.4 %
2005
= 73
Virgin Islands :
98.3 %
2002
= 73
Canada :
98.3 %
2001
= 75
Albania :
98 %
2002
= 75
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
= 81
Mongolia :
97 %
2003
# 83
Brazil :
96.7 %
2002
# 84
Colombia :
96.4 %
2005
= 85
Sri Lanka :
96 %
2000
= 85
Aruba :
96 %
2002
= 85
Trinidad and Tobago :
96 %
2000
# 88
Algeria :
95.9 %
2002
# 89
Uzbekistan :
95.6 %
2000
= 90
Venezuela :
95 %
2003
= 90
Argentina :
95 %
2005
= 90
Marshall Islands :
95 %
2002
# 93
Oman :
94.7 %
2000
# 94
Libya :
94.4 %
1995
# 95
Botswana :
94.2 %
2000
= 96
Lebanon :
93 %
2001
= 96
Saudi Arabia :
93 %
2002
# 98
Panama :
92.5 %
2003
= 99
Georgia :
92.4 %
2005
= 99
El Salvador :
92.4 %
2003
# 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
= 109
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
Belize :
83.3 %
1999
= 118
Mexico :
83.3 %
2004
# 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
# 130
Iraq :
72.1 %
2000
# 131
Indonesia :
71.5 %
2004
# 132
Tajikistan :
71.1 %
2000
# 133
Maldives :
70.3 %
2001
# 134
Syria :
70 %
2002
# 135
Côte d'Ivoire :
68 %
2004
# 136
Nicaragua :
66.9 %
2001
# 137
Bolivia :
66.8 %
2003
# 138
Equatorial Guinea :
64.6 %
2000
# 139
Morocco :
62.6 %
2004
= 140
Cameroon :
61.8 %
2004
= 140
Comoros :
61.8 %
2000
# 142
Togo :
60.8 %
2003
# 143
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
60.7 %
2001
# 144
Djibouti :
60.6 %
2003
# 145
Philippines :
59.8 %
2003
# 146
Senegal :
58 %
2002
# 147
Burma :
57 %
2001
# 148
Mauritania :
56.9 %
2001
# 149
Malawi :
56.1 %
2004
# 150
Honduras :
55.7 %
2001
# 151
Guinea :
55.5 %
2003
# 152
Lesotho :
55.4 %
2004
# 153
Gambia, The :
54.7 %
2000
# 154
Madagascar :
51.3 %
2004
= 155
Bhutan :
50.9 %
2005
= 155
Liberia :
50.9 %
2000
# 157
Mozambique :
47.7 %
2003
# 158
Ghana :
47.1 %
2003
# 159
Angola :
44.7 %
2001
# 160
Central African Republic :
44.1 %
2000
# 161
Cambodia :
43.8 %
2005
= 162
Zambia :
43.4 %
2002
= 162
Tanzania :
43.4 %
2005
# 164
India :
42.5 %
2000
# 165
Sierra Leone :
41.7 %
2000
# 166
Kenya :
41.6 %
2003
# 167
Guatemala :
41.4 %
2002
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
41 %
2000
# 169
Mali :
40.6 %
2001
# 170
Uganda :
39 %
2001
# 171
Rwanda :
38.6 %
2005
# 172
Burkina Faso :
37.8 %
2003
# 173
Nigeria :
35.2 %
2003
# 174
Guinea-Bissau :
34.7 %
2000
# 175
Pakistan :
31 %
2005
# 176
Eritrea :
28.3 %
2002
# 177
Yemen :
26.8 %
2003
# 178
Burundi :
25.2 %
2000
# 179
Somalia :
24.8 %
2002
# 180
Haiti :
23.8 %
2000
# 181
Laos :
19.4 %
2001
# 182
East Timor :
18.4 %
2003
# 183
Niger :
15.7 %
2000
# 184
Nepal :
15 %
2004
# 185
Chad :
14.4 %
2004
# 186
Afghanistan :
14.3 %
2003
# 187
Bangladesh :
13.2 %
2004
# 188
Ethiopia :
5.7 %
2005
Weighted average:
79.5 %
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.
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