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DEFINITION:
Percentage of live births that are delivered through a cesarean section, more commonly referred to as a c-section.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Brazil | 50% | 2012 | ||
=2 | Mexico | 43% | 2012 | ||
=2 | Colombia | 43% | 2012 | ||
4 | Dominican Republic | 42% | 2012 | ||
=5 | Iran | 40% | 2012 | ||
=5 | Italy | 40% | 2012 | ||
7 | Turkey | 37% | 2012 | ||
8 | Uruguay | 34% | 2012 | ||
9 | Paraguay | 33% | 2012 | ||
=10 | Maldives | 32% | 2012 | ||
=10 | South Korea | 32% | 2012 | ||
=12 | Bulgaria | 31% | 2012 | ||
=12 | United States | 31% | 2012 | ||
=12 | Hungary | 31% | 2012 | ||
=12 | Australia | 31% | 2012 | ||
=12 | Portugal | 31% | 2012 | ||
17 | Switzerland | 30% | 2012 | ||
=18 | Germany | 29% | 2012 | ||
=18 | Luxembourg | 29% | 2012 | ||
20 | Egypt | 28% | 2012 | ||
21 | China | 27% | 2012 | ||
=22 | Spain | 26% | 2012 | ||
=22 | United Kingdom | 26% | 2012 | ||
=22 | Syria | 26% | 2012 | ||
=22 | Ecuador | 26% | 2012 | ||
=22 | Canada | 26% | 2012 | ||
=27 | Republic of Macedonia | 25% | 2012 | ||
=27 | El Salvador | 25% | 2012 | ||
=27 | Ireland | 25% | 2012 | ||
=27 | Serbia | 25% | 2012 | ||
=31 | Sri Lanka | 24% | 2012 | ||
=31 | Austria | 24% | 2012 | ||
=31 | Georgia | 24% | 2012 | ||
=31 | Thailand | 24% | 2012 | ||
=31 | Slovakia | 24% | 2012 | ||
=36 | Peru | 23% | 2012 | ||
=36 | New Zealand | 23% | 2012 | ||
38 | Belarus | 22% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Tunisia | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Poland | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Iraq | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | South Africa | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Mongolia | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Denmark | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | Costa Rica | 21% | 2012 | ||
=39 | France | 21% | 2012 | ||
=47 | Nicaragua | 20% | 2012 | ||
=47 | Vietnam | 20% | 2012 | ||
=47 | Czech Republic | 20% | 2012 | ||
=50 | Croatia | 19% | 2012 | ||
=50 | Romania | 19% | 2012 | ||
=50 | Albania | 19% | 2012 | ||
=50 | Bolivia | 19% | 2012 | ||
=50 | Jordan | 19% | 2012 | ||
55 | Belgium | 18% | 2012 | ||
=56 | Iceland | 17% | 2012 | ||
=56 | Bangladesh | 17% | 2012 | ||
=58 | Guatemala | 16% | 2012 | ||
=58 | Morocco | 16% | 2012 | ||
=58 | Finland | 16% | 2012 | ||
=58 | Norway | 16% | 2012 | ||
=62 | Jamaica | 15% | 2012 | ||
=62 | Indonesia | 15% | 2012 | ||
=62 | Palestine | 15% | 2012 | ||
=65 | Oman | 14% | 2012 | ||
=65 | Netherlands | 14% | 2012 | ||
=67 | Namibia | 13% | 2012 | ||
=67 | Honduras | 13% | 2012 | ||
=67 | Guyana | 13% | 2012 | ||
=67 | North Korea | 13% | 2012 | ||
=67 | Armenia | 13% | 2012 | ||
=67 | Samoa | 13% | 2012 | ||
=73 | Bhutan | 12% | 2012 | ||
=73 | Djibouti | 12% | 2012 | ||
=73 | Swaziland | 12% | 2012 | ||
=76 | Cape Verde | 11% | 2012 | ||
=76 | Ghana | 11% | 2012 | ||
=78 | Kiribati | 10% | 2012 | ||
=78 | Ukraine | 10% | 2012 | ||
=78 | Philippines | 10% | 2012 | ||
=81 | Marshall Islands | 9% | 2012 | ||
=81 | Togo | 9% | 2012 | ||
=81 | India | 9% | 2012 | ||
=81 | Yemen | 9% | 2012 | ||
=81 | Moldova | 9% | 2012 | ||
86 | Nauru | 8% | 2012 | ||
=87 | Lesotho | 7% | 2012 | ||
=87 | Pakistan | 7% | 2012 | ||
=87 | Sudan | 7% | 2012 | ||
=87 | Rwanda | 7% | 2012 | ||
=87 | Tuvalu | 7% | 2012 | ||
=92 | Solomon Islands | 6% | 2012 | ||
=92 | Kenya | 6% | 2012 | ||
=92 | Gabon | 6% | 2012 | ||
=92 | Senegal | 6% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Uganda | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Azerbaijan | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Zimbabwe | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Nepal | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Sierra Leone | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Central African Republic | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Malawi | 5% | 2012 | ||
=96 | Tanzania | 5% | 2012 | ||
=105 | Burundi | 4% | 2012 | ||
=105 | Benin | 4% | 2012 | ||
=105 | Afghanistan | 4% | 2012 | ||
=105 | Liberia | 4% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Zambia | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Gambia | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Haiti | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Eritrea | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Cambodia | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Mauritania | 3% | 2012 | ||
=109 | Turkmenistan | 3% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Mozambique | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Chad | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Mali | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Laos | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Nigeria | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Guinea | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Madagascar | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Burkina Faso | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Cameroon | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | Ethiopia | 2% | 2012 | ||
=117 | East Timor | 2% | 2012 | ||
=128 | South Sudan | 1% | 2012 | ||
=128 | Niger | 1% | 2012 |