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.

Births attended by skilled health staff as a share of total number of births (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Burundi25.231.860.378.477.679.186.298.687.476.5
Liberia50.961.184.4
Solomon Islands85.086.2
Haiti23.826.137.348.641.6
Guinea38.045.362.755.3
Togo35.443.944.669.4
Papua New Guinea41.056.4
Yemen, Rep.34.444.7
Cote d'Ivoire62.855.159.473.684.0
Guinea-Bissau31.843.045.053.8
Central African Republic31.740.040.3
Comoros61.882.2
Timor-Leste29.356.7
Afghanistan12.434.338.639.945.250.553.458.861.8
Chad13.716.624.347.2
Somalia19.331.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.74.180.185.2
Sao Tome and Principe78.692.596.8
Sierra Leone37.140.060.859.781.686.9
South Sudan19.439.7