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 (%)

1990200020052010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Australia99.399.499.199.199.299.099.898.898.899.498.798.896.0
Brunei Darussalam99.299.799.899.799.899.799.9100.0100.099.899.899.699.799.6
Cambodia31.843.871.071.074.089.098.7
China94.096.697.599.699.799.899.999.999.999.9
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.96.799.5
Fiji95.396.997.299.799.699.398.899.799.999.899.8
Indonesia40.766.982.283.187.492.690.993.694.7
Japan99.999.899.899.899.899.899.899.999.899.999.999.999.999.8
Kiribati60.085.063.098.391.9
Korea, Rep.98.099.999.8100.0
Lao PDR16.714.637.040.164.4
Malaysia92.896.698.198.698.698.798.899.099.499.599.699.699.6
Marshall Islands90.090.192.4
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.82.882.7
Mongolia96.699.298.898.998.999.3
Myanmar70.660.2
New Zealand97.396.696.896.796.896.796.796.396.596.696.496.5
Palau100.0100.099.6100.097.499.1100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.097.2
Papua New Guinea41.056.4
Philippines58.072.272.884.4
Samoa76.080.082.588.9
Singapore99.799.799.799.799.799.699.799.799.799.699.699.699.699.6
Solomon Islands85.086.2
Thailand99.399.699.699.199.1
Timor-Leste29.356.7
Tonga94.095.096.199.095.598.3
Tuvalu95.0100.099.5
Vanuatu79.088.092.089.4
Vietnam58.891.993.896.1
Albania93.099.199.899.8
Andorra100.0100.0100.0
Armenia99.796.897.899.5100.0100.0100.0100.099.8
Austria98.398.698.598.698.598.598.598.598.498.498.498.498.1
Azerbaijan97.380.794.499.497.299.899.999.999.899.899.899.499.999.999.9
Belarus99.999.9100.099.999.8100.099.899.899.999.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina97.098.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.9
Bulgaria99.199.899.499.599.799.793.495.193.993.092.394.694.5
Croatia99.899.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.9
Cyprus100.097.999.398.698.398.799.997.497.195.696.098.399.3
Czechia100.099.899.899.799.999.999.899.899.8
Denmark98.898.898.598.598.296.395.995.494.495.195.3
Estonia99.699.799.899.799.899.799.799.799.799.599.699.799.6
Finland98.899.999.999.899.899.899.799.799.799.699.699.699.599.699.5
France97.997.596.297.198.398.397.797.498.098.197.698.2
Georgia96.695.598.399.699.899.899.999.999.999.999.999.899.899.899.8
Germany98.698.296.896.997.096.996.997.196.297.196.296.2
Greece99.899.9100.0100.0100.099.999.999.999.999.999.999.9
Hungary99.499.599.699.199.099.099.199.299.699.799.7
Iceland100.099.399.098.297.997.898.197.898.297.998.098.298.397.4
Ireland99.699.799.899.899.899.899.799.799.799.7
Italy99.899.899.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.899.8
Kazakhstan99.098.399.499.499.9100.0100.0100.099.499.999.999.9
Kyrgyz Republic98.998.697.998.398.699.199.098.499.8100.0
Latvia100.0100.0100.098.898.698.698.498.199.999.999.9
Lithuania100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
North Macedonia88.997.799.199.989.199.999.999.999.999.999.999.9100.0100.0100.0
Moldova100.098.099.599.299.499.299.899.799.799.799.799.799.799.699.6
Montenegro99.199.099.098.8
Norway99.499.099.299.199.299.299.199.199.199.199.299.299.399.299.2
Poland97.899.499.399.999.999.999.999.999.999.899.899.899.899.799.6
Portugal99.799.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.999.998.6
Romania99.899.098.199.599.499.596.695.494.395.093.593.191.593.0
Russian Federation99.299.299.499.799.799.799.799.799.799.799.799.799.799.6
Serbia98.099.799.799.099.099.998.499.9
Slovak Republic100.0100.099.599.299.099.598.698.397.098.198.898.098.398.298.0
Slovenia99.999.999.999.999.999.8
Spain99.999.999.999.9
Tajikistan70.782.487.789.087.490.890.398.094.8
Turkiye97.497.499.098.099.297.0
Turkmenistan97.299.7100.0100.0
Ukraine99.999.999.899.999.999.099.999.9
Uzbekistan94.9100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.099.0
Antigua and Barbuda99.999.9100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.099.0
Argentina96.999.199.195.097.198.297.099.699.698.493.999.599.698.8
Barbados98.0100.0100.098.998.699.899.099.199.098.098.4
Belize90.289.394.096.293.793.093.193.596.895.394.895.394.6
Bolivia67.384.082.184.283.988.889.899.571.581.1
Brazil98.698.698.999.099.098.098.498.298.698.798.898.498.4
Chile99.899.899.899.999.899.899.899.799.799.899.899.8
Colombia80.686.190.794.899.298.798.798.999.095.999.398.498.8
Costa Rica96.698.595.398.498.999.099.290.098.898.798.599.0
Cuba99.899.999.999.999.999.999.999.499.999.999.999.9100.0
Dominica100.099.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Dominican Republic97.697.898.798.898.698.699.699.899.899.799.2
Ecuador70.978.587.489.791.793.394.794.294.195.695.997.299.4
El Salvador87.298.099.099.599.898.099.999.999.999.9
Grenada100.0100.0100.099.099.099.099.099.3100.0
Guatemala41.452.358.762.867.065.569.869.6
Guyana82.996.797.398.385.795.894.396.795.195.097.6
Haiti23.826.137.348.641.6
Honduras82.872.079.074.094.1
Jamaica95.996.795.399.199.599.799.799.799.799.799.7
Mexico83.888.691.194.595.399.696.195.697.798.096.6
Nicaragua78.688.089.787.092.493.494.094.194.1
Panama90.591.192.793.594.391.493.996.394.694.292.995.0
Paraguay66.085.087.595.695.895.796.896.496.395.597.397.792.2
Peru59.383.885.086.789.190.091.692.493.693.794.495.794.9
St. Kitts and Nevis99.4100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
St. Lucia100.0100.098.598.799.199.1100.0100.0100.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines100.0100.098.398.899.299.099.998.798.6
Suriname70.990.090.098.4
Bahamas, The99.099.098.799.199.198.998.698.998.099.099.099.0
Trinidad and Tobago96.098.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Uruguay99.499.799.999.899.599.998.299.999.9100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Venezuela, RB94.098.196.099.299.599.399.399.198.7
Algeria92.096.698.8
Bahrain97.797.599.399.699.899.899.899.999.799.999.699.6
Djibouti87.4
Egypt, Arab Rep.60.974.291.597.1
Iran, Islamic Rep.89.697.396.498.598.898.899.0
Iraq65.290.970.495.6
Jordan87.399.699.7
Kuwait98.698.698.898.898.798.799.999.999.999.999.9
Lebanon99.9
Libya99.999.999.999.9
Malta99.799.899.899.599.999.999.899.899.799.799.799.999.8
Morocco74.173.686.6
Oman94.798.098.698.698.698.699.198.798.798.798.698.699.9
Qatar100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.099.999.9100.0100.0100.0100.0
Saudi Arabia88.091.096.097.098.098.098.099.799.494.8
Tunisia89.973.699.5
United Arab Emirates99.199.999.999.999.2
Yemen, Rep.34.444.7
Canada99.398.898.598.498.198.097.997.997.897.998.098.098.0
United States99.299.499.499.499.399.399.298.599.199.199.199.199.099.1
Afghanistan12.434.338.639.945.250.553.458.861.8
Bangladesh12.126.531.736.542.149.867.852.759.0
Bhutan27.352.364.570.074.689.089.089.089.096.496.296.399.398.9
India42.581.481.489.4
Maldives91.698.298.895.595.695.699.5
Nepal11.936.055.658.058.077.2
Pakistan31.043.051.052.159.069.373.768.0
Sri Lanka96.0100.099.5
Angola49.6
Benin75.080.977.278.1
Botswana98.594.099.199.899.899.999.599.799.799.8
Burkina Faso65.979.8
Burundi25.231.860.378.477.679.186.298.687.476.5
Cabo Verde77.598.598.792.395.691.492.692.497.3
Cameroon56.056.164.769.0
Central African Republic31.740.040.3
Chad13.716.624.347.2
Comoros61.882.2
Congo, Rep.83.492.591.2
Cote d'Ivoire62.855.159.473.684.0
Congo, Dem. Rep.74.180.185.2
Equatorial Guinea64.668.3
Eritrea34.1
Ethiopia5.65.710.023.115.527.749.8
Gabon82.689.3
Ghana67.270.878.178.9
Guinea38.045.362.755.3
Guinea-Bissau31.843.045.053.8
Kenya42.661.870.2
Lesotho48.155.477.986.6
Liberia50.961.184.4
Madagascar47.044.346.145.8
Malawi55.656.171.487.489.896.4
Mali28.158.643.767.3
Mauritania65.169.370.4
Mauritius91.199.799.299.599.599.699.799.799.899.799.899.899.899.799.7
Mozambique54.373.0
Namibia75.588.2
Niger15.729.339.739.143.7
Nigeria32.047.335.243.043.350.7
Rwanda31.338.669.069.090.794.2
Sao Tome and Principe78.692.596.8
Senegal57.851.965.150.559.153.258.668.474.274.5
Seychelles98.099.099.099.099.099.098.899.5
Sierra Leone37.140.060.859.781.686.9
Somalia19.331.9
South Africa96.7
South Sudan19.439.7
Sudan68.572.577.7
Eswatini65.482.088.3
Tanzania43.448.961.463.5
Gambia, The44.151.656.157.282.783.8
Togo35.443.944.669.4
Uganda36.057.474.2
Zambia63.380.480.4
Zimbabwe66.280.078.186.0