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Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2025; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation covers 166 countries. Egypt is highest, at 72.2; Chad is lowest, at 1.1. The middle country reads 18.9. 50 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Caesarean Section Rate · Latest available · compiled 2025

HighestEgypt

72.2

LowestChad

1.1

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 166 countries · select a heading to sort

Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation: every country, as published by UNICEF.
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa · 2021 reading202172.2
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2019 reading201962.9
BrazilBRASouth America · 2019 reading201956.4
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean · 2020 reading202055.2
VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2013 reading, too old to compare201352.4
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2025 reading202552.0
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2018 reading201851.5
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2021 reading202150.7
IranIRNSouthern Asia · 2016 reading201650.1
ChileCHLSouth America · 2012 reading, too old to compare201249.6
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2024 reading202447.6
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2023 reading202347.1
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2018 reading201846.9
ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2020 reading202046.8
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa · 2023 reading202344.0
JordanJORWestern Asia · 2023 reading202342.8
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa · 2025 reading202542.1
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2013 reading, too old to compare201341.0
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2022 reading202240.9
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2015 reading201540.7
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2020 reading202040.6
BelizeBLZCentral America · 2024 reading202440.2
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia · 2017 reading201740.0
ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2007 reading, too old to compare200739.7
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2019 reading201938.3

02In Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. Egypt72.2
  2. Dominican Republic62.9
  3. Brazil56.4
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands55.2
  5. Bangladesh52.0

Lowest

  1. Chad1.1
  2. Niger1.3
  3. Somalia1.7
  4. Central African Republic2.2
  5. Madagascar2.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2025, from 2006 to 2025. 50 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 137 distinct values among 166

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 31.2. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UNICEF (2025). Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/caesarean-section/2025

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06Questions

Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest caesarean section rate in Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation?

Egypt, at 72.2, of the 166 countries in the file.

How many countries does Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation cover?

166.

Where can I download Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Caesarean Section Rate, 2025 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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