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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff

24 years, 2000–2023 · 84 countries

This is the share of births attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife — close to a single measure of whether a health system reaches women at the moment they most need it. It pairs directly with under-five mortality, and the two rise and fall together.

This site holds every year from 2000 to 2023, read from UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Newest
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023
Held
24 years · 2,561 rows
Licence
CC BY 3.0 IGO

0124 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

2000bar height: countries covered, up to 1412023
Every year of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023Newest84+23 −31October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 202292+17 −24October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 202199+15 −14October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 202098+14 −26October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2019110+23 −24October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2018111+23 −12October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017100+16 −24October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016108+21 −18October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2015105+16 −31October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2014120+29 −17October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013108+19 −26October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2012115+25 −22October 2, 2026CSV
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YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2011112+21 −27October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010118+28 −19October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2009109+18 −16October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008107+19 −25October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007113+23 −37October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006127+36 −21October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2005112+26 −12October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 200498+24 −24October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 200398+25 −19October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 200292+22 −14October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 200184+10 −67October 2, 2026CSV
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000141—October 2, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: skilled-birth-attendance-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

023 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2023DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—840
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—840
Births attended by skilled health staff (%)skilled_birth_attendanceHeadlineThe headline figure: Births attended by skilled health staff (%).Number · up to 1 decimal60.9Yemen100.014 share itmiddle 99.3360

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

03193 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, by continent.
201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Africa1513201316101916912126
Americas383536383433333436363428
Asia282630222725282620191822
Europe292929272728272928282523
Oceania555544455435
All11510812010510810011111098999284

The newest 12 of 24 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2023
    + Afghanistan+ Azerbaijan+ Brunei+ Bhutan+ Germany+ France+ Croatia+ Indonesia+ Iran+ Jordan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Laos+ Mali+ Mongolia+ Mozambique+ Nauru+ Qatar+ Saudi Arabia+ Senegal+ Tajikistan+ Tunisia+ Vanuatu+ Yemen− Albania− United Arab Emirates− Austria− Burundi− Benin− Bulgaria− Chile− Comoros− Cabo Verde− Guatemala− Kenya− Cambodia− Lithuania− Mexico− Malaysia− Nigeria− Nicaragua− Nepal− Panama− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Romania− Eswatini− Seychelles− Thailand− Turkmenistan− Timor-Leste− Tanzania− Uganda− Uzbekistan− Vietnam
  • 2022
    + Benin+ Bangladesh+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Ghana+ Kenya+ Cambodia+ Nigeria+ Nepal+ Philippines+ Eswatini+ Thailand+ Timor-Leste+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Tanzania+ Uganda+ Uzbekistan− Burkina Faso− Brunei− Bhutan− Botswana− Côte d’Ivoire− Cyprus− Germany− Egypt− Fiji− France− Gabon− India− Ireland− Iraq− South Korea− Madagascar− Maldives− Mauritania− Namibia− Niger− Qatar− El Salvador− Suriname− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 2021
    + Burkina Faso+ Botswana+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Egypt+ Fiji+ Gabon+ India+ South Korea+ Madagascar+ Mauritania+ Malaysia+ Niger+ Suriname+ Turkmenistan+ Vietnam− Afghanistan− Azerbaijan− Gambia− Kyrgyzstan− Liberia− Malawi− Pakistan− Palestine− Rwanda− South Sudan− Turks and Caicos Islands− Tuvalu− Uzbekistan− Samoa
  • 2020
    + Afghanistan+ Albania+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Gambia+ Kyrgyzstan+ Liberia+ Malawi+ Nicaragua+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ South Sudan+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Tuvalu+ Samoa− Bangladesh− Botswana− Central African Republic− Algeria− Ethiopia− Guinea-Bissau− Honduras− Croatia− Indonesia− Kiribati− Laos− Luxembourg− Nepal− Saudi Arabia− Senegal− Sierra Leone− Somalia− São Tomé and Príncipe− Chad− Thailand− Tajikistan− Turkmenistan− Tonga− Türkiye− Zambia− Zimbabwe
  • 2019
    + Belarus+ Central African Republic+ Dominican Republic+ Algeria+ Ethiopia+ Guinea-Bissau+ Honduras+ Croatia+ Haiti+ Israel+ Kiribati+ Luxembourg+ Nepal+ Sierra Leone+ Somalia+ Serbia+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Seychelles+ Chad+ Thailand+ Turkmenistan+ Tonga+ Zimbabwe− Afghanistan− Albania− Benin− Cameroon− DR Congo− Cabo Verde− Ghana− Guinea− Gambia− Jordan− Kazakhstan− Kyrgyzstan− Lesotho− Morocco− Madagascar− Mali− Montenegro− Mongolia− Malaysia− Nigeria− Papua New Guinea− Suriname− Tunisia− Venezuela
  • 2018
    + Albania+ United Arab Emirates+ Benin+ Bahamas+ Barbados+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Guinea+ Gambia+ Jordan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Lesotho+ Morocco+ Madagascar+ Mali+ Montenegro+ Mongolia+ Pakistan+ Papua New Guinea+ Suriname+ Tunisia+ Zambia− Andorra− Antigua and Barbuda− Czechia− Croatia− Haiti− Marshall Islands− Nicaragua− Philippines− North Korea− Sierra Leone− Togo− Trinidad and Tobago
  • 2017
    + Afghanistan+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Czechia+ Ghana+ Haiti+ Iraq+ Laos+ Saint Lucia+ Maldives+ Marshall Islands+ Nigeria+ Philippines+ North Korea+ Sierra Leone+ Togo+ Türkiye− Angola− Armenia− Bahamas− Barbados− China− Côte d’Ivoire− Dominican Republic− Ethiopia− Fiji− Guinea− Honduras− India− Kenya− Sri Lanka− Myanmar− Malawi− Niger− Nepal− Thailand− Turkmenistan− Timor-Leste− Tanzania− Uganda− South Africa
  • 2016
    + Angola+ Armenia+ Burundi+ Bangladesh+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Ethiopia+ Guinea+ Indonesia+ India+ Kenya+ Sri Lanka+ Myanmar+ Malawi+ Namibia+ Nepal+ Thailand+ Turkmenistan+ Timor-Leste+ Tanzania+ Uganda+ South Africa− Afghanistan− United Arab Emirates− Antigua and Barbuda− Burkina Faso− Republic of the Congo− Saint Kitts and Nevis− South Korea− Saint Lucia− Mali− Mozambique− Mauritania− Pakistan− Rwanda− Solomon Islands− Suriname− Chad− Türkiye− Zimbabwe

Not in this dataset · 32 places this site covers

UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

American SamoaArubaBelgiumBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsChannel IslandsCuraçaoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGibraltarGreenlandGuamHong KongIsle of ManKosovoLiechtensteinMacauMonacoNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsSaint MartinSan MarinoSint MaartenSomalilandSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanUnited KingdomUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)

    data.unicef.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    Joint UNICEF-WHO Database on Skilled Birth Attendance — 2023

    .MNCH_SAB

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    October 2, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    24 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as skilled-birth-attendance-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/skilled-birth-attendance

Precision

The headline is stored to 1 decimal, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

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.

From the Joint UNICEF-WHO Database on Skilled Birth Attendance, read from UNICEF’s own data warehouse. Survey and registration readings, so the country set changes from year to year: a country missing from an edition did not report that year, and its care did not lapse.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked October 2, 2026

CC BY 3.0 IGO

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

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

A credit line

Source: UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance

The publisher’s own citation: UNICEF and WHO. Joint UNICEF-WHO Database on Skilled Birth Attendance. New York: UNICEF. Read from UNICEF’s SDMX data warehouse (MNCH_SAB).

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: questions and answers

What is the Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff?

This is the share of births attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife — close to a single measure of whether a health system reaches women at the moment they most need it. It pairs directly with under-five mortality, and the two rise and fall together.

Which years of the Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff can I download?

All 24, from 2000 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) rank countries on it?

No. UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 3.0 IGO, with credit to UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance). The licence text is linked on this page.

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