Data for 2000

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000

Name: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000
Creator: UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)
License: https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/

Figures for 2000, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000 covers 141 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ethiopia is lowest, at 5.6. The middle country reads 96.8.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2000

Highest11 countries share it

100.0

LowestEthiopia

5.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

141countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
88distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000, as published. UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2000: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance).
derived
=1	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.0
=1	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	100.0
=1	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	100.0
=1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
=1	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.0
=1	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	100.0
=12	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	99.9
=12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.9
=12	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.9
=12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.9
=12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.9
=12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	99.9
=12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.9
=12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.9
=23	Chile`CHL`South America	99.8
=23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.8
=23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.8
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.8
=23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	99.8
=28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.7
=28	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.7
=30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.6
=30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.6
=32	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	99.5
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.5
=34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.4
=34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	99.4
=34	United States`USA`Northern America	99.4
=37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.3
=37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.3
=37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.3
=37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.3
=41	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.2
=41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.2
=43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.1
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	99.1
=43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.1
=46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	99.0
=46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.0
=46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.0
=46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	99.0
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.9
51	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.8
=52	Brazil`BRA`South America	98.6
=52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	98.6
=52	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.6
=55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.5
=55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.5
=57	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.3
=57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.3
=59	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.0
=59	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	98.0
=59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.0
=59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.0
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	97.9
=64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	97.7
=64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.7
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	97.6
67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.4
68	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	97.3
69	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	97.2
70	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.9
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	96.8
72	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	96.7
=73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.6
=73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	96.6
=73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.6
=73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	96.6
=77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	96.0
=77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.0
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.9
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	95.5
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	95.0
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	94.9
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	94.7
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	94.0
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	91.0
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	90.5
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	90.2
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	89.9
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.6
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.6
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	88.0
92	Colombia`COL`South America	86.1
=93	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	85.0
=93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	85.0
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	82.9
96	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	82.8
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	82.3
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	80.7
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	80.0
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	78.6
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	75.5
=102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.9
=102	Suriname`SUR`South America	70.9
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.7
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.3
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.4
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.2
108	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.6
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.8
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.8
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60.9
112	Peru`PER`South America	59.3
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	58.8
114	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.0
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.8
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.0
117	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	55.6
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.6
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.9
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.1
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47.0
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42.6
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	42.5
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.4
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.1
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.0
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.4
=128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	31.8
=128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.8
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31.7
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.3
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.3
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	25.2
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	23.8
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.3
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.7
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.7
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.7
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.1
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11.9
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.6

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Anguillashared100.0
1Dominicashared100.0
1Grenadashared100.0
1Saint Luciashared100.0
1Lithuaniashared100.0

Lowest

141Ethiopia5.6
140Nepal11.9
139Bangladesh12.1
138Chad13.7
137Niger15.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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

How values are stored

88 distinct values among 141
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 11 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 141 countries has every column.

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

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