Data for 2002
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002
Figures for 2002, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002 covers 92 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Pakistan is lowest, at 23.0. The middle country reads 99.1. Against 2001, 43 values changed (31 up, 12 down), 22 countries joined, 14 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2002
Highest13 countries share it
100.0LowestPakistan
23.0Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002, 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.
Showing 25 of 92 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRBCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | GRCSouthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | MSRCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | NIUPolynesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | PLWMicronesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | PRICaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | VCTCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | TUVPolynesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =14 | BLREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =14 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | UKREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =21 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =21 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =21 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =21 | POLEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =21 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| 26 | URYSouth America | 99.7 |
| =27 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.6 |
| =27 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =27 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =27 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =27 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =32 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.5 |
| =32 | JORWestern Asia | 99.5 |
| =32 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.5 |
| =32 | KNACaribbean | 99.5 |
| =32 | USANorthern America | 99.5 |
| =37 | ISLNorthern Europe | 99.4 |
| =37 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| =39 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.3 |
| =39 | CANNorthern America | 99.3 |
| =39 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.3 |
| =42 | BMUNorthern America | 99.2 |
| =42 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 99.2 |
| =42 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.2 |
| =45 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =45 | ROUEastern Europe | 99.1 |
| 47 | BHSCaribbean | 99.0 |
| =48 | ARGSouth America | 98.9 |
| =48 | KAZCentral Asia | 98.9 |
| =50 | ARMWestern Asia | 98.8 |
| =50 | BGREastern Europe | 98.8 |
| =50 | DNKNorthern Europe | 98.8 |
| =50 | KGZCentral Asia | 98.8 |
| 54 | TTOCaribbean | 98.7 |
| 55 | DEUWestern Europe | 98.6 |
| =56 | BRASouth America | 98.5 |
| =56 | CRICentral America | 98.5 |
| 58 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| 59 | MKDSouthern Europe | 98.2 |
| =60 | ALBSouthern Europe | 98.0 |
| =60 | MNESouthern Europe | 98.0 |
| =60 | LCACaribbean | 98.0 |
| 63 | DOMCaribbean | 97.8 |
| 64 | BHRWestern Asia | 97.6 |
| 65 | GEOWestern Asia | 97.4 |
| 66 | TKMCentral Asia | 97.2 |
| =67 | BLZCentral America | 97.0 |
| =67 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 97.0 |
| =69 | FJIMelanesia | 96.9 |
| =69 | JAMCaribbean | 96.9 |
| 71 | CHNEastern Asia | 96.7 |
| 72 | BWASouthern Africa | 96.5 |
| 73 | TONPolynesia | 95.1 |
| 74 | COLSouth America | 94.5 |
| 75 | PANCentral America | 94.2 |
| 76 | AZEWestern Asia | 94.0 |
| 77 | MEXCentral America | 88.9 |
| 78 | TJKCentral Asia | 88.7 |
| 79 | PRYSouth America | 85.8 |
| 80 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 85.0 |
| 81 | FSMMicronesia | 81.6 |
| 82 | KIRMicronesia | 76.0 |
| 83 | SWZSouthern Africa | 74.0 |
| 84 | ECUSouth America | 73.7 |
| 85 | NICCentral America | 72.6 |
| 86 | BOLSouth America | 65.1 |
| 87 | ZMBEastern Africa | 42.1 |
| 88 | GTMCentral America | 41.4 |
| 89 | ERIEastern Africa | 28.3 |
| 90 | SOMEastern Africa | 24.8 |
| 91 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 24.0 |
| 92 | PAKSouthern Asia | 23.0 |
02In 2002
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Lowest
- 92
Pakistan23.0
- 91
Timor-Leste24.0
- 90
Somalia24.8
- 89
Eritrea28.3
- 88
Guatemala41.4
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032001 → 2002
Since 2001
What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +22 / −14countries joined / left
- 43values changed, of 70 in both
- 31 · 12rose · fell
- 27unchanged
Rose most
Bolivia56.0 → 65.1+9.1
Tajikistan81.1 → 88.7+7.6
Azerbaijan88.0 → 94.0+6.0
Nicaragua66.9 → 72.6+5.7
Botswana92.0 → 96.5+4.5
Fell most
Micronesia85.7 → 81.6−4.1
Fiji98.4 → 96.9−1.5
Trinidad and Tobago99.5 → 98.7−0.8
China97.3 → 96.7−0.6
Malta99.9 → 99.5−0.4
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
47 distinct values among 92
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 13 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 92 countries has every column.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)’s own file, on its own site.
.MNCH_SAB
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 · what it allows, in plain words
Cite this edition
UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) (2002). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2002
0624 held
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07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002?
13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002 describe?
2002.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002 cover?
92.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2002 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.