Data for 2004
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004
Figures for 2004, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004 covers 98 countries. 15 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ethiopia is lowest, at 6.4. The middle country reads 98.8. Against 2003, 44 values changed (28 up, 16 down), 24 countries joined, 24 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2004
Highest15 countries share it
100.0LowestEthiopia
6.4Shaded 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, 2004, 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 98 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ATGCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRBCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BMUNorthern America | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | GRCSouthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | MSRCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | PRICaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | KNACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | LCACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | VCTCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | AREWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =16 | BLREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =16 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =16 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =16 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =16 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =16 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =16 | UKREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =23 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =23 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =23 | POLEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =31 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =31 | MNGEastern Asia | 99.7 |
| =31 | TTOCaribbean | 99.7 |
| =34 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.6 |
| =34 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =36 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.5 |
| =36 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =36 | URYSouth America | 99.5 |
| =39 | ISLNorthern Europe | 99.4 |
| =39 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.4 |
| =39 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| =42 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.3 |
| =42 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.3 |
| =42 | USANorthern America | 99.3 |
| =45 | ARGSouth America | 99.1 |
| =45 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =47 | CANNorthern America | 99.0 |
| =47 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.0 |
| 49 | ROUEastern Europe | 98.9 |
| 50 | SRBSouthern Europe | 98.7 |
| =51 | BRASouth America | 98.6 |
| =51 | DNKNorthern Europe | 98.6 |
| 53 | CRICentral America | 98.5 |
| 54 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| =55 | KWTWestern Asia | 98.3 |
| =55 | MNESouthern Europe | 98.3 |
| =55 | PSEWestern Asia | 98.3 |
| =58 | DEUWestern Europe | 98.2 |
| =58 | KGZCentral Asia | 98.2 |
| =58 | LBNWestern Asia | 98.2 |
| =61 | BHSCaribbean | 98.0 |
| =61 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.0 |
| =61 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.0 |
| =61 | TONPolynesia | 98.0 |
| 65 | BHRWestern Asia | 97.7 |
| 66 | GEOWestern Asia | 97.5 |
| =67 | BWASouthern Africa | 97.3 |
| =67 | CHNEastern Asia | 97.3 |
| 69 | PRKEastern Asia | 97.1 |
| 70 | FJIMelanesia | 97.0 |
| 71 | BGREastern Europe | 96.6 |
| =72 | AZEWestern Asia | 95.9 |
| =72 | GUYSouth America | 95.9 |
| 74 | CYPWestern Asia | 95.7 |
| 75 | COLSouth America | 95.6 |
| 76 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 94.0 |
| 77 | PANCentral America | 91.3 |
| 78 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 91.2 |
| 79 | MEXCentral America | 90.3 |
| 80 | BLZCentral America | 87.8 |
| 81 | MDVSouthern Asia | 84.0 |
| 82 | PRYSouth America | 77.2 |
| 83 | ECUSouth America | 76.4 |
| 84 | NICCentral America | 76.0 |
| 85 | TJKCentral Asia | 75.1 |
| 86 | CIVWestern Africa | 68.0 |
| 87 | MARNorthern Africa | 62.6 |
| 88 | BOLSouth America | 60.8 |
| 89 | CMRMiddle Africa | 58.9 |
| 90 | SENWestern Africa | 58.0 |
| 91 | LSOSouthern Africa | 56.0 |
| 92 | MWIEastern Africa | 54.4 |
| 93 | MDGEastern Africa | 51.3 |
| 94 | PNGMelanesia | 39.0 |
| 95 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 16.3 |
| 96 | TCDMiddle Africa | 14.4 |
| 97 | BGDSouthern Asia | 13.2 |
| 98 | ETHEastern Africa | 6.4 |
02In 2004
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Anguillashared100.0
- 1
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
- 1
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
- 1
Bermudashared100.0
- 1
Barbadosshared100.0
Lowest
- 98
Ethiopia6.4
- 97
Bangladesh13.2
- 96
Chad14.4
- 95
Cambodia16.3
- 94
Papua New Guinea39.0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032003 → 2004
Since 2003
What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +24 / −24countries joined / left
- 44values changed, of 74 in both
- 28 · 16rose · fell
- 30unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Tajikistan88.1 → 75.1−13.0
Paraguay85.9 → 77.2−8.7
New Zealand98.2 → 94.0−4.2
Panama92.5 → 91.3−1.2
Bahamas99.0 → 98.0−1.0
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.
50 distinct values among 98
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 15 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 98 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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Download skilled-birth-attendance-2004-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
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) (2004). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2004
0624 held
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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: every year24 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004?
15 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004 describe?
2004.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004 cover?
98.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2004?
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, 2004 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.