Data for 2006
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006
Figures for 2006, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006 covers 127 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Somalia is lowest, at 9.4. The middle country reads 97.6. Against 2005, 62 values changed (37 up, 25 down), 36 countries joined, 21 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2006
Highest11 countries share it
100.0LowestSomalia
9.4Shaded 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, 2006, 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 127 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRBCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BMUNorthern America | 100.0 |
| =1 | CANNorthern America | 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 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | KNACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =12 | ATGCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =12 | BLREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =12 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =12 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =12 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =12 | UKREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =12 | URYSouth America | 99.9 |
| =19 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =19 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =19 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =19 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =19 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.8 |
| =19 | PRICaribbean | 99.8 |
| =19 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =26 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.7 |
| =26 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.7 |
| =26 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =26 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =26 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =26 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =32 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =32 | UZBCentral Asia | 99.6 |
| =34 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =34 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =34 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.5 |
| =37 | ARGSouth America | 99.4 |
| =37 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.4 |
| =37 | POLEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| =37 | USANorthern America | 99.4 |
| =41 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.3 |
| =41 | BWASouthern Africa | 99.3 |
| =41 | FJIMelanesia | 99.3 |
| 44 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.2 |
| =45 | BHSCaribbean | 99.0 |
| =45 | SYCEastern Africa | 99.0 |
| 47 | ISLNorthern Europe | 98.9 |
| =48 | GEOWestern Asia | 98.8 |
| =48 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.8 |
| =50 | DNKNorthern Europe | 98.7 |
| =50 | KWTWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| =52 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.6 |
| =52 | CRICentral America | 98.6 |
| 54 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.5 |
| =55 | DEUWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| =55 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.4 |
| 57 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.3 |
| 58 | ROUEastern Europe | 98.2 |
| =59 | OMNWestern Asia | 98.0 |
| =59 | TONPolynesia | 98.0 |
| 61 | LCACaribbean | 97.9 |
| =62 | CHNEastern Asia | 97.8 |
| =62 | MKDSouthern Europe | 97.8 |
| 64 | KGZCentral Asia | 97.6 |
| 65 | BHRWestern Asia | 97.5 |
| 66 | COLSouth America | 97.1 |
| 67 | BRASouth America | 97.0 |
| =68 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 96.9 |
| =68 | TTOCaribbean | 96.9 |
| 70 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.8 |
| =71 | GUYSouth America | 96.6 |
| =71 | PSEWestern Asia | 96.6 |
| 73 | SAUWestern Asia | 96.0 |
| 74 | BLZCentral America | 95.8 |
| 75 | DOMCaribbean | 95.5 |
| 76 | BGREastern Europe | 95.4 |
| 77 | DZANorthern Africa | 95.2 |
| 78 | TUNNorthern Africa | 94.6 |
| 79 | MDVSouthern Asia | 94.2 |
| 80 | MEXCentral America | 93.4 |
| 81 | VUTMelanesia | 92.9 |
| 82 | SYRWestern Asia | 91.5 |
| 83 | PANCentral America | 91.0 |
| 84 | PRYSouth America | 90.5 |
| 85 | SLVCentral America | 89.6 |
| 86 | SRBSouthern Europe | 88.9 |
| 87 | AZEWestern Asia | 88.6 |
| 88 | IRQWestern Asia | 88.5 |
| 89 | MNESouthern Europe | 87.2 |
| 90 | SURSouth America | 86.5 |
| 91 | FSMMicronesia | 85.3 |
| 92 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 83.8 |
| 93 | STPMiddle Africa | 80.7 |
| 94 | ECUSouth America | 80.6 |
| 95 | NICCentral America | 79.3 |
| 96 | DJIEastern Africa | 78.4 |
| 97 | TJKCentral Asia | 78.3 |
| 98 | CPVWestern Africa | 76.4 |
| 99 | BENWestern Africa | 74.0 |
| 100 | PERSouth America | 71.0 |
| 101 | ZWEEastern Africa | 68.5 |
| 102 | HNDCentral America | 66.3 |
| 103 | BOLSouth America | 64.6 |
| 104 | CMRMiddle Africa | 58.9 |
| 105 | BTNSouthern Asia | 57.1 |
| 106 | CIVWestern Africa | 56.8 |
| 107 | MWIEastern Africa | 53.6 |
| 108 | BFAWestern Africa | 53.5 |
| 109 | PNGMelanesia | 53.0 |
| 110 | TGOWestern Africa | 52.4 |
| 111 | GMBWestern Africa | 52.1 |
| 112 | GHAWestern Africa | 49.7 |
| 113 | SDNNorthern Africa | 49.2 |
| 114 | MLIWestern Africa | 49.0 |
| 115 | INDSouthern Asia | 46.6 |
| 116 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 43.8 |
| 117 | UGAEastern Africa | 41.9 |
| 118 | CAFMiddle Africa | 41.4 |
| 119 | YEMWestern Asia | 35.7 |
| 120 | GNBWestern Africa | 31.0 |
| 121 | HTICaribbean | 26.1 |
| 122 | BGDSouthern Asia | 20.1 |
| 123 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 18.9 |
| 124 | NPLSouthern Asia | 18.7 |
| 125 | NERWestern Africa | 17.7 |
| 126 | SSDEastern Africa | 9.7 |
| 127 | SOMEastern Africa | 9.4 |
02In 2006
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032005 → 2006
Since 2005
What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +36 / −21countries joined / left
- 62values changed, of 91 in both
- 37 · 25rose · fell
- 29unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Montenegro99.0 → 87.2−11.8
Serbia99.7 → 88.9−10.8
Azerbaijan94.4 → 88.6−5.8
Cambodia48.8 → 43.8−5.0
Tajikistan82.4 → 78.3−4.1
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.
83 distinct values among 127
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 127 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)’s own file, on its own site.
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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.
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Cite this edition
UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) (2006). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2006
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07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006?
11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006 describe?
2006.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006 cover?
127.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2006?
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, 2006 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.