Data for 2007
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007
Figures for 2007, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007 covers 113 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Bangladesh is lowest, at 18.0. The middle country reads 98.6. Against 2006, 64 values changed (33 up, 31 down), 23 countries joined, 37 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2007
Highest14 countries share it
100.0LowestBangladesh
18.0Shaded 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, 2007, 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 113 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ATGCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRBCaribbean | 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 |
| =1 | LCACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | VCTCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | SYCEastern Africa | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =15 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =15 | BLREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | BMUNorthern America | 99.9 |
| =15 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.9 |
| =15 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =15 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =23 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =23 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =23 | PRICaribbean | 99.8 |
| =23 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | CHLSouth America | 99.7 |
| =28 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =28 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =28 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =28 | MNESouthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =28 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.7 |
| =34 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =34 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =34 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =34 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =34 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =39 | ARGSouth America | 99.4 |
| =39 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.4 |
| =39 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.4 |
| =39 | POLEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| 43 | USANorthern America | 99.3 |
| =44 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.2 |
| =44 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.2 |
| =46 | JORWestern Asia | 99.1 |
| =46 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =48 | FJIMelanesia | 99.0 |
| =48 | OMNWestern Asia | 99.0 |
| 50 | ISLNorthern Europe | 98.9 |
| =51 | CANNorthern America | 98.8 |
| =51 | GRDCaribbean | 98.8 |
| =51 | ROUEastern Europe | 98.8 |
| =54 | CRICentral America | 98.7 |
| =54 | KWTWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| =54 | UKREastern Europe | 98.7 |
| =57 | BRASouth America | 98.6 |
| =57 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.6 |
| =57 | LKASouthern Asia | 98.6 |
| =57 | URYSouth America | 98.6 |
| 61 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.5 |
| =62 | BHSCaribbean | 98.4 |
| =62 | CHNEastern Asia | 98.4 |
| =62 | DEUWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| =62 | KGZCentral Asia | 98.4 |
| =66 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.3 |
| =66 | LBYNorthern Africa | 98.3 |
| 68 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.1 |
| 69 | TONPolynesia | 98.0 |
| =70 | COLSouth America | 97.8 |
| =70 | DNKNorthern Europe | 97.8 |
| =70 | DOMCaribbean | 97.8 |
| =73 | BHRWestern Asia | 97.4 |
| =73 | NRUMicronesia | 97.4 |
| 75 | SAUWestern Asia | 97.0 |
| 76 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.7 |
| 77 | MDVSouthern Asia | 96.3 |
| =78 | BWASouthern Africa | 94.6 |
| =78 | BGREastern Europe | 94.6 |
| 80 | DMACaribbean | 94.0 |
| =81 | SLVCentral America | 93.1 |
| =81 | TUVPolynesia | 93.1 |
| =83 | AZEWestern Asia | 93.0 |
| =83 | JAMCaribbean | 93.0 |
| 85 | MEXCentral America | 92.7 |
| 86 | PANCentral America | 91.5 |
| 87 | BLZCentral America | 90.7 |
| 88 | PRYSouth America | 90.6 |
| 89 | SURSouth America | 90.0 |
| 90 | TJKCentral Asia | 88.4 |
| 91 | MHLMicronesia | 86.2 |
| 92 | ECUSouth America | 85.6 |
| 93 | SLBMelanesia | 85.5 |
| 94 | NAMSouthern Africa | 81.4 |
| 95 | GUYSouth America | 80.9 |
| 96 | IRQWestern Asia | 79.7 |
| 97 | CPVWestern Africa | 74.4 |
| 98 | VUTMelanesia | 74.0 |
| 99 | NICCentral America | 73.7 |
| 100 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 73.0 |
| 101 | BTNSouthern Asia | 71.4 |
| 102 | SWZSouthern Africa | 69.0 |
| 103 | CODMiddle Africa | 64.4 |
| =104 | BOLSouth America | 63.9 |
| =104 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 63.9 |
| 106 | MRTWestern Africa | 57.1 |
| 107 | GHAWestern Africa | 55.2 |
| 108 | AGOMiddle Africa | 47.3 |
| 109 | LBRWestern Africa | 46.3 |
| 110 | ZMBEastern Africa | 45.2 |
| 111 | PAKSouthern Asia | 38.8 |
| 112 | GTMCentral America | 31.4 |
| 113 | BGDSouthern Asia | 18.0 |
02In 2007
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Anguillashared100.0
- 1
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
- 1
Barbadosshared100.0
- 1
Greeceshared100.0
- 1
Saint Kitts and Nevisshared100.0
Lowest
- 113
Bangladesh18.0
- 112
Guatemala31.4
- 111
Pakistan38.8
- 110
Zambia45.2
- 109
Liberia46.3
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032006 → 2007
Since 2006
What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +23 / −37countries joined / left
- 64values changed, of 90 in both
- 33 · 31rose · fell
- 26unchanged
Rose most
Bhutan57.1 → 71.4+14.3
Montenegro87.2 → 99.7+12.5
Serbia88.9 → 99.8+10.9
Tajikistan78.3 → 88.4+10.1
Ghana49.7 → 55.2+5.5
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.
56 distinct values among 113
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 14 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 113 countries has every column.
05The files
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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) (2007). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2007
0624 held
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007?
14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007 describe?
2007.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007 cover?
113.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2007?
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, 2007 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.