Data for 2008
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008
Figures for 2008, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008 covers 107 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Nigeria is lowest, at 34.4. The middle country reads 99.1. Against 2007, 57 values changed (36 up, 21 down), 19 countries joined, 25 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2008
Highest14 countries share it
100.0LowestNigeria
34.4Shaded 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, 2008, 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 107 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ATGCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRBCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | COKPolynesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | GRCSouthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | MSRCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | PLWMicronesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | KNACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | LCACaribbean | 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 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =15 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | MNESouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =15 | UKREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =25 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =25 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =25 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =25 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =25 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =25 | PRICaribbean | 99.8 |
| =25 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =32 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.7 |
| =32 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =32 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =32 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =36 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.6 |
| =36 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.6 |
| =36 | URYSouth America | 99.6 |
| =40 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =40 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.5 |
| =40 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =40 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.5 |
| =40 | TTOCaribbean | 99.5 |
| =45 | MNGEastern Asia | 99.4 |
| =45 | POLEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| =45 | ROUEastern Europe | 99.4 |
| =48 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.3 |
| =48 | USANorthern America | 99.3 |
| =50 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.2 |
| =50 | VCTCaribbean | 99.2 |
| =52 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.1 |
| =52 | CHNEastern Asia | 99.1 |
| =52 | CRICentral America | 99.1 |
| =52 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =56 | BRASouth America | 98.8 |
| =56 | FJIMelanesia | 98.8 |
| =58 | CANNorthern America | 98.7 |
| =58 | ISLNorthern Europe | 98.7 |
| =58 | KWTWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| =61 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.6 |
| =61 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.6 |
| =61 | OMNWestern Asia | 98.6 |
| =64 | BHSCaribbean | 98.5 |
| =64 | DEUWestern Europe | 98.5 |
| =64 | KGZCentral Asia | 98.5 |
| =67 | BWASouthern Africa | 98.3 |
| =67 | MDVSouthern Asia | 98.3 |
| 69 | COLSouth America | 98.1 |
| =70 | AZEWestern Asia | 98.0 |
| =70 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.0 |
| 72 | BHRWestern Asia | 97.5 |
| 73 | CYPWestern Asia | 97.2 |
| =74 | SAUWestern Asia | 97.0 |
| =74 | TONPolynesia | 97.0 |
| 76 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.7 |
| 77 | GUYSouth America | 96.0 |
| 78 | SLVCentral America | 95.5 |
| 79 | BLZCentral America | 94.9 |
| 80 | ARGSouth America | 94.8 |
| 81 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 94.3 |
| 82 | BGREastern Europe | 93.9 |
| 83 | MEXCentral America | 93.3 |
| 84 | PANCentral America | 91.8 |
| 85 | TURWestern Asia | 91.3 |
| =86 | FSMMicronesia | 90.0 |
| =86 | SURSouth America | 90.0 |
| 88 | ECUSouth America | 89.3 |
| 89 | PRYSouth America | 87.2 |
| 90 | NICCentral America | 85.3 |
| 91 | TJKCentral Asia | 85.0 |
| 92 | PERSouth America | 79.4 |
| 93 | EGYNorthern Africa | 78.9 |
| 94 | CPVWestern Africa | 74.6 |
| 95 | BOLSouth America | 71.1 |
| 96 | BTNSouthern Asia | 66.3 |
| 97 | KIRMicronesia | 65.0 |
| 98 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 62.2 |
| 99 | MOZEastern Africa | 55.3 |
| 100 | GHAWestern Africa | 54.7 |
| 101 | INDSouthern Asia | 52.3 |
| 102 | RWAEastern Africa | 52.1 |
| 103 | GINWestern Africa | 46.1 |
| 104 | CAFMiddle Africa | 43.7 |
| 105 | SLEWestern Africa | 42.4 |
| 106 | PAKSouthern Asia | 40.0 |
| 107 | NGAWestern Africa | 34.4 |
02In 2008
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
Cook Islandsshared100.0
- 1
Dominicashared100.0
Lowest
- 107
Nigeria34.4
- 106
Pakistan40.0
- 105
Sierra Leone42.4
- 104
Central African Republic43.7
- 103
Guinea46.1
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032007 → 2008
Since 2007
What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +19 / −25countries joined / left
- 57values changed, of 88 in both
- 36 · 21rose · fell
- 31unchanged
Rose most
Guyana80.9 → 96.0+15.1
Nicaragua73.7 → 85.3+11.6
Bolivia63.9 → 71.1+7.2
Dominica94.0 → 100.0+6.0
Azerbaijan93.0 → 98.0+5.0
Fell most
Bhutan71.4 → 66.3−5.1
Argentina99.4 → 94.8−4.6
Tajikistan88.4 → 85.0−3.4
Paraguay90.6 → 87.2−3.4
Cyprus98.3 → 97.2−1.1
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.
51 distinct values among 107
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 107 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) (2008). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2008
0624 held
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008?
14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008 describe?
2008.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008 cover?
107.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2008?
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, 2008 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.