Data for 2010

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010

Name: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010
Creator: UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)
License: https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/

Figures for 2010, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010 covers 118 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Chad is lowest, at 16.6. The middle country reads 98.6. Against 2009, 58 values changed (27 up, 31 down), 28 countries joined, 19 left.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2010

Highest10 countries share it

100.0

LowestChad

16.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

118countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
59distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010, 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.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance).
derived
=1	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.0
=1	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.0
=1	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	100.0
=1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
=1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
=11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.9
=11	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.9
=11	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.9
=11	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.9
=11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.9
=11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	99.9
=11	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.9
=11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.9
=11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.9
=11	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.9
=21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.8
=21	Chile`CHL`South America	99.8
=21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.8
=21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.8
=21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.8
=21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.8
=21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	99.8
=21	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	99.8
=21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	99.8
=21	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.8
=31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.7
=31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	99.7
=31	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.7
=31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
=35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.6
=35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.6
=35	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	99.6
=38	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.5
=38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.5
=38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.5
=41	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.4
=41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.4
=41	United States`USA`Northern America	99.4
44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.3
=45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.2
=45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.2
=47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.1
=47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	99.1
=47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.1
=47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.1
=47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.1
=52	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.0
=52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	99.0
=52	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.0
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	98.9
=56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.8
=56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.8
=58	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	98.6
=58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.6
=58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.6
=58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.6
=58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	98.6
=63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.5
=63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.5
=63	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.5
=63	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	98.5
=63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.5
=68	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	98.3
=68	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.3
=68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98.3
=71	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.2
=71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.2
73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98.0
74	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.5
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	97.0
=76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.8
=76	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	96.8
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.4
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	95.6
=80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	95.3
=80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.3
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.0
83	Colombia`COL`South America	94.8
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	94.5
85	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.0
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.8
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	92.7
=88	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	90.0
=88	Suriname`SUR`South America	90.0
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	88.6
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.0
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	87.7
93	Peru`PER`South America	83.8
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.0
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	80.5
96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.1
=97	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	74.1
=97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	74.1
99	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	72.5
100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.4
101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.6
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.4
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	65.9
104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.5
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.8
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.3
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.1
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.3
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.9
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.9
111	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.0
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	40.0
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.3
114	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	34.1
115	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	29.3
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.5
117	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.4
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.6

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Anguillashared100.0
1Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
1Dominicashared100.0
1Greeceshared100.0
1Saint Kitts and Nevisshared100.0

Lowest

118Chad16.6
117South Sudan19.4
116Bangladesh26.5
115Timor-Leste29.3
114Eritrea34.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+28 / −19countries joined / left
58values changed, of 90 in both
27 · 31rose · fell
32unchanged

Rose most

Cabo Verde75.6 → 98.5+22.9
Kiribati79.8 → 98.3+18.5
Panama88.6 → 92.7+4.1
Marshall Islands86.5 → 90.0+3.5
Bolivia67.0 → 70.4+3.4

Fell most

Colombia98.6 → 94.8−3.8
Costa Rica99.1 → 95.3−3.8
Jamaica98.3 → 95.3−3.0
Argentina97.9 → 95.0−2.9
Bhutan66.0 → 64.5−1.5

+ Afghanistan

+ Burundi

+ Burkina Faso

+ Bangladesh

+ Central African Republic

+ DR Congo

+ Eritrea

+ Gambia

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Cambodia

+ Libya

+ Saint Lucia

+ Morocco

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

+ Malawi

+ Nicaragua

+ Niue

+ Palestine

+ Rwanda

+ Sudan

+ Sierra Leone

+ South Sudan

+ Eswatini

+ Chad

+ Togo

+ Timor-Leste

+ Tanzania

− Albania

− Barbados

− Cook Islands

− Micronesia

− Grenada

− Guyana

− Kenya

− South Korea

− Lesotho

− Luxembourg

− Madagascar

− Montenegro

− Pakistan

− North Korea

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Syria

− Thailand

− Samoa

− Zimbabwe

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

59 distinct values among 118
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 10 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 118 countries has every column.

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) (2010). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2010

0624 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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