Data for 2013
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013
Figures for 2013, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013 covers 108 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Nigeria is lowest, at 35.2. The middle country reads 98.8. Against 2012, 63 values changed (34 up, 29 down), 19 countries joined, 26 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2013
Highest10 countries share it
100.0LowestNigeria
35.2Shaded 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, 2013, 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 108 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ATGCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ARMWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | KAZCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | PRICaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | KNACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | TTOCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =11 | AZEWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =11 | BWASouthern Africa | 99.9 |
| =11 | CHNEastern Asia | 99.9 |
| =11 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =11 | CYPWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =11 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =11 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | LBYNorthern Africa | 99.9 |
| =11 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | POLEastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | UKREastern Europe | 99.9 |
| =11 | AREWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =28 | BHRWestern Asia | 99.8 |
| =28 | BLREastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =28 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | SLVCentral America | 99.8 |
| =28 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =36 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.7 |
| =36 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | JAMCaribbean | 99.7 |
| =36 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.7 |
| =36 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| 42 | BMUNorthern America | 99.5 |
| 43 | USANorthern America | 99.2 |
| =44 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.1 |
| =44 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =44 | PLWMicronesia | 99.1 |
| =47 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.0 |
| =47 | CRICentral America | 99.0 |
| =47 | GRDCaribbean | 99.0 |
| =47 | KGZCentral Asia | 99.0 |
| =47 | MNESouthern Europe | 99.0 |
| =47 | VCTCaribbean | 99.0 |
| =53 | FJIMelanesia | 98.8 |
| =53 | IRNSouthern Asia | 98.8 |
| =53 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.8 |
| =56 | COLSouth America | 98.7 |
| =56 | KWTWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| =58 | BHSCaribbean | 98.6 |
| =58 | BRBCaribbean | 98.6 |
| =58 | DOMCaribbean | 98.6 |
| =58 | OMNWestern Asia | 98.6 |
| =58 | SVKEastern Europe | 98.6 |
| 63 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.5 |
| 64 | LVANorthern Europe | 98.4 |
| =65 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.3 |
| =65 | GUYSouth America | 98.3 |
| =67 | TURWestern Asia | 98.2 |
| =67 | URYSouth America | 98.2 |
| 69 | ISLNorthern Europe | 98.1 |
| =70 | BRASouth America | 98.0 |
| =70 | CANNorthern America | 98.0 |
| =70 | MSRCaribbean | 98.0 |
| =70 | SAUWestern Asia | 98.0 |
| 74 | ARGSouth America | 97.0 |
| 75 | DEUWestern Europe | 96.9 |
| 76 | PRYSouth America | 96.8 |
| 77 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.7 |
| =78 | DZANorthern Africa | 96.6 |
| =78 | ROUEastern Europe | 96.6 |
| 80 | DNKNorthern Europe | 96.3 |
| 81 | MEXCentral America | 96.1 |
| 82 | MDVSouthern Asia | 95.6 |
| 83 | BGREastern Europe | 93.9 |
| 84 | ECUSouth America | 93.6 |
| 85 | BLZCentral America | 93.0 |
| 86 | NICCentral America | 92.4 |
| 87 | CPVWestern Africa | 92.3 |
| 88 | PANCentral America | 91.4 |
| 89 | TJKCentral Asia | 90.8 |
| 90 | VUTMelanesia | 89.4 |
| 91 | PERSouth America | 89.1 |
| 92 | BTNSouthern Asia | 89.0 |
| 93 | NAMSouthern Africa | 88.2 |
| 94 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 87.4 |
| 95 | BOLSouth America | 83.9 |
| 96 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 72.8 |
| 97 | GTMCentral America | 62.8 |
| 98 | MLIWestern Africa | 61.4 |
| 99 | LBRWestern Africa | 61.1 |
| 100 | SLEWestern Africa | 59.7 |
| 101 | GMBWestern Africa | 57.2 |
| 102 | PAKSouthern Asia | 52.1 |
| 103 | SENWestern Africa | 50.5 |
| 104 | HTICaribbean | 48.6 |
| 105 | YEMWestern Asia | 44.7 |
| 106 | MDGEastern Africa | 44.3 |
| 107 | BGDSouthern Asia | 36.5 |
| 108 | NGAWestern Africa | 35.2 |
02In 2013
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Anguillashared100.0
- 1
Armeniashared100.0
- 1
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
- 1
Dominicashared100.0
- 1
Kazakhstanshared100.0
Lowest
- 108
Nigeria35.2
- 107
Bangladesh36.5
- 106
Madagascar44.3
- 105
Yemen44.7
- 104
Haiti48.6
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032012 → 2013
Since 2012
What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +19 / −26countries joined / left
- 63values changed, of 89 in both
- 34 · 29rose · fell
- 26unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Mexico99.6 → 96.1−3.5
Romania99.5 → 96.6−2.9
Panama94.3 → 91.4−2.9
Montserrat100.0 → 98.0−2.0
Denmark98.2 → 96.3−1.9
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 108
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 17 countries share 99.9. 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 108 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.
.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) (2013). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2013
0624 held
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013?
10 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013 describe?
2013.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013 cover?
108.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2013?
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, 2013 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.