Data for 2014

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2014

Name: Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2014
Creator: UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance)
License: https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/

Figures for 2014, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2014 covers 120 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ethiopia is lowest, at 15.5. The middle country reads 98.9. Against 2013, 49 values changed (28 up, 21 down), 29 countries joined, 17 left.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2014

Highest11 countries share it

100.0

LowestEthiopia

15.5

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

120countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
61distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	100.0
=1	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.0
=1	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	100.0
=1	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.0
=1	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	100.0
=1	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
=1	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
=12	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.9
=12	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.9
=12	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.9
=12	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.9
=12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.9
=12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.9
=12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	99.9
=12	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.9
=12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	99.9
=12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.9
=12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	99.9
=12	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.9
=30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.8
=30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.8
=30	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.8
=30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.8
=30	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	99.8
=30	Chile`CHL`South America	99.8
=30	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.8
=30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.8
=30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	99.8
=39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.7
=39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	99.7
=39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.7
=39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.7
=39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.7
=39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.7
=39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.7
=39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.7
=47	Argentina`ARG`South America	99.6
=47	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.6
=49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.5
=49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.5
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.4
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.2
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.2
=54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.1
=54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	99.1
=54	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.1
=57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	99.0
=57	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	99.0
=57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.0
=60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	98.9
=60	Colombia`COL`South America	98.9
=60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.9
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.7
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.6
=65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.5
=65	United States`USA`Northern America	98.5
=67	Brazil`BRA`South America	98.4
=67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.4
=67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.4
=70	France`FRA`Western Europe	98.3
=70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.3
72	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.1
=73	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98.0
=73	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	98.0
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.9
76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.8
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.4
78	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.9
79	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	96.7
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	96.4
81	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	95.9
=82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.6
=82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.6
=82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.6
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.4
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.0
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	94.9
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	93.9
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.8
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	93.4
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	93.1
92	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	92.5
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	91.5
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.3
95	Peru`PER`South America	90.0
=96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	89.0
=96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	89.0
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	88.3
99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	87.4
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	85.7
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	83.7
102	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.5
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	81.4
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	80.1
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	80.0
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.9
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	77.7
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	77.2
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.8
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.0
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.7
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.3
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.8
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	59.1
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.6
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	45.2
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	45.0
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.6
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.1
120	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.5

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Anguillashared100.0
1Armeniashared100.0
1Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
1Cyprusshared100.0
1Dominicashared100.0

Lowest

120Ethiopia15.5
119Bangladesh42.1
118Togo44.6
117Guinea-Bissau45.0
116Afghanistan45.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+29 / −17countries joined / left
49values changed, of 91 in both
28 · 21rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Senegal50.5 → 59.1+8.6
Bangladesh36.5 → 42.1+5.6
Guatemala62.8 → 67.0+4.2
Cabo Verde92.3 → 95.6+3.3
Argentina97.0 → 99.6+2.6

Fell most

Guyana98.3 → 85.7−12.6
El Salvador99.8 → 98.0−1.8
Serbia99.9 → 98.4−1.5
Romania96.6 → 95.4−1.2
Türkiye98.2 → 97.4−0.8

+ Afghanistan

+ Benin

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Cameroon

+ DR Congo

+ Egypt

+ Ethiopia

+ Ghana

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ India

+ Japan

+ Kenya

+ Cambodia

+ Saint Lucia

+ Lesotho

+ Mongolia

+ Malawi

+ Nepal

+ Palestine

+ Qatar

+ Sudan

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Eswatini

+ Togo

+ Venezuela

+ Vietnam

+ Samoa

+ Zambia

+ Zimbabwe

− Algeria

− Gambia

− Haiti

− Indonesia

− Liberia

− Libya

− Madagascar

− Mali

− Montenegro

− Namibia

− Nigeria

− Pakistan

− Philippines

− Saudi Arabia

− Sierra Leone

− Vanuatu

− Yemen

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

61 distinct values among 120
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 18 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 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) (2014). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2014

0624 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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