Data for 2016
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016
Figures for 2016, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016 covers 108 countries. 12 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ethiopia is lowest, at 27.7. The middle country reads 99.1. Against 2015, 47 values changed (26 up, 21 down), 21 countries joined, 18 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2016
Highest12 countries share it
100.0LowestEthiopia
27.7Shaded 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, 2016, 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 | ANDSouthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | MSRCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | PLWMicronesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | TTOCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | TKMCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | URYSouth America | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =13 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | CHNEastern Asia | 99.9 |
| =13 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =13 | CYPWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =13 | SLVCentral America | 99.9 |
| =13 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =13 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.9 |
| =13 | KWTWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =13 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =13 | ESPSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =28 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.8 |
| =28 | AZEWestern Asia | 99.8 |
| =28 | DOMCaribbean | 99.8 |
| =28 | FJIMelanesia | 99.8 |
| =28 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =28 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | POLEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =28 | PRICaribbean | 99.8 |
| =36 | BHRWestern Asia | 99.7 |
| =36 | BWASouthern Africa | 99.7 |
| =36 | CHLSouth America | 99.7 |
| =36 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | JAMCaribbean | 99.7 |
| =36 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.7 |
| =36 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =36 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.7 |
| 47 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =48 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 99.5 |
| =48 | LKASouthern Asia | 99.5 |
| =50 | GRDCaribbean | 99.3 |
| =50 | VENSouth America | 99.3 |
| =52 | BRBCaribbean | 99.1 |
| =52 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.1 |
| =52 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 99.1 |
| =52 | USANorthern America | 99.1 |
| 56 | BHSCaribbean | 99.0 |
| =57 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 98.8 |
| =57 | CRICentral America | 98.8 |
| 59 | OMNWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| =60 | BRASouth America | 98.6 |
| =60 | VCTCaribbean | 98.6 |
| =62 | ARGSouth America | 98.4 |
| =62 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| 64 | SVKEastern Europe | 98.1 |
| =65 | BMUNorthern America | 98.0 |
| =65 | MEXCentral America | 98.0 |
| =65 | SAUWestern Asia | 98.0 |
| =65 | TJKCentral Asia | 98.0 |
| 69 | ISLNorthern Europe | 97.9 |
| 70 | CANNorthern America | 97.8 |
| 71 | FRAWestern Europe | 97.4 |
| 72 | BLZCentral America | 96.8 |
| 73 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 96.7 |
| 74 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.5 |
| 75 | DEUWestern Europe | 96.2 |
| 76 | COLSouth America | 95.9 |
| 77 | PRYSouth America | 95.5 |
| 78 | BGREastern Europe | 95.1 |
| 79 | ROUEastern Europe | 95.0 |
| 80 | PANCentral America | 94.6 |
| 81 | DNKNorthern Europe | 94.4 |
| 82 | GUYSouth America | 94.3 |
| 83 | ECUSouth America | 94.2 |
| 84 | NICCentral America | 94.1 |
| =85 | CPVWestern Africa | 92.6 |
| =85 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 92.6 |
| 87 | PERSouth America | 92.4 |
| =88 | BOLSouth America | 89.8 |
| =88 | MWIEastern Africa | 89.8 |
| 90 | BTNSouthern Asia | 89.0 |
| 91 | INDSouthern Asia | 81.4 |
| 92 | HNDCentral America | 79.0 |
| 93 | BDIEastern Africa | 77.6 |
| 94 | UGAEastern Africa | 74.2 |
| 95 | CIVWestern Africa | 73.6 |
| 96 | KENEastern Africa | 70.2 |
| 97 | GTMCentral America | 69.8 |
| 98 | NAMSouthern Africa | 68.7 |
| 99 | TZAEastern Africa | 63.5 |
| 100 | GINWestern Africa | 62.7 |
| 101 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 60.2 |
| 102 | SENWestern Africa | 58.6 |
| 103 | NPLSouthern Asia | 58.0 |
| 104 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 56.7 |
| 105 | BGDSouthern Asia | 49.8 |
| 106 | AGOMiddle Africa | 49.6 |
| 107 | NERWestern Africa | 39.1 |
| 108 | ETHEastern Africa | 27.7 |
02In 2016
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Lowest
- 108
Ethiopia27.7
- 107
Niger39.1
- 106
Angola49.6
- 105
Bangladesh49.8
- 104
Timor-Leste56.7
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032015 → 2016
Since 2015
What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +21 / −18countries joined / left
- 47values changed, of 87 in both
- 26 · 21rose · fell
- 40unchanged
Rose most
Costa Rica90.0 → 98.8+8.8
Honduras72.0 → 79.0+7.0
Senegal53.2 → 58.6+5.4
Guatemala65.5 → 69.8+4.3
Belize93.5 → 96.8+3.3
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.
53 distinct values among 108
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 15 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) (2016). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2016
0624 held
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016?
12 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016 describe?
2016.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016 cover?
108.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016?
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, 2016 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.