Data for 2017
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017
Figures for 2017, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017 covers 100 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Haiti is lowest, at 41.6. The middle country reads 99.5. Against 2016, 48 values changed (30 up, 18 down), 16 countries joined, 24 left.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2017
Highest13 countries share it
100.0LowestHaiti
41.6Shaded 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, 2017, 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 100 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | ANDSouthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | AIACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | ATGCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | DMACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | GRDCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | LTUNorthern Europe | 100.0 |
| =1 | MSRCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | PLWMicronesia | 100.0 |
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.0 |
| =1 | LCACaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | TTOCaribbean | 100.0 |
| =1 | URYSouth America | 100.0 |
| =1 | UZBCentral Asia | 100.0 |
| =14 | BHRWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | CUBCaribbean | 99.9 |
| =14 | CYPWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | SLVCentral America | 99.9 |
| =14 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | KWTWestern Asia | 99.9 |
| =14 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =14 | ESPSouthern Europe | 99.9 |
| =30 | AZEWestern Asia | 99.8 |
| =30 | BWASouthern Africa | 99.8 |
| =30 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 99.8 |
| =30 | CHLSouth America | 99.8 |
| =30 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =30 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.8 |
| =30 | POLEastern Europe | 99.8 |
| =37 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =37 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =37 | JAMCaribbean | 99.7 |
| =37 | MLTSouthern Europe | 99.7 |
| =37 | MDAEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =37 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.7 |
| =37 | SAUWestern Asia | 99.7 |
| =44 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.6 |
| =44 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 99.6 |
| =44 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 99.6 |
| =47 | BMUNorthern America | 99.5 |
| =47 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.5 |
| =47 | MDVSouthern Asia | 99.5 |
| =47 | PRKEastern Asia | 99.5 |
| =51 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.4 |
| =51 | PRICaribbean | 99.4 |
| =53 | COLSouth America | 99.3 |
| =53 | VCTCaribbean | 99.3 |
| 55 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.2 |
| =56 | USANorthern America | 99.1 |
| =56 | VENSouth America | 99.1 |
| 58 | SVKEastern Europe | 98.8 |
| =59 | BRASouth America | 98.7 |
| =59 | CRICentral America | 98.7 |
| =59 | OMNWestern Asia | 98.7 |
| 62 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.4 |
| =63 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.0 |
| =63 | ISLNorthern Europe | 98.0 |
| =63 | TURWestern Asia | 98.0 |
| 66 | CANNorthern America | 97.9 |
| 67 | PRYSouth America | 97.3 |
| 68 | DEUWestern Europe | 97.1 |
| 69 | GUYSouth America | 96.7 |
| =70 | MEXCentral America | 96.6 |
| =70 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 96.6 |
| 72 | BTNSouthern Asia | 96.4 |
| 73 | ECUSouth America | 95.7 |
| 74 | BLZCentral America | 95.3 |
| 75 | DNKNorthern Europe | 95.1 |
| 76 | TJKCentral Asia | 94.8 |
| 77 | PANCentral America | 94.2 |
| 78 | NICCentral America | 94.1 |
| =79 | ARGSouth America | 93.9 |
| =79 | BGREastern Europe | 93.9 |
| 81 | IRQWestern Asia | 93.7 |
| 82 | PERSouth America | 93.6 |
| 83 | ROUEastern Europe | 93.5 |
| =84 | CPVWestern Africa | 92.4 |
| =84 | MHLMicronesia | 92.4 |
| 86 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 90.9 |
| 87 | BOLSouth America | 85.4 |
| 88 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 84.4 |
| 89 | SLEWestern Africa | 81.6 |
| 90 | BDIEastern Africa | 79.1 |
| 91 | GHAWestern Africa | 78.1 |
| 92 | NAMSouthern Africa | 71.6 |
| 93 | GTMCentral America | 69.6 |
| 94 | TGOWestern Africa | 69.4 |
| 95 | SENWestern Africa | 68.4 |
| 96 | BGDSouthern Asia | 67.8 |
| 97 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 64.4 |
| 98 | AFGSouthern Asia | 53.4 |
| 99 | NGAWestern Africa | 43.0 |
| 100 | HTICaribbean | 41.6 |
02In 2017
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Anguillashared100.0
- 1
Andorrashared100.0
- 1
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
- 1
Dominicashared100.0
- 1
Grenadashared100.0
Lowest
- 100
Haiti41.6
- 99
Nigeria43.0
- 98
Afghanistan53.4
- 97
Laos64.4
- 96
Bangladesh67.8
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032016 → 2017
Since 2016
What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +16 / −24countries joined / left
- 48values changed, of 84 in both
- 30 · 18rose · fell
- 36unchanged
Rose most
Bangladesh49.8 → 67.8+18.0
Senegal58.6 → 68.4+9.8
Bhutan89.0 → 96.4+7.4
Colombia95.9 → 99.3+3.4
Namibia68.7 → 71.6+2.9
Fell most
Argentina98.4 → 93.9−4.5
Bolivia89.8 → 85.4−4.4
Tajikistan98.0 → 94.8−3.2
Indonesia92.6 → 90.9−1.7
Belize96.8 → 95.3−1.5
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.
46 distinct values among 100
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 16 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 100 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) (2017). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2017
0624 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2016108 countries
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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2018111 countries
All of them
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff: every year24 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017: questions and answers
Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017?
13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017 describe?
2017.
How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017 cover?
100.
Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2017?
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, 2017 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023.