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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023

Figures for 2023, as UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023 covers 84 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Yemen is lowest, at 60.9. The middle country reads 99.3. Against 2022, 33 values changed (23 up, 10 down), 23 countries joined, 31 left.

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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2023

Highest14 countries share it

100.0

LowestYemen

60.9

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023, 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 84 countries · select a heading to sort

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023: every country, as published by UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance).
derived
=1AnguillaAIACaribbean100.0
=1BahrainBHRWestern Asia100.0
=1DominicaDMACaribbean100.0
=1GrenadaGRDCaribbean100.0
=1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia100.0
=1MongoliaMNGEastern Asia100.0
=1MontserratMSRCaribbean100.0
=1North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe100.0
=1OmanOMNWestern Asia100.0
=1QatarQATWestern Asia100.0
=1Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean100.0
=1Saint LuciaLCACaribbean100.0
=1Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean100.0
=1UruguayURYSouth America100.0
=15BelarusBLREastern Europe99.9
=15Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe99.9
=15CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.9
=15Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean99.9
=15EstoniaESTNorthern Europe99.9
=15ItalyITASouthern Europe99.9
=15JordanJORWestern Asia99.9
=15SpainESPSouthern Europe99.9
=23AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia99.8
=23GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia99.8
=23JapanJPNEastern Asia99.8

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Anguillashared100.0
  2. 1Bahrainshared100.0
  3. 1Dominicashared100.0
  4. 1Grenadashared100.0
  5. 1Saint Kitts and Nevisshared100.0

Lowest

  1. 84Yemen60.9
  2. 83Mali65.5
  3. 81Mozambiqueshared67.5
  4. 81Afghanistanshared67.5
  5. 80Bangladesh69.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +23 / −31countries joined / left
  • 33values changed, of 61 in both
  • 23 · 10rose · fell
  • 28unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Afghanistan+ Azerbaijan+ Brunei+ Bhutan+ Germany+ France+ Croatia+ Indonesia+ Iran+ Jordan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Laos+ Mali+ Mongolia+ Mozambique+ Nauru+ Qatar+ Saudi Arabia+ Senegal+ Tajikistan+ Tunisia+ Vanuatu+ Yemen− Albania− United Arab Emirates− Austria− Burundi− Benin− Bulgaria− Chile− Comoros− Cabo Verde− Guatemala− Kenya− Cambodia− Lithuania− Mexico− Malaysia− Nigeria− Nicaragua− Nepal− Panama− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Romania− Eswatini− Seychelles− Thailand− Turkmenistan− Timor-Leste− Tanzania− Uganda− Uzbekistan− Vietnam

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.

The site’s method
  • 36 distinct values among 84

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 14 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 here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 84 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) (2023). Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/skilled-birth-attendance/2023

0624 held

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07Questions

Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest births attended by skilled staff in Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023?

14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.

What year does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023 cover?

84.

Where can I download Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-02, when it was read from the publisher.

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