Data for 2023
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.
Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · Data for 2023
Highest14 countries share it
100.0LowestYemen
60.9Shaded 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
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =1 | 100.0 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =15 | 99.9 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =23 | 99.8 | |
| =31 | 99.7 | |
| =31 | 99.7 | |
| =31 | 99.7 | |
| =34 | 99.6 | |
| =34 | 99.6 | |
| =34 | 99.6 | |
| =37 | 99.5 | |
| =37 | 99.5 | |
| =37 | 99.5 | |
| =37 | 99.5 | |
| =41 | 99.3 | |
| =41 | 99.3 | |
| =41 | 99.3 | |
| =44 | 99.2 | |
| =44 | 99.2 | |
| =46 | 99.0 | |
| =46 | 99.0 | |
| 48 | 98.9 | |
| =49 | 98.8 | |
| =49 | 98.8 | |
| 51 | 98.7 | |
| 52 | 98.6 | |
| =53 | 98.5 | |
| =53 | 98.5 | |
| =53 | 98.5 | |
| 56 | 98.4 | |
| 57 | 98.3 | |
| 58 | 98.2 | |
| =59 | 98.0 | |
| =59 | 98.0 | |
| =59 | 98.0 | |
| =62 | 97.8 | |
| =62 | 97.8 | |
| =64 | 97.6 | |
| =64 | 97.6 | |
| =64 | 97.6 | |
| 67 | 97.2 | |
| =68 | 96.7 | |
| =68 | 96.7 | |
| 70 | 96.4 | |
| 71 | 96.3 | |
| 72 | 95.7 | |
| 73 | 95.4 | |
| 74 | 94.8 | |
| 75 | 93.5 | |
| 76 | 90.9 | |
| 77 | 87.6 | |
| 78 | 79.8 | |
| 79 | 75.6 | |
| 80 | 69.7 | |
| =81 | 67.5 | |
| =81 | 67.5 | |
| 83 | 65.5 | |
| 84 | 60.9 |
02In 2023
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Anguillashared100.0
- 1
Bahrainshared100.0
- 1
Dominicashared100.0
- 1
Grenadashared100.0
- 1
Saint Kitts and Nevisshared100.0
Lowest
- 84
Yemen60.9
- 83
Mali65.5
- 81
Mozambiqueshared67.5
- 81
Afghanistanshared67.5
- 80
Bangladesh69.7
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
Bolivia71.5 → 98.3+26.8
Haiti67.9 → 75.6+7.7
Paraguay92.9 → 98.2+5.3
Portugal97.3 → 98.6+1.3
Trinidad and Tobago98.8 → 100.0+1.2
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.
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.
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Download skilled-birth-attendance-2023-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
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. 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
Other years
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Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, 202292 countries
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This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
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, 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.