Indicator 3.1.2
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel, %
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (generally doctors, nurses or midwives but can refer to other health professionals providing childbirth care) is the proportion of childbirths attended by professional health personnel. According to the current definition (1) these are competent maternal and newborn health (MNH) professionals educated, trained and regulated to national and international standards. They are competent to: (i) provide and promote evidence-based, human-rights based, quality, socio-culturally sensitive and dignified care to women and newborns; (ii) facilitate physiological processes during labour and delivery to ensure a clean and positive childbirth experience; and (iii) identify and manage or refer women and/or newborns with complications.
Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Albania | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Andorra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Armenia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Austria | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Azerbaijan | 100 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Belarus | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Bulgaria | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 95 | 95 | .. | .. |
Canada | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. | .. |
Croatia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cyprus | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Czechia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Denmark | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 96 | .. |
Estonia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | .. |
Finland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
France | 98 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | .. | 98 |
Georgia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Germany | 98 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | .. | .. |
Greece | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Hungary | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Iceland | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | .. | .. | .. |
Ireland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. |
Italy | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | .. | .. |
Kazakhstan | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Kyrgyzstan | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. |
Latvia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Lithuania | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Luxembourg | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Malta | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Montenegro | 100 | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
North Macedonia | 100 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Norway | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | .. |
Poland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Portugal | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | .. |
Republic of Moldova | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Romania | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 95 | .. | .. |
Russian Federation | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Serbia | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Slovakia | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Slovenia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Spain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Tajikistan | 87 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 98 | .. | 95 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Türkiye | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | 99 | .. | 98 | 99 | 97 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Turkmenistan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | .. |
Ukraine | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
United States | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | .. | .. |
Uzbekistan | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 99 | .. |
Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Albania | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Andorra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Armenia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Austria | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Azerbaijan | 100 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Belarus | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Bulgaria | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 95 | 95 | .. | .. |
Canada | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. | .. |
Croatia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cyprus | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Czechia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Denmark | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 96 | .. |
Estonia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | .. |
Finland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
France | 98 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | .. | 98 |
Georgia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Germany | 98 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | .. | .. |
Greece | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Hungary | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Iceland | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | .. | .. | .. |
Ireland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. |
Italy | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | .. | .. |
Kazakhstan | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Kyrgyzstan | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. |
Latvia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Lithuania | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Luxembourg | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Malta | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Montenegro | 100 | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
North Macedonia | 100 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
Norway | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | .. |
Poland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Portugal | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | .. |
Republic of Moldova | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Romania | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 95 | .. | .. |
Russian Federation | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Serbia | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 98 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Slovakia | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | .. |
Slovenia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Spain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Tajikistan | 87 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 98 | .. | 95 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Türkiye | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | 99 | .. | 98 | 99 | 97 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Turkmenistan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | .. |
Ukraine | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
United States | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | .. | .. |
Uzbekistan | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 99 | .. |