Belarus's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) was 99.9% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged since 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.9% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.9% | 2010 |
| Highest | 100% | 1986 |
| Lowest | 99.8% | 2011 |
| Average since 2011 | 99.87% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 100% | 1986 |
Since 1986 it is down 0.1 percentage points from 100% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2020, Belarus' births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) did not change 0 percentage points on 2019 (from 99.9% to 99.9%).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.2 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Belarus had the 5th highest value of the 29 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Belarus in the 2020 ranking
- Kyrgyz Republic — 2nd of 29: 100%
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 3rd of 29: 100%
- Uruguay — 4th of 29: 100%
- Oman — 6th of 29: 99.9%
- Italy — 7th of 29: 99.8%
- Estonia — 8th of 29: 99.6%
What this measures
Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns.
Limitations: For the indicators that are from household surveys, the year refers to the survey year. For more information, consult the original sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 29 values
| Year | Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 99.9 |
| 2019 | 99.9 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 99.8 |
| 2013 | 99.8 |
| 2012 | 100 |
| 2011 | 99.8 |
| 2010 |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) in nearby economies
- Albania — 99.8% (2018)
- Armenia — 99.8% (2016)
- Austria — 98.1% (2020)
- Azerbaijan — 99.9% (2021)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 99.9% (2019)
- Bulgaria — 94.5% (2021)
- Croatia — 99.9% (2019)
- Cyprus — 99.3% (2019)
- Czechia — 99.8% (2017)
- Denmark
More health data for Belarus
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 3.56% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.32% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 700,885 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 14.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 742,772 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.55% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.44 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15.89% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.05% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?
- 99.9% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is down 0.1 percentage points from 100% in 1986. The highest value was 100% in 1986 and the lowest 99.8% in 2011.
- How does Belarus rank?
- 5th highest of 29 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) unusual for Belarus?
- In 2020, Belarus' births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) did not change 0 percentage points on 2019 (from 99.9% to 99.9%). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.STA.BRTC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: State of the World's Children, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Childinfo, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); Demographic and Health Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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