Botswana's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) was 99.8% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.2 percentage points from 94.6% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.8% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 99.8% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 94.6% | 2007 |
| Highest | 99.9% | 2013 |
| Lowest | 77.4% | 1988 |
| Average since 2008 | 99.51% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 77.4% | 1988 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Botswana's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) rose 0.1 percentage points on 2016 (from 99.7% to 99.8%).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2016), the average change was +0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 5.3 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.5 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.1 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Botswana had the 4th highest value of the 12 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 Botswana in the 2017 ranking
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 20 values
| Year | Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 99.8 |
| 2016 | 99.7 |
| 2015 | 99.7 |
| 2014 | 99.5 |
| 2013 | 99.9 |
| 2012 | 99.8 |
| 2011 | 99.8 |
| 2010 | 99.1 |
| 2009 | 99.5 |
| 2008 | 98.3 |
| 2007 |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) in nearby economies
- Burundi — 76.5% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 97.3% (2018)
- Ghana — 78.9% (2018)
- Malawi — 96.4% (2020)
- Mauritius — 99.7% (2021)
- Senegal — 74.5% (2019)
- Seychelles — 99.5% (2020)
More health data for Botswana
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.53% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 406,270 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 31.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 412,499 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 32.32% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 818,769 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 31.96% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.46% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Botswana's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?
- 99.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1988?
- It is up 22.4 percentage points from 77.4% in 1988. The highest value was 99.9% in 2013 and the lowest 77.4% in 1988.
- How does Botswana rank?
- 4th highest of 12 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) unusual for Botswana?
- In 2017, Botswana's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) rose 0.1 percentage points on 2016 (from 99.7% to 99.8%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2016), the average change was +0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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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