Burundi: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 1.1 percentage points from 77.6% in 2016. Since 1987 it is up 57.4 percentage points from 19.1% in 1987. The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2021, Burundi had the 20th highest value of the 20 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 Burundi in the 2021 ranking

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 17th of 20: 97.1%
• Peru — 18th of 20: 94.9%
• Bulgaria — 19th of 20: 94.5%

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 11 values

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) in nearby economies

• Botswana — 99.8% (2017)
• 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 Burundi

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 15.08% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.54% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 3.15 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 43.44% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 3.18 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 44.53% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 6.33 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 43.98% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 14.34% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Burundi's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?

76.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1987?

It is up 57.4 percentage points from 19.1% in 1987. The highest value was 98.6% in 2019 and the lowest 19.1% in 1987.

How does Burundi rank?

20th highest of 20 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

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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