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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Cabo Verde's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) rose 4.9 percentage points on 2017 (from 92.4% to 97.3%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2017), the average change was +2.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 22.9 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.2 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Cabo Verde had the 10th 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 Cabo Verde in the 2018 ranking

• Montenegro — 7th of 12: 98.8%
• Venezuela, RB — 8th of 12: 98.7%
• Suriname — 9th of 12: 98.4%
• Denmark — 11th of 12: 95.3%
• Ghana — 12th of 12: 78.9%

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 15 values

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

• Botswana — 99.8% (2017)
• Burundi — 76.5% (2021)
• Ghana — 78.9% (2018)
• Malawi — 96.4% (2020)
• Mauritius — 99.7% (2021)
• Senegal — 74.5% (2019)
• Seychelles — 99.5% (2020)

More health data for Cabo Verde

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.23% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 63,435 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 24.48% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 66,789 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.91% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 130,223 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.7% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.02% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

97.3% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 43.3 percentage points from 54% in 1995. The highest value was 98.7% in 2011 and the lowest 54% in 1995.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

10th highest of 12 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) unusual for Cabo Verde?

In 2018, Cabo Verde's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) rose 4.9 percentage points on 2017 (from 92.4% to 97.3%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2017), the average change was +2.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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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