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

Key figures

Since 1988 it is up 38.8 percentage points from 40.1% in 1988. The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2018, Ghana had the 12th 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 Ghana in the 2018 ranking

• Suriname — 9th of 12: 98.4%
• Cabo Verde — 10th of 12: 97.3%
• Denmark — 11th of 12: 95.3%

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 13 values

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

• Botswana — 99.8% (2017)
• Burundi — 76.5% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 97.3% (2018)
• Malawi — 96.4% (2020)
• Mauritius — 99.7% (2021)
• Senegal — 74.5% (2019)
• Seychelles — 99.5% (2020)

More health data for Ghana

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.99% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.39% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 6.13 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 34.94% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 6.29 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 35.92% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 12.42 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 35.43% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.63% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

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

78.9% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1988?

It is up 38.8 percentage points from 40.1% in 1988. The highest value was 78.9% in 2018 and the lowest 40.1% in 1988.

How does Ghana rank?

12th highest of 12 economies with data for 2018.

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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