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

Key figures

Since 1990 it is up 31.9 percentage points from 60% in 1990. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2019, Kiribati had the 25th 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 Kiribati in the 2019 ranking

• Indonesia — 22nd of 29: 94.7%
• Honduras — 23rd of 29: 94.1%
• Paraguay — 24th of 29: 92.2%
• Bolivia — 26th of 29: 81.1%
• Nepal — 27th of 29: 77.2%
• Senegal — 28th of 29: 74.5%

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 10 values

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

• Australia — 96% (2020)
• Brunei Darussalam — 99.6% (2021)
• Cambodia — 98.7% (2022)
• China — 99.9% (2016)
• Fiji — 99.8% (2021)
• Indonesia — 94.7% (2019)
• Japan — 99.8% (2021)
• Malaysia — 99.6% (2019)
• Mongolia — 99.3% (2018)
• New Zealand

More health data for Kiribati

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.21% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.58% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 23,039 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.83% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 23,865 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 35.99% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 46,903 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 34.36% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.91% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

91.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 31.9 percentage points from 60% in 1990. The highest value was 98.3% in 2010 and the lowest 60% in 1990.

How does Kiribati rank?

25th highest of 29 economies with data for 2019.

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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