Pakistan: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)

Key figures

Since 1991 it is up 65.5 percentage points from 25.7% in 1991. The World Bank has no value for 19 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2019, Pakistan had the 8th highest value of the 10 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 Pakistan in the 2019 ranking

• Ghana — 5th of 10: 97.4%
• Uganda — 6th of 10: 95.1%
• Zimbabwe — 7th of 10: 93.3%
• Nepal — 9th of 10: 88.8%
• Bangladesh — 10th of 10: 75.2%

What this measures

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care are the percentage of women attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.

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

Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 65.2% (2018)

More health data for Pakistan

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 12.48% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.7% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 45.25 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 35.94% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 47.25 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 36.54% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 92.5 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 36.24% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.83% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Pakistan's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)?

91.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 65.5 percentage points from 25.7% in 1991. The highest value was 91.2% in 2019 and the lowest 24.8% in 1999.

How does Pakistan rank?

8th highest of 10 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.ANVC.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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