Romania's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) was 72.3% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 7.2 percentage points from 79.5% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72.3% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 75.6% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 79.5% | 2010 |
| Highest | 84.3% | 2008 |
| Lowest | 69.9% | 2019 |
| Average since 2011 | 74.09% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 73.7% | 2004 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Romania's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) rose 2.4 percentage points on 2019 (from 69.9% to 72.3%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2019), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.47 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 6.5 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.9 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.89 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 66% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Closest to Romania in the 2020 ranking
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 17 values
| Year | Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 69.9 |
| 2018 | 70.2 |
| 2017 | 72.2 |
| 2016 | 73.6 |
| 2015 | 75.6 |
| 2014 | 75.2 |
| 2013 | 78.2 |
| 2012 | 73.4 |
| 2011 | 80.3 |
| 2010 |
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) in nearby economies
- Türkiye — 96.4% (2018)
More health data for Romania
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.55% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.11% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.44 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 14.73% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 16.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.96 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15.56% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.09% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Romania's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%)?
- 72.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2004?
- It is down 1.4 percentage points from 73.7% in 2004. The highest value was 84.3% in 2008 and the lowest 69.9% in 2019.
- Is the latest change in pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) unusual for Romania?
- In 2020, Romania's pregnant women receiving prenatal care (%) rose 2.4 percentage points on 2019 (from 69.9% to 72.3%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2019), the average change was −0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.47 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
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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