Senegal's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) was 74.5% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.4 percentage points from 59.1% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 74.5% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 59.1% | 2014 |
| Highest | 74.5% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 22% | 1986 |
| Average since 2011 | 62.95% | 2011–2019 |
| First recorded | 22% | 1986 |
Over five years it is up 15.4 percentage points from 59.1% in 2014. Since 1986 it is up 52.5 percentage points from 22% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.8 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.1 percentage points in 2005. 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 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.14 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 39% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Senegal had the 28th 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 Senegal in the 2019 ranking
- Kiribati — 25th of 29: 91.9%
- Bolivia — 26th of 29: 81.1%
- Nepal — 27th of 29: 77.2%
- Bangladesh — 29th of 29: 59%
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 16 values
| Year | Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 74.5 |
| 2018 | 74.2 |
| 2017 | 68.4 |
| 2016 | 58.6 |
| 2015 | 53.2 |
| 2014 | 59.1 |
| 2013 | 50.5 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 65.1 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) in nearby economies
- Botswana — 99.8% (2017)
- Burundi — 76.5% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 97.3% (2018)
- Ghana — 78.9% (2018)
- Malawi — 96.4% (2020)
- Mauritius — 99.7% (2021)
- Seychelles — 99.5% (2020)
More health data for Senegal
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.37% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.47% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 3.45 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 37.01% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 3.7 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 38.46% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 7.15 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 37.74% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.03% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Senegal's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?
- 74.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is up 52.5 percentage points from 22% in 1986. The highest value was 74.5% in 2019 and the lowest 22% in 1986.
- How does Senegal rank?
- 28th 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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