St. Kitts and Nevis: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, St. Kitts and Nevis had the 1st 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 St. Kitts and Nevis in the 2020 ranking

• Dominica — 1st of 29: 100%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 2nd of 29: 100%
• Uruguay — 4th of 29: 100%
• Belarus — 5th of 29: 99.9%
• Oman — 6th of 29: 99.9%

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 19 values

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

• Antigua and Barbuda — 99% (2020)
• Argentina — 98.8% (2020)
• Bahamas, The — 99% (2019)
• Barbados — 98.4% (2020)
• Belize — 94.6% (2020)
• Bolivia — 81.1% (2019)
• Brazil — 98.4% (2020)
• Chile — 99.8% (2019)
• Colombia — 98.8% (2019)
• Costa Rica

More health data for St. Kitts and Nevis

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.53% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 4,296 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 17.54% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 4,308 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 19.2% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 8,604 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 18.34% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Kitts and Nevis's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?

100% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is unchanged since 1995. The highest value was 100% in 1995 and the lowest 99.4% in 1998.

How does St. Kitts and Nevis rank?

1st highest of 29 economies with data for 2020.

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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