St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.2 percentage points from 98.8% in 2011. Since 1995 it is down 1.4 percentage points from 100% in 1995. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2016, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) fell 0.1 percentage points on 2015 (from 98.7% to 98.6%).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2015), the average change was +0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 1.3 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.2 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2007 to 2016 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 10 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.

Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2016 ranking

• China — 1st of 3: 99.9%
• Armenia — 2nd of 3: 99.8%

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 18 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. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.98% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.97% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 10,270 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 20.91% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 10,586 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 20.83% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 20,855 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 20.87% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)?

98.6% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 1.4 percentage points from 100% in 1995. The highest value was 100% in 1995 and the lowest 98% in 1998.

Is the latest change in births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines?

In 2016, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) fell 0.1 percentage points on 2015 (from 98.7% to 98.6%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2015), the average change was +0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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