Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel in El Salvador
El Salvador: Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel was 99.9 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel in El Salvador, 1985–2018
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 99.9 for proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel in El Salvador peaked at 99.9 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 85.4, in 1985.
El Salvador ranks 16th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 85.4 | — |
| 1988 | 90 | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 87.4 | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 90.4 | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 92.4 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 87.2 | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 89.6 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 93.1 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 95.5 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 97.5 | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 98 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 99.5 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 99.8 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 98 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 99.9 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 99.9 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.9 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.9 | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 99.9 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 99.5, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 99.9 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 98.8, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 87.7 | 85.4 | 90 | 2 |
| 1990s | 88.9 | 87.4 | 90.4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 92.55 | 87.2 | 97.5 | 6 |
| 2010s | 99.32 | 98 | 99.9 | 9 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 16 Azerbaijan 99.9 compare
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.9 compare
- 16 Belarus 99.9 compare
- 16 China 99.9 compare
- 16 Greece 99.9 compare
- 16 Croatia 99.9 compare
- 16 Kazakhstan 99.9 compare
- 16 Kuwait 99.9 compare
- 16 Libya 99.9 compare
- 16 Latvia 99.9 compare
- 16 Oman 99.9 compare
- 16 Serbia 99.9 compare
- 16 Ukraine 99.9 compare
More gender data for El Salvador
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,446 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.44 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,040 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,040 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 47,387 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 49,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 47,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 49,704 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 47,581 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel in El Salvador?
- Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel in El Salvador was 99.9 in 2018, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9 in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.4 in 1985.
- How does El Salvador rank for proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel?
- El Salvador ranks 16th out of 169 countries with data for 2018.
- Is proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.