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

Latest (2018)
99.9
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 169 countries
All-time high
99.9
in 2015
All-time low
85.4
in 1985
Years of data
19
1985–2018

Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel in El Salvador, 1985–2018

0204060801001985200120181985: 85.41988: 901993: 87.41998: 90.42003: 92.42005: 87.22006: 89.62007: 93.12008: 95.52009: 97.52010: 982011: 992012: 99.52013: 99.82014: 982015: 99.92016: 99.92017: 99.92018: 99.9

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

Annual values for Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel in El Salvador, 1985 to 2018.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 16 Azerbaijan 99.9 compare
  2. 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.9 compare
  3. 16 Belarus 99.9 compare
  4. 16 China 99.9 compare
  5. 16 Greece 99.9 compare
  6. 16 Croatia 99.9 compare
  7. 16 Kazakhstan 99.9 compare
  8. 16 Kuwait 99.9 compare
  9. 16 Libya 99.9 compare
  10. 16 Latvia 99.9 compare
  11. 16 Oman 99.9 compare
  12. 16 Serbia 99.9 compare
  13. 16 Ukraine 99.9 compare

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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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Proportion of Births Attended By Skilled Health Personnel
Source
International Monetary Fund
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Coverage
169 places, 2,903 data points, 1980–2022
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