Sexual and reproductive health: Progress and outstanding needs

Figures & data

Figure 1. The percentage of women who had a skilled attendant (doctor, nurse or mid-wife) at birth increased approximately 15% globally from 1990 to 2010, but with notable distinctions in progress between regions.

Source: DHS and MICS data, as reported in UN-ECOSOC (2014b).

Table 1. Coverage of skilled birth attendance at last birth (%), and modern contraceptive prevalence (%), by household wealth quintiles in 80 developing countries, 2004 or later.

			Skilled attendance at birth (%)						Modern CPR (%)
Country	Year	Source	Poorest 20%	Second 20%	Middle 20%	Fourth 20%	Richest 20%	Δ–highest to lowest	Poorest 20%	Second 20%	Middle 20%	Fourth 20%	Richest 20%	Δ–highest to lowest
Albania	2008–2009	DHS	100	99	99	100	100	1	11	9	11	9	14	4
Angola	2006–2007	MICS	16	35	61	86	94	78	–	–	–	–	–	–
Armenia	2010	DHS	100	100	100	99	100	0	21	17	27	34	38	16
Azerbaijan	2006	DHS	76	88	91	99	100	24	11	11	10	18	21	10
Bangladesh	2011	DHS	12	19	28	43	64	52	53	54	52	51	51	−2
Belarus	2005	MICS	100	100	100	100	100	0	49	53	59	60	59	9
Belize	2006	MICS	84	100	100	100	98	14	–	–	–	–	–	–
Benin	2006	DHS	59	72	82	93	98	39	2	4	5	7	13	11
Bhutan	2010	MICS	34	43	67	81	95	61	69	66	65	66	62	−7
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	DHS	39	69	83	94	99	59	23	27	34	41	47	24
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006	MICS	99	100	100	99	100	0	4	10	7	13	20	15
Burkina Faso	2010	DHS	51	64	74	83	96	45	7	9	10	16	34	26
Burundi	2010	DHS	55	59	64	66	83	28	15	14	17	17	26	12
Cote d'Ivoire	2006	MICS	29	40	59	79	95	66	3	5	6	10	18	15
Cambodia	2010	DHS	49	64	75	87	97	48	35	37	37	34	31	−4
Cameroon	2011	DHS	19	56	78	91	98	79	2	8	14	22	26	23
Chad	2004	DHS	2	7	9	14	52	50	0	0	1	0	7	7
Colombia	2010	DHS	86	98	99	100	99	14	69	73	73	75	75	6
Congo	2005	DHS	69	78	92	98	99	30	9	7	12	16	18	9
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	MICS	60	68	69	85	96	36	1	2	3	7	14	13
Dominican Republic	2007	DHS	90	96	96	98	98	8	67	71	72	71	69	3
Egypt	2008	DHS	58	73	85	91	97	39	52	55	59	59	62	10
Ethiopia	2011	DHS	3	4	4	9	50	48	13	22	24	30	48	35
Gambia	2006	MICS	28	46	59	73	89	60	–	–	–	–	–	–
Georgia	2005	MICS	95	99	99	99	99	3	12	16	18	23	28	16
Ghana	2008	DHS	23	52	66	82	96	73	12	14	16	20	21	9
Guinea	2005	DHS	15	20	35	58	87	72	3	3	4	7	13	10
Guinea-Bissau	2006	MICS	19	26	31	54	79	59	1	2	3	9	19	18
Guyana	2009	DHS	82	96	96	98	97	15	31	39	43	41	45	14
Haiti	2012	DHS	10	21	38	55	78	68	30	30	35	34	28	−7
Honduras	2005–2006	DHS	38	56	81	91	98	61	41	52	59	62	65	24
India	2005–2006	DHS	21	34	52	70	90	69	35	44	50	55	58	23
Indonesia	2007	DHS	47	69	80	89	96	50	50	60	59	59	58	8
Jordan	2007	DHS	99	99	100	100	100	2	35	38	41	49	47	12
Kazakhstan	2006	MICS	100	100	100	99	100	0	40	45	49	51	57	17
Kenya	2008–2009	DHS	23	32	42	56	82	59	17	33	43	50	48	31
Kyrgyzstan	2006	MICS	93	99	97	98	100	7	47	40	43	48	49	1
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2011–2012	DHS/MICS	11	24	45	64	91	80	33	41	47	49	40	7
Lesotho	2009	DHS	52	65	70	84	95	42	29	37	45	48	61	32
Liberia	2007	DHS	30	32	46	74	82	52	3	6	13	14	17	14
Madagascar	2008–2009	DHS	22	28	42	58	90	68	18	24	29	36	36	19
Malawi	2010	DHS	68	70	72	80	91	23	35	40	41	45	48	14
Maldives	2009	DHS	93	96	97	100	100	7	29	27	27	26	26	−3
Mali	2012–2013	DHS	35	46	50	75	94	59	3	5	6	13	23	18
Mauritania	2007	MICS	21	41	71	90	95	75	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mongolia	2005	MICS	98	99	100	99	100	2	65	63	63	59	53	−12
Montenegro	2006	MICS	98	99	100	98	100	3	8	18	17	19	23	15
Morocco	2003–2004	DHS	32	52	74	88	96	64	51	55	55	55	57	5
Mozambique	2008	MICS	37	45	53	66	89	52	5	5	9	15	30	25
Namibia	2006–2007	DHS	61	75	85	95	98	37	30	46	47	66	68	39
Nepal	2011	DHS	21	39	54	67	90	70	36	41	43	45	49	13
Niger	2012	DHS	12	18	21	29	71	59	9	8	8	13	24	15
Nigeria	2013	DHS	6	17	40	62	85	79	1	4	9	14	23	22
Pakistan	2006–2007	DHS	18	28	40	56	79	62	12	16	22	26	32	19
Peru	2007–2008	DHS	44	67	90	98	99	55	36	41	49	54	54	18
Philippines	2008	DHS	26	56	76	86	94	69	26	36	37	39	33	7
Republic of Moldova	2005	DHS	99	99	100	100	100	1	37	39	43	46	51	15
Rwanda	2010	DHS	70	72	76	82	91	21	39	41	47	49	50	11
Sao Tome and Principe	2008–2009	DHS	76	75	85	89	92	16	31	32	31	37	37	6
Senegal	2010–2011	DHS	30	52	74	87	95	65	4	7	12	15	23	18
Serbia	2010	MICS	99	100	100	100	100	0	11	17	20	25	31	21
Sierra Leone	2010	MICS	44	56	64	72	85	41	5	5	9	12	21	16
Somalia	2006	MICS	11	14	20	45	77	66	0	0	0	2	4	4
Suriname	2006	MICS	81	91	98	93	96	15	29	44	49	48	51	22
Swaziland	2010	MICS	65	76	87	89	94	29	55	60	62	66	68	13
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	MICS	78	95	98	97	99	21	29	37	44	48	53	23
Tajikistan	2005	MICS	70	81	87	90	91	21	26	32	32	36	39	13
Thailand	2006	MICS	93	98	98	99	100	7	79	79	75	74	70	−8
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2005	MICS	95	99	98	100	100	5	8	10	6	8	17	9
Timor-Leste	2009–2010	DHS	12	16	24	41	71	59	15	16	17	24	32	17
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	MICS	98	99	94	99	100	2	37	34	35	39	45	8
Uganda	2011	DHS	45	53	58	63	91	46	13	21	25	31	39	26
Ukraine	2007	DHS	99	98	100	99	100	1	36	45	47	51	53	17
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	DHS	31	35	44	62	88	57	19	22	23	35	38	19
Uzbekistan	2006	MICS	100	100	100	100	100	0	61	60	61	58	57	−4
Vanuatu	2008	MICS	55	78	73	87	90	35	28	40	34	39	44	16
Viet Nam	2011	MICS	72	96	100	100	99	27	65	62	60	55	58	−7
Yemen	2006	MICS	17	20	32	50	74	56	5	9	19	29	35	30
Zambia	2007	DHS	26	27	36	72	92	65	31	24	23	39	48	18
Zimbabwe	2010–2011	DHS	46	55	62	79	90	44	52	53	56	60	64	11

Source: Demographic and Health and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.

Figure 2. Trends from select countries display the changing inequalities by household wealth in the percentage of women who had a skilled attendant (doctor, nurse or mid-wife) at last birth between 1990 and 2010.

Source: DHS and MICS data, as reported in UN-ECOSOC (2014b).

Figure 3. Proportion of women in select Asian countries with access to management of post-partum haemorrhage in 2005, with specific focus on urban versus rural access.

Source: UN-ECOSOC (2014b); Analysis based on data from the Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index (MNPI): http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/mnpi/getmnpi.cfm.

United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC). (2014b). Framework of actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. A report of the Secretary-General (A/69/62). New York, NY: Author. Retrieved from http://issuu.com/shiralevine/docs/icpd_review_global_report_a_69_62_e

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