Births attended by skilled health staff as a share of total rose 0% to 70.4% in Mauritania in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, births attended by skilled health staff as a share of total in Mauritania reached an all time high of 70.4% in 2021 and an all time low of 40.0% in 1991.
Mauritania has been ranked 4th within the group of 6 countries we follow in terms of births attended by skilled health staff as a share of total, 85 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (As % of Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 98.8% | ... | ... | ||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Gambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 82.7% | ... | ... | ||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62.7% | ... | 55.3% | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.7% | ... | ... | 67.3% | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Morocco | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 86.6% | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.7% | 39.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Senegal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53.2% | 58.6% | 68.4% | 74.2% | 74.5% | ... | ... | ||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.9% | ... | ... | 99.9% | 99.9% | ... | |
| Tunisia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.5% | ... | ... | ... |
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