Estimates of overall levels of maternal service coverage, levels by maternal age and absolute inequality between the two age groups, using the most recent available survey data since 2010 for 105 countries*
| Four or more antenatal care visits | |||||
| No. of countries | Overall (15–34, %) | 15–19 (%) | 20–34 (%) | Absolute inequality (percentage points) | |
| All available countries | 87 | 59.4 (59.2, 59.5) | 54.2 (53.9, 54.5) | 60.7 (60.6, 60.9) | 6.5 (6.3, 6.7) |
| WHO regions | |||||
| Africa | 40 | 47.9 (47.7, 48.1) | 41.6 (41.3, 41.9) | 49.9 (49.7, 50.1) | 8.4 (8.0, 8.8) |
| Americas | 14 | 85.5 (85.1, 85.9) | 81.2 (80.6, 81.8) | 87.2 (86.7, 87.7) | 5.9 (5.6, 6.2) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 9 | 45.4 (45.0, 45.8) | 42.0 (41.4, 42.6) | 47.4 (46.9, 47.9) | 5.3 (4.7, 6.0) |
| Europe | 10 | 74.0 (73.4, 74.6) | 69.9 (69.0, 70.8) | 74.8 (74.1, 75.5) | 4.8 (4.1, 5.6) |
| South-East Asia | 9 | 48.1 (47.3, 48.9) | 45.5 (44.3, 46.7) | 52.4 (51.5, 53.3) | 6.9 (6.5, 7.3) |
| Western Pacific | 5 | 67.0 (66.0, 68.0) | 58.6 (57.1, 60.1) | 68.1 (66.9, 69.3) | 9.4 (7.9, 10.9) |
| Country-income class† | |||||
| Low income | 28 | 40.3 (40.1, 40.5) | 38.4 (38.1, 38.7) | 44.5 (44.3, 44.7) | 6.2 (5.9, 6.4) |
| Lower middle income | 37 | 59.7 (59.3, 60.1) | 52.7 (52.1, 53.3) | 61.5 (61.0, 62.0) | 8.8 (8.3, 9.2) |
| Upper middle income | 22 | 89.0 (88.6, 89.4) | 85.1 (84.5, 85.7) | 90.0 (89.5, 90.5) | 4.8 (4.3, 5.3) |
| SSA category‡ | |||||
| Non-SSA | 48 | 64.3 (63.9, 64.7) | 61.8 (61.2, 62.4) | 67.6 (67.1, 68.1) | 5.7 (5.5, 6.0) |
| SSA | 39 | 47.6 (47.4, 47.8) | 41.2 (40.9, 41.5) | 49.7 (49.5, 49.9) | 8.5 (8.1, 9.0) |
| Countdown category§ | |||||
| Non-Countdown | 23 | 74.3 (73.9, 74.7) | 69.8 (69.2, 70.4) | 75.7 (75.2, 76.2) | 5.9 (5.3, 6.5) |
| Countdown | 64 | 48.3 (48.1, 48.5) | 44.1 (43.8, 44.4) | 51.5 (51.3, 51.7) | 7.4 (7.1, 7.6) |
| Delivery with skilled birth attendants | |||||
| All available countries | 87 | 72.5 (72.3, 72.7) | 69.7 (69.4, 70.0) | 73.3 (73.1, 73.5) | 3.6 (3.4, 3.8) |
| WHO regions | |||||
| Africa | 40 | 49.2 (48.9, 49.5) | 45.1 (44.7, 45.5) | 50.5 (50.2, 50.8) | 5.4 (4.9, 6.0) |
| Americas | 15 | 82.2 (81.9, 82.5) | 81.7 (81.2, 82.2) | 82.7 (82.4, 83.0) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 8 | 60.2 (59.8, 60.6) | 59.2 (58.6, 59.8) | 60.9 (60.5, 61.3) | 1.7 (1.2, 2.2) |
| Europe | 11 | 95.6 (95.2, 96.0) | 94.7 (94.0, 95.4) | 95.7 (95.2, 96.2) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) |
| South-East Asia | 8 | 59.1 (58.5, 59.7) | 57.5 (56.6, 58.4) | 59.9 (59.3, 60.5) | 2.4 (1.8, 3.1) |
| Western Pacific | 5 | 75.4 (74.6, 76.2) | 69.5 (68.3, 70.7) | 76.6 (75.8, 77.4) | 7.2 (6.2, 8.2) |
| Country-income class† | |||||
| Low income | 28 | 46.3 (46.1, 46.5) | 44.7 (44.5, 44.9) | 47.3 (47.1, 47.4) | 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) |
| Lower middle income | 35 | 70.9 (70.6, 71.2) | 67.0 (66.5, 67.5) | 72.0 (71.7, 72.3) | 4.9 (4.4, 5.5) |
| Upper middle income | 24 | 93.6(93.2, 94.0) | 92.4 (91.8, 93.0) | 93.8 (93.4, 94.2) | 1.4 (1.0, 1.8) |
| SSA category‡ | |||||
| Non-SSA | 48 | 78.1 (77.8, 78.4) | 76.2 (75.7, 76.7) | 78.9 (78.5, 79.3) | 2.7 (2.4, 3.0) |
| SSA | 39 | 48.1 (47.9, 48.2) | 44.1 (43.8, 44.4) | 49.5 (49.3, 49.7) | 5.4 (4.8, 6.0) |
| Countdown category§ | |||||
| Non-Countdown | 23 | 88.5 (88.1, 88.9) | 84.8 (84.2, 85.4) | 88.9 (88.5, 89.3) | 4.1 (3.7, 4.6) |
| Countdown | 64 | 54.9 (54.7, 55.1) | 52.5 (52.2, 52.8) | 56.0 (55.8, 56.2) | 3.4 (3.1, 3.8) |
| Postnatal check-up within 24 hours of delivery | |||||
| All available countries | 52 | 32.7 (32.4, 33.0) | 30.0 (29.3, 30.7) | 33.2 (32.7, 33.7) | 3.2 (2.8, 3.6) |
| WHO regions | |||||
| Africa | 31 | 26.4 (26.1, 26.7) | 23.5 (22.8, 24.2) | 27.1 (26.6, 27.6) | 3.6 (3.3, 3.9) |
| Americas | 5 | 47.0 (46.4, 47.6) | 45.2 (43.7, 46.7) | 47.8 (46.7, 48.9) | 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 4 | 43.0 (42.4, 43.6) | 40.5 (39.0, 42.0) | 44.4 (43.3, 45.5) | 4.0 (3.5, 4.5) |
| Europe | 4 | 38.0 (37.1, 38.9) | 34.0 (31.8, 36.2) | 38.5 (36.9, 40.1) | 4.5 (3.6, 5.4) |
| South-East Asia | 6 | 38.0 (37.1, 38.9) | 34.0 (31.8, 36.2) | 38.5 (36.9, 40.1) | 3.0 (2.7, 3.4) |
| Western Pacific | 2 | 49.0 (47.5, 50.5) | 46.2 (42.5, 49.9) | 49.6 (47.0, 52.2) | 3.4 (2.9, 3.9) |
| Country-income class† | |||||
| Low income | 25 | 28.9 (28.6, 29.2) | 26.6 (25.9, 27.3) | 29.9 (29.4, 30.4) | 3.3 (3.1, 3.5) |
| Lower middle income | 20 | 34.8 (34.2, 35.4) | 32.1 (30.6, 33.6) | 35.4 (34.3, 36.5) | 3.3 (3.0, 3.6) |
| Upper middle income | 7 | 35.9 (35.3, 36.5) | 33.6 (32.1, 35.1) | 36.6 (35.5, 37.7) | 3.0 (2.6, 3.4) |
| SSA category‡ | |||||
| Non-SSA | 21 | 34.2 (33.6, 34.8) | 31.8 (30.3, 33.3) | 34.9 (33.8, 36.0) | 3.2 (2.8, 3.5) |
| SSA | 31 | 26.8 (26.5, 27.1) | 23.9 (23.2, 24.6) | 27.5 (27.0, 28.0) | 3.6 (3.3, 3.9) |
| Countdown category§ | |||||
| Non-countdown | 5 | 35.3 (34.7, 35.9) | 32.8 (31.3, 34.3) | 35.9 (34.8, 37.0) | 3.1 (2.7, 3.6) |
| Countdown | 47 | 31.9 (31.6, 32.2) | 29.4 (28.7, 30.1) | 32.7 (32.2, 33.2) | 3.3 (3.1, 3.5) |
*‘Absolute inequality’ is the absolute inequality in reproductive service utilisations between adult mothers aged 20–34 years old and adolescents 15–19 years old.
†The country’s income class is from the World Bank for the year that the data were collected.
‡‘SSA’ represents ‘sub-Saharan African countries’. The list of sub-Saharan African countries could be found from here: https://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/guide/afr-countrylist.html.
§‘Countdown countries’ are the 75 countries where more than 95% of all maternal and child deaths occur, including the 49 lowest income countries. All Countdown profiles are available at https://www.countdown2015mnch.org/country-profiles. We involved all Countdown countries with available data from Demographic and Health Surveys/Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys conducted since 2010.