TABLE 2 Percentage of Women Whose Most Recent Birtha Occurred With No One Present, Stratified by Residence, Wealth Quintile, and Maternal Age
ResidenceHousehold Wealth IndexMaternal Age at Birth
Country & Survey YearTotalUrbanRuralLowestSecondMiddleFourthHighest<2020–34≥35
sub-Saharan Africa
Angola 2006-078.43.513.715.513.05.83.90.65.89.217.3
Benin 2011-121.10.91.32.61.31.00.50.20.71.21.3
Botswana 19881.40.21.7NANANANANA0.01.62.5
Burkina Faso 20101.40.51.51.82.01.21.20.30.31.41.8
Burundi 20103.61.63.85.43.73.04.61.30.53.07.4
Cameroon 20113.11.34.48.13.61.60.60.32.23.14.3
Central African Republic 1994-951.81.42.11.52.72.71.40.70.21.94.2
Chad 20044.02.94.33.66.64.02.73.02.14.55.2
Comoros0.90.80.92.20.80.20.50.20.01.01.2
Congo (Brazzaville) 2011-120.50.11.11.50.40.10.20.00.30.50.7
Congo Democratic Republic 2013-140.80.51.01.40.91.00.40.30.30.81.4
Côte d'Ivoire 2011-122.40.73.43.52.62.62.00.60.72.63.4
Eritrea 20020.30.20.30.20.30.40.30.00.50.10.5
Ethiopia 20113.81.64.23.44.83.83.92.92.83.66.0
Gabon 20120.40.30.80.90.20.30.00.50.20.50.3
Gambia 20131.91.91.91.92.12.81.70.90.42.02.7
Ghana 20082.71.13.84.83.71.71.60.51.12.35.7
Guinea 20127.11.99.011.56.59.15.80.53.86.215.8
Kenya 2008-096.51.87.68.28.47.45.82.12.45.816.4
Lesotho 20091.00.61.11.40.72.00.50.30.51.20.7
Liberia 20130.20.00.40.60.10.10.00.10.10.20.3
Madagascar 2008-090.80.20.81.70.60.40.50.10.20.72.0
Malawi 20102.72.22.83.93.12.42.41.50.52.56.7
Mali 2012-135.82.06.77.76.78.04.51.13.95.88.1
Mauritania 2000-016.91.610.97.410.410.04.81.16.66.68.4
Mozambique 20111.11.21.10.51.40.91.21.80.90.92.6
Namibia 20130.90.21.52.30.80.40.50.00.00.91.6
Niger 201214.53.616.216.417.718.112.67.38.815.019.1
Nigeria13.06.416.725.717.410.55.11.69.112.817.8
Rwanda 20137.35.27.69.88.97.75.53.12.06.313.7
Sao Tome and Principe 2008-090.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Senegal 2012-135.11.57.011.36.72.92.10.22.44.78.7
Sierra Leone 20130.20.10.20.30.20.10.20.00.00.20.2
South Africa 19982.10.63.55.42.30.50.50.01.12.13.0
Sudan 1989-904.32.15.5NANANANANA7.53.74.5
Swaziland 2006-074.41.55.311.34.81.82.11.22.13.714.2
Tanzania 20103.51.14.14.34.53.93.20.01.33.45.5
Togo 2013-143.10.84.45.25.13.41.00.31.52.85.4
Uganda 20116.81.07.78.88.79.05.21.11.46.514.2
Zambia3.11.14.14.54.63.21.20.40.42.59.4
Zimbabwe 2013-142.81.43.45.13.13.01.21.31.22.58.3
North Africa/West Asia and Eastern Europe
Albania 2008-090.10.20.00.30.00.00.00.00.90.00.0
Armenia 20100.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Azerbaijan 20060.30.50.10.00.31.20.00.00.00.40.0
Egypt 20140.10.00.10.10.30.00.00.00.20.10.2
Jordan 20120.20.20.10.20.00.00.70.00.00.20.2
Moldova 20050.20.20.20.40.60.00.00.00.00.20.0
Morocco 2003-041.10.41.82.51.40.40.30.30.00.73.2
Turkey 19980.70.31.42.10.70.00.40.00.00.63.3
Ukraine 20070.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Yemen 19974.42.74.93.64.15.85.23.52.04.27.7
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Republic 20120.10.00.20.00.00.60.00.00.00.20.0
Tajikistan 20120.10.10.10.50.00.10.00.00.00.10.8
Turkmenistan 20000.20.20.10.30.00.00.00.60.00.20.0
Uzbekistan 19960.40.00.60.80.01.00.00.00.00.41.9
South and Southeast Asia
Bangladesh 20110.40.20.50.70.90.40.10.00.20.60.0
Cambodia 20100.00.00.00.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.0
India 2005-060.50.30.61.10.50.40.10.10.20.51.4
Indonesia 20120.20.10.40.80.20.10.00.00.40.20.4
Nepal 20112.91.43.07.72.61.00.80.30.83.07.2
Pakistan 2012-130.20.00.20.10.50.20.00.00.00.20.2
Philippines 20130.10.00.20.40.00.00.00.00.00.10.1
Sri Lanka 19870.20.00.3NANANANANA0.00.30.0
Thailand 19871.00.21.1NANANANANA0.40.65.0
Timor-Leste 2009-103.01.63.44.53.53.72.40.61.82.25.6
Vietnam 20020.10.00.10.20.20.00.00.00.00.10.0
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia 20080.90.41.52.00.90.70.00.10.60.91.5
Brazil 19960.60.41.01.00.90.30.00.00.20.60.8
Colombia 20100.20.10.40.60.20.00.00.00.00.30.2
Dominican Republic 20130.10.10.00.10.10.20.00.00.00.10.0
Ecuador 19872.20.63.8NANANANANA0.42.05.7
El Salvador 19857.63.011.3NANANANANA4.57.813.5
Guatemala 1998-991.20.02.03.61.30.30.00.01.01.02.7
Guyana 20090.60.30.70.80.01.30.60.00.00.61.8
Haiti 20121.91.42.12.32.01.51.42.30.81.54.2
Honduras 2011-120.60.31.01.50.80.50.00.00.20.71.0
Mexico 19872.60.85.6NANANANANA0.52.74.9
Nicaragua 20011.10.51.72.61.20.40.30.10.31.03.8
Paraguay 19900.50.20.80.41.50.00.60.00.00.60.5
Peru 20120.30.20.71.00.30.00.20.00.00.30.8
Trinidad and Tobago 19870.10.00.2NANANANANA0.00.10.0
  • a Data were restricted to the most recent live birth in the 3 years preceding each survey.