TABLE 3 Percentage of Women Whose Most Recent Birtha Occurred With No One Present, Stratified by Antenatal Care (ANC) Visits, Birth Order of the Index Child, and Maternal Educational Levels
No. of ANC Visits for Recent BirthBirth Order of the Index ChildMother’s Highest Educational Level
Country & Survey YearTotalNone1–3≥412–34–5≥6NonePrimarySecondary or higher
sub-Saharan Africa
Angola 2006-078.4NANANANANANANA13.37.90.0
Benin 2011-121.14.22.00.20.90.91.41.51.50.40.1
Botswana 19881.4NANANA0.31.71.81.94.00.40.0
Burkina Faso 20101.44.31.60.50.01.41.71.81.60.30.1
Burundi 20103.616.74.02.50.82.35.66.54.62.90.3
Cameroon 20113.19.63.11.50.62.03.27.68.12.00.4
Central African Republic 1994-951.83.71.31.20.21.72.42.92.41.21.0
Chad 20044.05.12.82.70.93.74.16.33.85.51.4
Comoros0.95.60.50.30.20.81.11.61.60.60.1
Congo (Brazzaville) 2011-120.53.40.60.20.10.40.61.31.70.80.2
Congo Democratic Republic 2013-140.82.00.60.80.20.41.31.31.21.10.4
Côte d'Ivoire 2011-122.48.72.70.90.51.83.34.83.01.80.5
Eritrea 20020.30.50.10.20.00.20.00.80.30.30.0
Ethiopia 20113.84.52.63.42.13.53.16.04.23.31.3
Gabon 20120.42.40.30.30.30.20.60.60.20.70.3
Gambia 20131.923.92.71.40.61.61.64.12.11.51.9
Ghana 20082.78.64.42.10.40.95.86.54.32.81.5
Guinea 20127.120.55.64.92.74.99.512.18.72.41.1
Kenya 2008-096.517.26.74.50.53.79.416.28.07.63.0
Lesotho 20091.03.51.10.60.40.72.72.43.11.30.5
Liberia 20130.21.00.60.10.00.10.40.40.20.30.0
Madagascar 2008-090.83.60.60.30.00.60.62.11.00.90.2
Malawi 20102.715.12.72.30.61.63.26.44.22.71.2
Mali 2012-135.811.84.73.03.64.56.18.96.34.81.5
Mauritania 2000-016.911.05.63.04.47.26.39.19.23.31.5
Mozambique 20111.10.41.21.30.70.81.31.91.21.11.1
Namibia 20130.95.92.10.50.10.81.82.44.01.90.3
Niger 201214.515.015.013.76.411.216.719.115.710.13.6
Nigeria13.021.517.16.84.39.914.622.621.79.72.6
Rwanda 20137.336.48.73.71.06.210.115.311.76.72.9
Sao Tome and Principe 2008-090.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Senegal 2012-135.123.65.82.71.43.27.59.56.33.50.8
Sierra Leone 20130.20.00.40.10.00.10.20.30.20.00.0
South Africa 19982.16.52.31.70.41.53.57.87.63.10.9
Sudan 1989-904.3NANANA4.14.23.84.87.40.40.5
Swaziland 2006-074.415.24.63.80.93.18.312.310.66.12.4
Tanzania 20103.56.54.22.20.22.63.67.93.73.70.7
Togo 2013-143.113.53.41.50.52.72.68.45.02.40.9
Uganda 20116.814.18.64.31.23.37.413.712.57.22.2
Zambia3.17.03.52.60.11.13.09.28.03.50.9
Zimbabwe 2013-142.85.02.92.30.52.06.210.410.74.22.1
North Africa/West Asia and Eastern Europe
Albania 2008-090.14.10.00.00.20.00.00.06.10.00.0
Armenia 20100.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Azerbaijan 20060.31.60.00.00.00.70.00.00.00.00.3
Egypt 20140.10.70.10.00.00.10.20.20.20.10.1
Jordan 20120.21.32.30.00.00.30.10.10.00.10.2
Moldova 20050.20.00.00.20.00.40.00.00.00.00.2
Morocco 2003-041.11.80.70.80.00.41.94.61.70.00.1
Turkey 19980.71.80.80.00.10.50.74.01.50.70.0
Ukraine 20070.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Yemen 19974.45.13.13.51.73.14.36.54.82.93.1
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Republic 20120.10.00.00.20.40.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tajikistan 20120.10.30.30.00.10.10.40.02.50.00.1
Turkmenistan 20000.217.00.00.00.20.20.00.00.00.00.2
Uzbekistan 19960.42.00.00.30.00.00.01.90.00.00.4
South and Southeast Asia
Bangladesh 20110.40.60.50.20.00.41.90.00.70.60.3
Cambodia 20100.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
India 2005-060.51.10.50.20.10.50.91.50.90.30.1
Indonesia 20120.22.41.30.10.20.10.91.41.30.50.1
Nepal 20112.99.52.41.30.62.06.512.04.52.71.0
Pakistan 2012-130.20.40.10.10.00.20.20.20.30.00.0
Philippines 20130.10.40.20.10.00.10.00.41.40.40.0
Sri Lanka 19870.2NANANA0.00.10.90.70.70.30.2
Thailand 19871.0NANANA0.21.01.84.20.31.01.2
Timor-Leste 2009-103.05.43.52.21.12.22.65.44.93.21.3
Vietnam 20020.10.30.10.00.00.00.62.01.10.00.0
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia 20080.92.91.40.50.20.71.32.23.31.20.2
Brazil 19960.61.71.20.30.20.31.61.90.31.00.3
Colombia 20100.21.10.80.10.00.20.41.11.00.50.1
Dominican Republic 20130.13.20.00.10.00.10.40.51.00.00.1
Ecuador 19872.2NANANA0.81.62.54.99.52.00.2
El Salvador 19857.6NANANA2.95.69.816.117.44.80.0
Guatemala 1998-991.22.73.20.40.30.71.22.92.31.00.0
Guyana 20090.60.00.00.70.00.81.10.60.00.20.7
Haiti 20121.92.72.11.70.52.13.32.93.61.71.1
Honduras 2011-120.63.31.00.50.10.71.21.83.20.80.1
Mexico 19872.6NANANA0.60.83.87.38.62.20.3
Nicaragua 20011.13.01.50.60.00.41.64.33.50.60.2
Paraguay 19900.52.70.20.40.00.11.41.20.00.70.0
Peru 20120.32.10.00.30.00.20.91.70.51.00.1
Trinidad and Tobago 19870.1NANANA0.00.00.50.00.00.20.0
  • a Data were restricted to the most recent live birth in the 3 years preceding each survey.