C-section delivery rate worldwide in 2000 and 2015, by region

Published by Jenny Yang, Nov 30, 2023
This statistic depicts the percentage of births that were delivered via cesarean section worldwide in 2000 and 2015, by region. According to the data, Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest rate of cesarean sections in 2015 with 44.3 percent of births being delivered by c-section.

Percentage of live births delivered by cesarean section worldwide in 2000 and 2015, by region

Characteristic20002015
Global 12.1% 21.1%
West and Central Africa 3% 4.1%
Eastern and Southern Africa 4.6% 6.2%
Middle East and North Africa 19% 29.6%
South Asia 7.2% 18.1%
East Asia and Pacific 13.4% 28.8%
Latin America and Caribbean 32.3% 44.3%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia 11.9% 27.3%
North America 24.3% 32%
Western Europe 19.6% 26.9%
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October 2018

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