Country rankings
Home Birth Rates by Country
Chad has the highest Home Births (% of Total Births) (77.0%), followed by Ethiopia (73.0%) and Yemen (69.0%). Poland has the lowest (0.03%).
Health88 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Jun 19, 2025Original page
3 sources
- Comparison of Frequency of Home Births in the Member States of the EU Between 2015 and 2019 - National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Prevalence of home birth among 880,345 women in 67 low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys - National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 - CDC National Center for Health Statistics/National Vital Statistics System
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Home Births (% of Total Births)
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 88 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
16.2%
Middle half 1% – 34.5%
Average
20.7%
88 countries
Highest
77.0%
Chad
Lowest
0.03%
Poland
Data
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88 countries · # = rank by Home Births (% of Total Births)
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chad | 77.0% | — |
| 2 |  Ethiopia | 73.0% | — |
| 3 |  Yemen | 69.0% | — |
| 4 |  Madagascar | 64.0% | — |
| 5 |  Myanmar | 63.0% | — |
| 6 |  Haiti | 60.0% | — |
| 7 |  Nigeria | 59.0% | — |
| 8 |  Angola | 53.0% | — |
| 9 |  Afghanistan | 51.0% | — |
| 9 |  Timor-Leste | 51.0% | — |
| 11 |  Bangladesh | 50.0% | — |
| 12 |  Guinea | 47.0% | — |
| 13 |  Liberia | 44.0% | — |
| 14 |  Mozambique | 43.0% | — |
| 14 |  Nepal | 43.0% | — |
| 16 |  Ivory Coast | 41.0% | — |
| 17 |  Morocco | 39.0% | — |
| 17 |  Papua New Guinea | 39.0% | — |
| 19 |  Kenya | 37.0% | — |
| 19 |  Gambia | 37.0% | — |
| 21 |  Indonesia | 36.0% | — |
| 21 |  Tanzania | 36.0% | — |
| 23 |  Pakistan | 34.0% | — |
| 23 |  Guatemala | 34.0% | — |
| 25 |  Cameroon | 33.0% | — |
| 25 |  Mali | 33.0% | — |
| 25 |  Burkina Faso | 33.0% | — |
| 28 |  Bolivia | 32.0% | — |
| 29 |  Ghana | 27.0% | — |
| 29 |  Togo | 27.0% | — |
| 31 |  Uganda | 25.0% | — |
| 31 |  Eswatini | 25.0% | — |
| 33 |  Lesotho | 23.0% | — |
| 34 |  Azerbaijan | 22.0% | — |
| 34 |  Comoros | 22.0% | — |
| 36 |  India | 21.0% | — |
| 37 |  Philippines | 20.0% | — |
| 37 |  Zimbabwe | 20.0% | — |
| 39 |  DR Congo | 19.0% | — |
| 39 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 19.0% | — |
| 41 |  Senegal | 18.0% | — |
| 42 |  Cambodia | 17.0% | — |
| 42 |  Honduras | 17.0% | — |
| 44 |  Netherlands | 16.3% | 159.41 per 100k |
| 45 |  Sierra Leone | 16.0% | — |
| 46 |  Zambia | 15.0% | — |
| 47 |  Peru | 14.0% | — |
| 47 |  Benin | 14.0% | — |
| 49 |  Egypt | 13.0% | — |
| 50 |  Burundi | 12.0% | — |
| 50 |  Tajikistan | 12.0% | — |
| 50 |  Namibia | 12.0% | — |
| 53 |  Guyana | 9% | — |
| 54 |  Rwanda | 8% | — |
| 54 |  Republic of the Congo | 8% | — |
| 56 |  Malawi | 7% | — |
| 56 |  Gabon | 7% | — |
| 58 |  South Africa | 4% | — |
| 59 |  Colombia | 3% | — |
| 60 |  Turkey | 2% | — |
| 61 |  United States | 1.41% | — |
| 62 |  Denmark | 1.4% | 14.73 per 100k |
| 63 |  Germany | 1.3% | 12.17 per 100k |
| 64 |  Belgium | 1.1% | 11.07 per 100k |
| 65 |  France | 1% | 10.62 per 100k |
| 65 |  Dominican Republic | 1% | — |
| 65 |  Jordan | 1% | — |
| 65 |  Sweden | 1% | 11.14 per 100k |
| 65 |  Portugal | 1% | 8.42 per 100k |
| 65 |  Austria | 1% | 9.57 per 100k |
| 65 |  Moldova | 1% | — |
| 65 |  Latvia | 1% | 9.82 per 100k |
| 65 |  Maldives | 1% | — |
| 74 |  Hungary | 0.9% | 8.47 per 100k |
| 75 |  Lithuania | 0.8% | 7.94 per 100k |
| 76 |  Luxembourg | 0.5% | 5.03 per 100k |
| 77 |  Estonia | 0.45% | 4.78 per 100k |
| 78 |  Spain | 0.32% | 2.44 per 100k |
| 79 |  Greece | 0.3% | 2.34 per 100k |
| 79 |  Malta | 0.3% | 2.64 per 100k |
| 81 |  Romania | 0.25% | 1.48 per 100k |
| 81 |  Czechia | 0.25% | 2.63 per 100k |
| 81 |  Slovakia | 0.25% | 2.62 per 100k |
| 84 |  Finland | 0.2% | 1.65 per 100k |
| 84 |  Ireland | 0.2% | 2.42 per 100k |
| 86 |  Slovenia | 0.15% | 1.39 per 100k |
| 87 |  Italy | 0.1% | 0.8 per 100k |
| 88 |  Poland | 0.03% | 0.3 per 100k |
What correlates with Home Births (% of Total Births)?
Pearson r against 1,476 other country metrics sharing at least 53 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
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- Global Innovation Index Business Sophistication RankMost Innovative CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.74 · very strong · n = 67
- Women, Peace and Security Index (WPSI)Most Dangerous Countries for WomenPlotr = −0.74 · very strong · n = 88
- Legatum Prosperity RankLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.74 · very strong · n = 86
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Home Births (% of Total Births)?
- Chad has the highest Home Births (% of Total Births), at 77.0%, followed by Ethiopia (73.0%) and Yemen (69.0%).
- Which country has the lowest Home Births (% of Total Births)?
- Poland has the lowest Home Births (% of Total Births), at 0.03%.
- What is the median Home Births (% of Total Births) across countries?
- The median is 16.2% across the 88 countries with data.
- Where does this home birth rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Comparison of Frequency of Home Births in the Member States of the EU Between 2015 and 2019 - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Prevalence of home birth among 880,345 women in 67 low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 - CDC National Center for Health Statistics/National Vital Statistics System.