Number of cesarean sections performed per 1,000 live births, 2000-2021 

Notes: Australia, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom are excluded due to lack of 2021 data. For countries without a total (inpatient and day case) C-section rate, the inpatient rate is used. Data for the Netherlands in 2011 is from 2010. Data for Belgium in 2015 is from 2014.
Source: KFF analysis of OECD data Get the data
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