Completeness of Birth Registrations

PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS RECORDED

The number of births recorded in each country varies considerably. The right to be recognised as a person before the law is a critical step in ensuring lifelong protection and is a prerequisite for exercising all other rights.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.






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Afghanistan 42.3%
Albania 98.4%
Algeria 99.6%
Angola 25.0%
Argentina 99.7%
Armenia 99.3%
Australia 100.0%
Austria 100.0%
Azerbaijan 93.6%
Bahamas, The 100.0%
Bahrain 100.0%
Bangladesh 56.0%
Belarus 100.0%
Belgium 100.0%
Benin 85.6%
Bhutan 99.9%
Bolivia 91.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.5%
Botswana 87.5%
Brazil 96.4%
Brunei Darussalam 99.9%
Bulgaria 100.0%
Burkina Faso 76.9%
Burundi 83.5%
Cabo Verde 91.4%
Cambodia 73.3%
Cameroon 61.9%
Canada 100.0%
Central African Republic 44.8%
Chad 25.7%
Chile 99.4%
China 100.0%
Colombia 96.8%
Comoros 87.3%
Congo, Dem. Rep 40.1%
Congo, Rep. 95.9%
Costa Rica 99.6%
Cote d'Ivoire 71.7%
Croatia 100.0%
Cyprus 100.0%
Czech Republic 100.0%
Denmark 100.0%
Dominican Republic 92.2%
Ecuador 87.2%
Egypt 99.4%
El Salvador 91.2%
Estonia 100.0%
Eswatini 53.5%
Ethiopia 2.7%
Finland 100.0%
France 100.0%
Gabon 89.6%
Gambia 59.0%
Georgia 98.5%
Germany 100.0%
Ghana 70.6%
Greece 100.0%
Guatemala 96.4%
Guinea 62.0%
Guinea-Bissau 46.0%
Guyana 98.1%
Haiti 84.8%
Honduras 97.0%
Hong Kong 100.0%
Hungary 100.0%
Iceland 100.0%
India 89.1%
Indonesia 77.0%
Ireland 100.0%
Israel 100.0%
Italy 100.0%
Jamaica 98.0%
Japan 100.0%
Jordan 98.0%
Kazakhstan 99.7%
Kenya 66.9%
Korea, Rep. 100.0%
Kuwait 100.0%
Kyrgyzstan 98.9%
Laos 73.0%
Latvia 100.0%
Lebanon 98.9%
Lesotho 44.5%
Liberia 66.3%
Libya 99.0%
Lithuania 100.0%
Luxembourg 100.0%
Madagascar 73.8%
Malawi 67.2%
Malaysia 100.0%
Mali 86.7%
Malta 100.0%
Mauritania 44.8%
Mauritius 100.0%
Mexico 97.0%
Moldova 99.6%
Mongolia 99.6%
Morocco 96.9%
Mozambique 55.0%
Myanmar 81.3%
Namibia 78.1%
Nepal 77.2%
Netherlands 100.0%
New Zealand 100.0%
Nicaragua 84.7%
Niger 63.9%
Nigeria 42.6%
North Macedonia 99.8%
Norway 100.0%
Oman 100.0%
Pakistan 42.2%
Panama 96.7%
Papua New Guinea 13.4%
Paraguay 71.0%
Peru 96.4%
Philippines 91.8%
Poland 100.0%
Portugal 100.0%
Qatar 100.0%
Romania 100.0%
Russia 100.0%
Rwanda 85.6%
Saudi Arabia 99.2%
Senegal 78.7%
Serbia 99.9%
Sierra Leone 90.4%
Singapore 99.9%
Slovak Republic 100.0%
Slovenia 100.0%
South Africa 88.6%
Spain 100.0%
Sri Lanka 97.2%
Sudan 67.3%
Suriname 98.3%
Sweden 100.0%
Switzerland 100.0%
Taiwan 91.3%
Tajikistan 95.8%
Tanzania 26.4%
Thailand 99.8%
Togo 82.9%
Trinidad and Tobago 96.5%
Tunisia 99.9%
Turkey 98.4%
Turkmenistan 99.9%
Uganda 32.2%
Ukraine 99.8%
United Arab Emirates 100.0%
United Kingdom 100.0%
United States 100.0%
Uruguay 99.8%
Uzbekistan 99.9%
Vietnam 96.1%
Yemen, Rep. 30.7%
Zambia 14.0%
Zimbabwe 48.7%




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