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Last update: Feb 2011

Percentage of children under five who were registered at the moment of the survey

The numerator of this indicator includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says that the birth has been registered

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Country or territory Total Gender Residence Wealth Index Quintiles Year Source
Male Female Urban Rural Poorest Second Middle Fourth Richest
Afghanistan676124-----2003MICS
Albania999998999898999899992008-09DHS
Algeria9999999999-----2006MICS
Andorra----------
Angola292930341917212532482001MICS
Antigua and Barbuda----------
Argentina91y---------2004Estadísticas Vitales
Armenia9697969795939396100992005DHS
Australia----------
Austria----------
Azerbaijan949394969292929594972006DHS
Bahamas----------
Bahrain----------
Bangladesh10101013967912192006MICS
Barbados----------
Belarus----------
Belgium----------
Belize949495929793919894982006MICS
Benin606160685646537272752006DHS
Bhutan----------
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)74--7672-----2001census
Bosnia and Herzegovina1001009999100991001001001002006MICS
Botswana72---------2007BFHS
Brazil91y---------2008IBGE
Brunei Darussalam----------
Bulgaria----------
Burkina Faso646463865852525972902006MICS
Burundi606061626058595962642005MICS
Cambodia666766716659646573772005DHS
Cameroon707169865851617285912006MICS
Canada----------
Cape Verde----------
Central African Republic 495148723623364964832006MICS
Chad91083630237372004DHS
Chile99---------2007Estadísticas Vitales
China----------
Colombia909190977772939799992005DHS
Comoros838384878372838288932000MICS
Congo81y8181887569788488912005DHS
Cook Islands----------
Costa Rica----------
Côte d'Ivoire555456794128425677892006MICS
Croatia----------
Cuba100y100100100100-----2005National Health Statistics
Cyprus----------
Czech Republic----------
Democratic People's Republic of Korea9999999999-----2000MICS
Democratic Republic of the Congo313132333029303329372007DHS
Denmark----------
Djibouti8991889082-----2006MICS
Dominica----------
Dominican Republic78--827059728388972006ENHOGAR
Ecuador858486858579848992922004ENDEMAN
Egypt9999999999999999991002005DHS
El Salvador99----98999999992008FESAL
Equatorial Guinea3235304324-----2000MICS
Eritrea----------
Estonia----------
Ethiopia7672953467182005DHS
Fiji----------
Finland----------
France----------
Gabon898990908788889190922000DHS
Gambia555753575452595152642005-06MICS
Georgia929292978789849097982005MICS
Germany----------
Ghana717270826560647281882008DHS
Greece----------
Grenada----------
Guatemala----------
Guinea434442783321303961832005DHS
Guinea-Bissau394037533321324148612006MICS
Guyana939295969287969695982006-07MICS
Haiti818182877872788189922005-06DHS
Holy See----------
Honduras949394959392939394962005-06DHS
Hungary----------
Iceland----------
India414141593524313954722006NFHS
Indonesia535354714123445667842007DHS
Iran (Islamic Republic of)----------
Iraq9595959596-----2006MICS
Ireland----------
Israel----------
Italy----------
Jamaica8989898988-----2005MICS
Japan----------
Jordan----------
Kazakhstan9999999999999999991002006MICS
Kenya60----48545966802008-09DHS
Kiribati92---------2008PLC
Kuwait----------
Kyrgyzstan949594969394959096952005-06MICS
Lao People's Democratic Republic727271846862667584852006MICS
Latvia----------
Lebanon----------
Lesotho262626392424212328362004DHS
Liberia4y3453125472007DHS
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya----------
Liechtenstein----------
Lithuania----------
Luxembourg----------
Madagascar757476877258688088952003-04DHS
Malawi----------
Malaysia----------
Maldives737669-------2000MICS
Mali535551754542454555822006DHS
Malta----------
Marshall Islands96----92959895982007DHS
Mauritania565755754228426276832007MICS
Mauritius----------
Mexico----------
Micronesia (Federated States of)----------
Monaco----------
Mongolia989998989999989898982005MICS
Montenegro98979998999498100100992005-06MICS
Morocco85--9280-----2000Direction de la Statistique "Statistiques des naissances et des décès"
Mozambique313131392820243238482008MICS
Myanmar65y66648859-----2003MICS
Namibia676669835946616882922006-07DHS
Nauru83----71839575882007DHS
Nepal353634423422333941472006DHS
Netherlands----------
New Zealand----------
Nicaragua818281907363809093932001DHS
Niger323231712520202431672006DHS/MICS
Nigeria30303149229182744622008DHS
Niue----------
Norway----------
Occupied Palestinian Territory96y96969796-----2006FHS
Oman----------
Pakistan272627322418192932382006-07DHS
Palau----------
Panama----------
Papua New Guinea----------
Paraguay----------
Peru93---------2007census
Philippines8383838778-----2000MICS
Poland----------
Portugal----------
Qatar----------
Republic of Korea----------
Republic of Moldova989898989897989897982000MICS
Romania----------
Russian Federation----------
Rwanda828283798382848481812005DHS
Saint Kitts and Nevis----------
Saint Lucia----------
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines----------
Samoa----------
San Marino----------
Sao Tome and Principe697068706763676871782006MICS
Saudi Arabia----------
Senegal555654754431436171812005DHS
Serbia9999999999989999100992005-06MICS
Seychelles----------
Sierra Leone515250594843475156622008DHS
Singapore----------
Slovakia----------
Slovenia----------
Solomon Islands80----80857878782007DHS
Somalia33362112572006MICS
South Africa92---------2008Recorded live births
Spain----------
Sri Lanka979797979897989897982006-07DHS
Sudan33343253226112556862006SHHS
Suriname979796989594979899982006MICS
Swaziland303030382818253233502006-07DHS
Sweden----------
Switzerland----------
Syrian Arab Republic959595969592949696992006MICS
Tajikistan888889859089878891862005MICS
Thailand9910099100999999991001002005-06MICS
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia949395959389949795992005MICS
Timor-Leste53y---------2003TLDHS
Togo787977936958698189962006MICS
Tonga----------
Trinidad and Tobago969696--94959894982006MICS
Tunisia----------
Turkey949593959289929696992008DHS
Turkmenistan969596969594969696972006MICS
Tuvalu50----39433860712007DHS
Uganda212121242117231921262006DHS
Ukraine1001001001001001001001001001002005MICS
United Arab Emirates----------
United Kingdom----------
United Republic of Tanzania22----10101723602007-08THMIS
United States----------
Uruguay----------
Uzbekistan1001001001001001001001001001002006MICS
Vanuatu26----13212733412007MICS
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)929193--87919596952000MICS
Viet Nam888788948672839393972006MICS
Yemen22222238165112035502006MICS
Zambia141414289591222312007DHS
Zimbabwe747474837167717378852005-06DHS

BFHS: Botswana Family Health Survey
DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
ENDEMAIN: Encuesta demográfica y de salud materno infantile (Ecuador)
ENHOGAR: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (Dominican Republic)
FESAL: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (El Salvador)
FHS: Faculty of Health Sciences (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
IBGE: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazil)
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India)
PLC: Protect me with love and care (Kiribati)
SHHS: Sudan Household Health Survey
TLDHS: Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey
THMIS: Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey

y         Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.