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Completeness of birth registration (%)

Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.

wb-indicators:SP.REG.BRTH.ZS

Completeness of birth registration (%)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
175 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:SP.REG.BRTH.ZS
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Completeness of birth registration (%) carries observations for 175 countries and areas:

Africa Eastern and Southern · Afghanistan · Africa Western and Central · Angola · Albania · Andorra · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bahrain · Belarus · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Brunei Darussalam · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Central Europe and the Baltics · Switzerland · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Colombia · Cuba · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Algeria · Early-demographic dividend · Europe & Central Asia · Ecuador · Euro area · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · European Union · Finland · Fiji · France · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Greece · Guatemala · Guyana · Honduras · Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) · Croatia · Haiti · Hungary · IDA & IBRD total · IDA total · IDA blend · Indonesia · IDA only · India · Ireland · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Jordan · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyz Republic · Kiribati · Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) · Lao PDR · Lebanon · Liberia · Latin America & Caribbean · Least developed countries: UN classification · Liechtenstein · Lesotho · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Morocco · Monaco · Madagascar · Maldives · Mexico · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Mongolia · Mozambique · Mauritania · Malawi · North America · Namibia · Nigeria · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · New Zealand · OECD members · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Papua New Guinea · Poland · Pre-demographic dividend · Portugal · Paraguay · West Bank and Gaza · Pacific island small states · Post-demographic dividend · Qatar · Romania · Russian Federation · Rwanda · South Asia · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · San Marino · Somalia, Fed. Rep. · Serbia · Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) · Sub-Saharan Africa · Sao Tome and Principe · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Turks and Caicos Islands · Chad · Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) · Timor-Leste · Tonga · South Asia (IDA & IBRD) · Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) · Tunisia · Turkiye · Tuvalu · Tanzania · Uganda · United States · Venezuela, RB · World · Samoa · High income · Low income · Lower middle income · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe