Social & Inequality
Birth registration
SP.REG.BRTH.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Japan. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 100%2022
- Period covered
- 2010 - 20224 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 100%United Kingdom, 2022
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 88.6%South Africa, 2017
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Latest known valuesorted by value
United Kingdom100%2022
Italy100%2022
Spain100%2022
Netherlands100%2022
United States100%2022
Japan100%2022
South Africa88.6%2017
Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | South Africa | Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| 2017 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 88.6% | 100% |
| 2014 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||
| 2013 | 100% | 100% | |||||
| 2012 | 85% | 100% | |||||
| 2011 | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||
| 2010 | 100% | ||||||
| 2009 | 100% | ||||||
| 2008 | 92% | ||||||
| 2006 | 78% |
World Bank definition
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.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SP.REG.BRTH.ZS, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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