Table 1.
Percentage of children under five without birth registration at the first and most recent survey in the sample of countries (n=67) and surveys (n=173) included
| Region | Country | World Bank income group* | Surveys included | % children under five without birth registration | ||
| N | Years and data sources | First survey | Most recent survey | |||
| East Asia and Pacific | Cambodia | Low income | 3 | 2005 (DHS), 2010 (DHS), 2014 (DHS) | 33.6 | 26.7 |
| Indonesia | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2007 (DHS), 2012 (DHS) | 49.4 | 33.4 | |
| Lao | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2011 (MICS) | 40.6 | 25.2 | |
| Mongolia | Lower-middle income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2005 (MICS), 2010 (MICS), 2013 (MICS) | 2.4 | 0.7 | |
| Myanmar | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2015 (DHS) | 39.4 | 18.7 | |
| Thailand | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2005 (MICS), 2012 (MICS) | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
| Vietnam | Lower-middle income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2010 (MICS), 2013 (MICS) | 27.8 | 3.9 | |
| Europe and Central Asia | Albania | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2008 (DHS) | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Armenia | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2005 (DHS), 2010 (DHS) | 3.6 | 0.4 | |
| Azerbaijan | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (DHS) | 3.2 | 6.4 | |
| Kazakhstan | Upper-middle income | 3 | 2006 (MICS), 2010 (MICS), 2015 (MICS) | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2005 (MICS), 2012 (DHS), 2014 (MICS) | 5.7 | 2.3 | |
| Macedonia | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2005 (MICS), 2011 (MICS) | 6.2 | 0.3 | |
| Moldova | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2005 (DHS), 2012 (MICS) | 2.1 | 0.4 | |
| Montenegro | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2005 (MICS), 2013 (MICS) | 2.1 | 0.6 | |
| Serbia | Upper-middle income | 3 | 2005 (MICS), 2010 (MICS), 2014 (MICS) | 1.0 | 0.6 | |
| Tajikistan | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2005 (MICS), 2012 (DHS) | 25.4 | 11.6 | |
| Turkmenistan | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2006 (MICS), 2015 (MICS) | 4.5 | 0.4 | |
| Ukraine | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2005 (MICS), 2012 (MICS) | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Uzbekistan | Low income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS) | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | Belize | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2006 (MICS), 2011 (MICS) | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| Bolivia | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2008 (DHS) | 18.4 | 24.1 | |
| Dominican Rep | Upper-middle income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2007 (DHS), 2014 (MICS) | 25.4 | 12.0 | |
| Guyana | Lower-middle income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2009 (DHS), 2014 (MICS) | 3.5 | 11.3 | |
| Haiti | Low income | 2 | 2005 (DHS), 2012 (DHS) | 18.9 | 20.3 | |
| Honduras | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2005 (DHS), 2011 (DHS) | 6.5 | 6.4 | |
| Suriname | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2006 (MICS), 2010 (MICS) | 3.4 | 1.1 | |
| Middle East and North Africa | Iraq | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2011 (MICS) | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| State of Palestine | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2010 (MICS), 2014 (MICS) | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Yemen | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2006 (MICS), 2013 (DHS) | 77.7 | 69.3 | |
| South Asia | Afghanistan | Low income | 2 | 2010 (MICS), 2015 (DHS) | 62.7 | 57.7 |
| Bangladesh | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2006 (MICS), 2012 (MICS), 2014 (DHS) | 90.2 | 79.8 | |
| India | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2005 (DHS), 2015 (DHS), | 58.9 | 20.3 | |
| Nepal | Low income | 3 | 2006 (DHS), 2011 (DHS), 2016 (DHS) | 65.0 | 43.8 | |
| Pakistan | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2006 (DHS), 2012 (DHS) | 73.4 | 66.4 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Angola | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2001 (MICS), 2015 (DHS) | 70.8 | 75.0 |
| Benin | Low income | 2 | 2006 (DHS), 2011 (DHS) | 46.9 | 19.8 | |
| Burkina Faso | Low income | 2 | 2006 (MICS), 2010 (DHS) | 36.3 | 23.1 | |
| Burundi | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2005 (MICS), 2010 (DHS) | 25.1 | 24.8 | |
| CAR | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006(MICS), 2010 (MICS) | 27.5 | 39.0 | |
| Cameroon | Lower-middle income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2011 (DHS), 2014 (MICS) | 66.1 | 33.9 | |
| Chad | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2010 (MICS), 2014 (DHS) | 75.1 | 88.0 | |
| Comoros | Low income | 2 | 2000 (MICS), 2012 (DHS) | 16.6 | 12.7 | |
| Congo DR | Low income | 4 | 2001 (MICS), 2007 (DHS), 2010 (MICS), 2013 (DHS) | 65.8 | 75.4 | |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2011 (DHS) | 28.2 | 35.0 | |
| Gambia | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2005 (MICS), 2013 (DHS) | 67.8 | 28.0 | |
| Ghana | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2006 (MICS), 2011 (MICS), 2014 (DHS) | 48.6 | 29.3 | |
| Guinea Bissau | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2014 (MICS) | 57.9 | 76.3 | |
| Kenya | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2008 (DHS), 2014 (DHS) | 40.0 | 33.1 | |
| Lesotho | Lower-middle income | 2 | 2009 (DHS), 2014 (DHS) | 54.9 | 56.7 | |
| Liberia | Low income | 2 | 2007 (DHS), 2013 (DHS) | 96.4 | 75.4 | |
| Mali | Low income | 2 | 2006 (DHS), 2012 (DHS) | 46.7 | 15.7 | |
| Mauritania | Low income | 2 | 2007 (MICS), 2011 (MICS) | 44.2 | 41.2 | |
| Mozambique | Low income | 2 | 2008 (MICS), 2011 (DHS) | 69.2 | 52.1 | |
| Namibia | Upper-middle income | 2 | 2006 (DHS), 2013 (DHS) | 32.9 | 12.9 | |
| Niger | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (DHS), 2012 (DHS) | 54.5 | 36.1 | |
| Nigeria | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2007 (MICS), 2011 (MICS), 2013 (DHS) | 76.7 | 70.2 | |
| Rwanda | Low income | 3 | 2005 (DHS), 2010 (DHS), 2014 (DHS) | 17.6 | 44.0 | |
| S Tome & Principe | Lower-middle income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2008 (DHS), 2014 (MICS) | 30.1 | 4.8 | |
| Senegal | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2010 (DHS), 2015 (DHS) | 34.0 | 31.7 | |
| Sierra Leone | Low income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2008 (DHS), 2010 (MICS), 2013 (DHS) | 53.6 | 23.3 | |
| Swaziland | Lower-middle income | 4 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (DHS), 2010 (MICS), 2014 (MICS) | 47.1 | 46.5 | |
| Tanzania | Low income | 2 | 2010 (DHS), 2015 (DHS) | 83.7 | 73.6 | |
| Togo | Low income | 3 | 2000 (MICS), 2006 (MICS), 2010 (MICS) | 17.9 | 22.1 | |
| Uganda | Low income | 2 | 2006 (DHS), 2011 (DHS) | 79.0 | 70.1 | |
| Zambia | Lower-middle income | 3 | 1999 (MICS), 2007 (DHS), 2013 (DHS) | 90.4 | 88.7 | |
| Zimbabwe | Low income | 3 | 2005 (DHS), 2010 (DHS), 2015 (DHS) | 26.1 | 56.5 | |
Table shows the distribution of countries and surveys included, and the percentage of children under five without birth registration for both the first and most recent survey. Birth registration information was first collected between 1999 and 2010 in each country. In 54 out of 67 countries (80%), the first survey was conducted either in the year 2000 or in 2005–2006. The most recent surveys with birth registration were conducted between 2006 and 2016 and in 47 countries (70%) these were conducted between 2011 and 2014.
*World Bank income group indicates income group at the most recent survey.
DHS, Demographic Health Surveys; MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.