Completeness of birth registration, rural (%) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: 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.

Source: UNICEF's State of the World's Children based mostly on household surveys and ministry of health data.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 100.00 2009
2 Uzbekistan 99.90 2006
3 Turkmenistan 99.80 2019
3 Bhutan 99.80 2010
5 Thailand 99.60 2019
6 Kazakhstan 99.50 2015
7 Mongolia 99.40 2018
8 Iraq 99.20 2018
9 Kyrgyz Republic 98.90 2018
10 Jordan 98.70 2018
10 Georgia 98.70 2017
12 Armenia 98.10 2016
12 Iran 98.10 2010
14 Turkey 98.00 2018
15 Sri Lanka 97.60 2007
16 Vietnam 95.80 2014
17 Tajikistan 95.60 2017
18 Syrian Arab Republic 95.40 2006
19 Azerbaijan 91.70 2006
20 Philippines 90.40 2017
21 Nepal 79.30 2019
22 Myanmar 77.70 2016
23 India 76.10 2016
24 Indonesia 72.70 2021
25 Cambodia 71.60 2014
26 Lao PDR 67.00 2017
27 Timor-Leste 58.30 2016
28 Bangladesh 56.60 2019
29 Afghanistan 36.00 2015
30 Pakistan 33.60 2018
31 Yemen 24.10 2013

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Statistical Concept and Methodology: Health systems - the combined arrangements of institutions and actions whose primary purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health (World Health Organization, World Health Report 2000) - are increasingly being recognized as key to combating disease and improving the health status of populations. The World Bank's Healthy Development: Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population Results emphasizes the need to strengthen health systems, which are weak in many countries, in order to increase the effectiveness of programs aimed at reducing specific diseases and further reduce morbidity and mortality. To evaluate health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that key components - such as financing, service delivery, workforce, governance, and information - be monitored using several key indicators. The data are a subset of the key indicators. Monitoring health systems allows the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of different health system models to be compared. Health system data also help identify weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, such as additional health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human resources. Numerous indicators have been proposed to assess a country's health information system.They can be grouped into two broad types: indicators related to data generation using core sources and methods (health surveys, civil registration, censuses, facility reporting, health system resource tracking) and indicators related to capacity for data synthesis, analysis, and validation. Indicators related to data generation reflect a country's capacity to collect relevant data at suitable intervals using the most appropriate data sources. Benchmarks include periodicity, timeliness, contents, and availability. Indicators related to capacity for synthesis, analysis, and validation measure the dimensions of the institutional frameworks needed to ensure data quality, including independence, transparency, and access. Benchmarks include the availability of independent coordination mechanisms and micro- and meta-data. Indicators related to data generation include completeness of birth registration. Birth registration refers to the permanent and official recording of a child's existence by some administrative levels of the State that is normally coordinated by a particular branch of the government. Completeness of birth registration indicator is related to the group of indictors of data generation.

Periodicity: Annual