Arab Region | Completeness of birth registration, percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered (Arab countries, 2000–2021)
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.
Arab Region | Completeness of birth registration, percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered (Arab countries, 2000–2021)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 2000 | 87.6 |
| Comoros | 2012 | 87.3 |
| Djibouti | 2006 | 91.7 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 99 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 99.4 |
| Jordan | 2012 | 99.1 |
| Jordan | 2018 | 98 |
| Iraq | 2006 | 95 |
| Iraq | 2011 | 99.2 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 98.8 |
| Lebanon | 2009 | 99.5 |
| Lebanon | 2016 | 98.9 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 56 |
| Mauritania | 2011 | 58.8 |
| Mauritania | 2015 | 65.6 |
| Mauritania | 2021 | 44.8 |
| Morocco | 2000 | 85 |
| Morocco | 2011 | 94 |
| Morocco | 2018 | 96.9 |
| Algeria | 2006 | 99.4 |
| Algeria | 2013 | 99.6 |
| Algeria | 2019 | 99.6 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 3 |
| Somalia | 2020 | 5.9 |
| Sudan | 2006 | 33 |
| Sudan | 2010 | 59.3 |
| Sudan | 2014 | 67.3 |
| Syria | 2006 | 96 |
| Yemen | 2006 | 22 |
| Yemen | 2012 | 17.1 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 30.7 |
| Tunisia | 2012 | 99 |
| Tunisia | 2018 | 99.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2012 | 100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2018 | 100 |
| Qatar | 2015 | 100 |
| Qatar | 2017 | 100 |
| Qatar | 2020 | 100 |
| Palestine | 2006 | 96 |
| Palestine | 2010 | 99.3 |
| Palestine | 2014 | 99.3 |
| Palestine | 2015 | 95.9 |
| Palestine | 2020 | 99.2 |
| Oman | 2018 | 100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2018 | 99.2 |
| Bahrain | 2018 | 100 |
| Bahrain | 2019 | 100 |
Arab Region | Completeness of birth registration, percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered (Arab countries, 2000–2021)
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.