Progress
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On track or target met

Desired direction: Increase

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Headline data

Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age
Year Value Units
2011 100 %
2016 100 %
2014 100 %
2017 100 %
2022 100 %
2018 100 %
2010 100 %
2015 100 %
2013 100 %
2020 100 %
2021 100 %
2019 100 %
2023 100 %
2012 100 %

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age
Target

16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration
Goal

16- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Definition

Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose birth has been registered in the Civil Registry
Theoretical formula \[PPRC_{0-4}^{t} = \frac{PRC_{0-4}^{t}}{P_{0-4}^{t}}\cdot 100\]

where:

$PRC_{0-4}^{t} =$ children under 5 years of age whose birth has been registered in the Civil Registry in year $t$

$P_{0-4}^{t} =$ children under 5 years of age in year $t$
Frequency

Annual
Observations

The indicator is 100% since the legislation on the Civil Registry establishes the obligation to register births
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/04/22
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

Registering children at birth is the first step in securing their recognition before the law, safeguarding their rights, and ensuring that any violation of these rights does not go unnoticed.

Children without official identification documents may be denied health care or education. Later in life, the lack of such documentation can mean that a child may enter into marriage or the labour market, or be conscripted into the armed forces, before the legal age.

In adulthood, birth certificates may be required to obtain social assistance or a job in the formal sector, to buy or prove the right to inherit property, to vote and to obtain a passport. Children’s right to a name and nationality is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) under Article 7.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with United Nations metadata.
International results

Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority (% of children under 5 years of age) SG_REG_BRTH UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 16-9-1.pdf
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