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Nigeria: Completeness of birth registration

42.60percent · 2018

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. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2008 to 2018.

20082018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201842.6
201747
201330.8
201141.5
200830

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Completeness of birth registration. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-completeness-of-birth-registration (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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