Country has a civil register by country

A civil register is defined as a government agency that records key events in the life trajectories of individuals, such as births, marriages, and deaths.

Countries reporting
67
Highest
1
Myanmar
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
1
Years covered
266
1750–2015
Data points
16,024

What the numbers show

Country has a civil register is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 1 in Myanmar; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.9552.

Country has a civil register: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Myanmar 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Poland 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Peru 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Nepal 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Norway 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Nicaragua 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Montenegro 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Portugal 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Madagascar 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Morocco 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Libya 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Liberia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 South Korea 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Japan 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Argentina 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Paraguay 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Romania 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Russia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Saudi Arabia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 El Salvador 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Serbia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Tunisia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Turkey 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 United States 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Venezuela 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Vietnam 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Iran 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Australia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Bulgaria 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Bolivia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Brazil 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Chile 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 China 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Colombia 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Cuba 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Denmark 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 India 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 1 2015 volatile
1 Hungary 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Haiti 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Honduras 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Guatemala 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Greece 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 France 1 2015 unchanged rising
1 Finland 1 2015 unchanged flat
1 Spain 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Egypt 1 2015 unchanged volatile
1 Dominican Republic 1 2015 unchanged volatile
65 Ethiopia 0 2015 flat
65 Afghanistan 0 2015 flat
65 Yemen 0 2015 flat

About this data

Indicator
Country has a civil register
Source
Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
67 places, 16,024 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed

A civil register is defined as a government agency that records key events in the life trajectories of individuals, such as births, marriages, and deaths.