17.19.2b Country has achieved 100 percent birth registration

17.19.2b Country has achieved 100 percent birth registration

17.19.2 Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

According to the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/standmeth/principles/M19Rev3en.pdf), a complete civil registration is defined as: “The registration in the civil registration system of every vital event that has occurred to the members of the population of a particular country (or area), within a specified period as a result of which every such event has a vital registration record and the system has attained 100 per cent coverage.” At the present time, the thresholds used for compiling the data for the indicators 17.19.02b and 17.19.02c are 90 per cent for birth registration and 75 per cent for death registration, due to the classification that has been used in the Demographic Yearbook metadata questionnaire on vital statistics.

This classification is modified to enable reporting according to the exact formulation of the indicator 17.19.02b. Score: (1 = YES; 0 = NO)

The introduction of indicator 17.19.2b as part of the global SDG framework reflects the recognition of the fundamental role of civil registration systems in the functioning of societies, as well as the legal and protective benefits they offer to individuals.  

The primary purpose of the civil registration system is to provide legal documents of direct interest to individuals. In addition to the direct and comprehensive significance of citizen registration for public authorities, in that the information collected through registration methods provides essential data for national and regional preparation and planning for medical and health programs, the role played by civil registration in proving, establishing, enforcing, and realizing many human rights contained in international declarations and conventions reflects one of its most important contributions to the normal functioning of societies.

The fact of birth is recorded in the Birth Register in the Republic of Serbia.  

The birth of a child must be reported within 15 days from the date of birth. The fact of birth is recorded in the birth register of the registry area where the place of birth of the child is located.  

In the Republic of Serbia, the following information is recorded in the birth register:

 
- Information about the birth, including: the child's first and last name; shortened personal name; child's gender; day, month, year, and hour of birth; place and municipality of birth, and if the child was born abroad, the name of the country of birth; the unique identification number of the citizen and the child's citizenship;  
- Information about the parents of the child, including: the parents' first and last names and, if married, the last name before marriage; unique identification number of the citizen; the day, month, and year of birth; place and municipality of birth, and if the parent was born abroad, the name of the country of birth; citizenship; residence and address.  

The estimated coverage of children registered in the Birth Register is 99.9%.

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Republic of Serbia

United Nations

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https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-17-19-02a.pdf