Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
3,221.71
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
22.53
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
88.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
86.00
Female transition from primary to secondary education:
82.83
Male transition from primary to secondary education:
82.38
Median age at first sexual encounter among young women aged 20-24 years:
22
Percentage married by 15:
2.10
Percentage married by 18:
18.40
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
1.60
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
10.20
Legal age for marriage for men:
20
Legal age for marriage for women:
18
Existence of legal protection against spousal rape:
Yes
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
25.20
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
41.90
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
6.70
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
48.00
Maternal mortality ratio:
170.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
40.90
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
42.80
HIV prevalence among young people :
0.1
HIV prevalence among young males:
0.1
HIV prevalence among young females:
0.1
Condom use (15-19 years):
0.2
Condom use (20-24 years):
4.1
Ever use of contraception (15-19):
3.10
Ever use of contraception (20-24):
63.50
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
50.50
Prevalence of girl victims of trafficking:
183.0
Prevalence of boy victims of trafficking:
9.0
Ratification of the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages:
No
Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women:
Yes
Existence of laws against female genital mutilation:
No
Existence of legal protection against rape:
Yes
Ratification of Convention on the Rights of the Child:
Yes
Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, :
Yes
Existence of constitutional or legal anti-sexual discrimination clauses:
Yes
Enforcement of constitutional or legal anti-sexual discrimination clauses:
No
Percentage of young women age 15-19 who gave birth by age 15:
0.10
Percentage of young women ages 20-24 age at first birth: 15:
0.30
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 15:
0.80
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 18:
14.50