Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
243,492.47
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
19.62
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
88.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
74.00
Female transition from primary to secondary education:
84.35
Male transition from primary to secondary education:
84.75
Median age at first sexual encounter among young women aged 20-24 years:
19
Percentage married by 15:
18.20
Percentage married by 18:
47.40
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
4.60
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
30.00
Legal age for marriage for men:
21
Legal age for marriage for women:
18
Existence of legal protection against spousal rape:
Yes
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
57.00
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
53.00
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
21.70
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
38.50
Maternal mortality ratio:
190.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
34.50
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
18.60
Condom use (15-19 years):
0.9
Condom use (20-24 years):
4.4
Ever use of contraception (15-19):
37.60
Ever use of contraception (20-24):
55.50
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
54.80
Prevalence of legislation permitting abortion, according to reasons:
To save a woman's life
To save a woman's life or protect her physical health
To protect mental health
Socioeconomic grounds
Ratification of the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages:
Yes
Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women:
No
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 Law
Percentage of young women age 15-19 who gave birth by age 15:
1.20
Percentage of young women ages 20-24 age at first birth: 15:
3.40
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 15:
12.50
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 18:
43.00
Median age of first sex 20-24:
19