Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
20,507.66
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
21.61
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
88.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
78.00
Female transition from primary to secondary education:
88.00
Male transition from primary to secondary education:
87.86
Median age at first sexual encounter among young women aged 20-24 years:
18
Percentage married by 15:
10.10
Percentage married by 18:
40.70
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
6.80
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
28.70
Legal age for marriage for men:
20
Legal age for marriage for women:
20
Existence of legal protection against spousal rape:
Yes
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
27.00
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
24.00
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
19.40
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
53.00
Maternal mortality ratio:
190.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
87.70
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
76.00
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):
6.5
Condom use (20-24 years):
5.2
Ever use of contraception (15-19):
44.30
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
49.70
Prevalence of girl victims of trafficking:
50.0
Prevalence of boy victims of trafficking:
82.0
Prevalence of legislation permitting abortion, according to reasons:
General, without restriction as to reason
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
Percentage of young women age 15-19 who gave birth by age 15:
0.30
Percentage of young women ages 20-24 age at first birth: 15:
1.40
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 15:
9.90
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 18:
40.40
Median age at first birth of women currently 20-24 years:
20.00
Median age of first sex 20-24:
19