Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
7,043.16
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
23.09
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
97.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
98.00
Female transition from primary to secondary education:
97.80
Male transition from primary to secondary education:
100.00
Median age at first sexual encounter among young women aged 20-24 years:
23
Percentage married by 15:
2.10
Percentage married by 18:
14.20
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
6.90
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
28.80
Legal age for marriage for men:
18
Legal age for marriage for women:
18
Existence of legal protection against spousal rape:
Yes
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
15.00
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
19.40
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
81.00
Maternal mortality ratio:
120.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
32.70
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
25.00
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):
1.6
Condom use (20-24 years):
1.6
Ever use of contraception (15-19):
17.50
Ever use of contraception (20-24):
57.50
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
50.70
Prevalence of girl victims of trafficking:
179.0
Prevalence of boy victims of trafficking:
25.0
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:
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:
0.20
Percentage of young women ages 20-24 age at first birth: 15:
0.50
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 15:
2.10
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 18:
17.10