Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
31,601.00
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
20.97
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
75.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
78.00
Female transition from primary to secondary education:
100.00
Male transition from primary to secondary education:
86.91
Percentage married by 15:
29.10
Percentage married by 18:
64.90
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Male:
2.10
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
44.70
Legal age for marriage for men:
21
Legal age for marriage for women:
18
Existence of legal protection against spousal rape:
No
Justification of wife-beating among adolescents (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
41.00
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
40.00
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
133.40
Maternal mortality ratio:
170.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
6.80
HIV prevalence among young people :
<0.1
HIV prevalence among young males:
<0.1
HIV prevalence among young females:
<0.1
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
61.20
Prevalence of legislation permitting abortion, according to reasons:
To save a woman's life
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:
3.50
Percentage of young women ages 20-24 age at first birth: 15:
8.80
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 15:
28.30
Percent of girls 20-24 whose first sex was age 18:
63.80
Median age at first birth of women currently 20-24 years:
19.00
Median age of first sex 20-24:
17