Population aged 10-19, Total (thousands) 2011:
15,251.25
Population aged 10-19, Proportion of total population (%) 2011:
17.17
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Male:
97.00
Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
96.00
Percentage married by 15:
0.50
Percentage married by 18:
9.30
Adolescents currently married / in union (%) 2002-2011*, Female:
8.40
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*, Female:
35.00
Births by age 18 (%) 2007-2011*:
3.00
Adolescent birth rate 2006–2010*:
35.00
Maternal mortality ratio:
49.0
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents (%) 2007-2011*, Female:
51.20
HIV prevalence among young people :
0.2
HIV prevalence among young males:
0.3
HIV prevalence among young females:
0.2
Condom use (20-24 years):
4.1
Contraceptive prevalence (%):
77.80
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
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:
0.20