© United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, December 2019 Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. To request permission or for any other information on this publication, please contact: UNICEF Data and Analytics Section Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA Email: data@unicef.org Website: data.unicef.org All reasonable precautions have been taken by UNICEF to verify the information contained in this publication. For any data updates subsequent to release, please visit <data.unicef.org>. Suggested citation: United Nations Children’s Fund, Birth Registration for Every Child by 2030: Are we on track?, UNICEF, New York, 2019. Acknowledgements The preparation of this report was initiated and coordinated by Claudia Cappa and Nicole Petrowski, who were also responsible for data analysis, interpretation of the results and report writing. Colleen Murray was involved in data analysis and assisted with document review and factchecking. Yadigar Coskun, Anastasia Mshvidobadze and Hyunju Park provided support for data processing. Valuable insights were received from Cornelius Williams, Kirsten Di Martino and Erin Elzo. Editing: Lois Jensen Original design concept: Erika Porth Final design and layout: Cecilia Silva Venturini