Share of infants with birth certificates in Indonesia 2020, by province

In 2020, only 50.4 percent of infants in Papua had birth certificates. The share of infants with birth certificates in Eastern Indonesia is generally lower than in the rest of Indonesian provinces. In that year, more than 10 percent of Indonesia's 25 million infants were without birth certificates. Many Indonesians do not register their children because of a lack of knowledge about the application process, or because they do not know that registration within the first 60 days of birth is free. However, in Eastern Indonesia, a lack of human resources and technologies is also a main issue as the current birth registration system in Indonesia is now online.