Not All Young Children in Indonesia Have Birth Certificates

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), there were approximately 31 million Indonesian residents classified as early childhood (0-6 years old) in March 2025.

However, only 89.33% of early childhood children already have birth certificates, while the remaining 10.67% do not yet have them.

"This figure is quite high, but not yet perfect to achieve the target of fulfilling Indonesian children's administrative rights," BPS stated in its report.

In March 2025, the highest proportion of early childhood children with birth certificates was in the Special Region (DI) Yogyakarta, reaching 97.38%.

Meanwhile, the lowest birth certificate ownership was in Papua Pegunungan, at only 29.77%.

"This disparity must be reduced so that the distribution of early childhood children with birth certificates is more even across all Indonesian provinces," BPS said.

The following are the details of the percentage of early childhood children with birth certificates in 38 Indonesian provinces in March 2025, sorted from highest:

1. DI Yogyakarta: 97.38%
2. DKI Jakarta: 97.31%
3. Central Java: 96.57%
4. Aceh: 96.16%
5. North Kalimantan: 94.73%
6. East Kalimantan: 94.54%
7. Bangka Belitung Islands: 93.65%
8. Bali: 93.48%
9. South Kalimantan: 92.58%
10. Riau Islands: 92.32%
11. East Java: 92.23%
12. Lampung: 92.21%
13. Gorontalo: 92.21%
14. West Kalimantan: 91.65%
15. Jambi: 91.54%
16. South Sumatra: 91.48%
17. South Sulawesi: 91.17%
18. Bengkulu: 91.03%
19. West Sumatra: 90.23%
20. North Sulawesi: 88.79%
21. Southeast Sulawesi: 88.12%
22. West Sulawesi: 88.11%
23. West Java: 87.45%
24. Banten: 87.37%
25. Riau: 87.33%
26. Central Kalimantan: 86.73%
27. Central Sulawesi: 85.9%
28. West Nusa Tenggara (NTB): 85.76%
29. North Sumatra: 82.98%
30. North Maluku: 79.69%
31. Maluku: 75.46%
32. Southwest Papua: 74.64%
33. Papua: 73.6%
34. West Papua: 69.78%
35. South Papua: 62.52%
36. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT): 62.03%
37. Central Papua: 62.01%
38. Highland Papua: 29.77%