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The main authority for civil registration is the State Registration Service (SRS), which has 60 local offices that handle registration of seven civil status events (birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, established paternity, name change and death). Of these 60 offices there are 37 offices that have their “branch” in a hospital for birth registration only. Therefore, citizens do not have to go to the office but can receive the birth certificate directly at the hospital. Furthermore, there are 519 local government bodies that register 4 types of civil status events: birth, marriage, established paternity and death. Vital statistics are produced and published, mostly from civil registration data, by the National Committee on Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Ministry of Health is also one of the CRVS stakeholders. In 2018, a program aiming at establishing a population register was implemented. Using the framework of the Automated Information System “Civil Registry Office” (AIS “registry office”), it aims at centralizing and digitizing civil registration and migration data.
The basis for the registration of the child is a birth notification from a medical practitioner. Similarly, death registration requires a death notification issued by a medical practitioner or a court. Birth registration must be carried out no later than a month from the date of birth of the child. The Kyrgyz republic was the first country to eradicate all known cases of statelessness in July 2019.
Delayed registration remains an issue. 90% of births are estimated to be registered within one year, the rest being delayed. For death registration completeness within one year is estimated to be 96%.
The online facilities of registration, issuance of national id number to the child at the time of registration of birth and the introduction of grant given to parents on birth of a child under the ‘Good News’ scheme (which is universal) has significantly enhanced birth registration levels since 2018.
Ms. Tamara Taipova, Chief Specialist, Division of Demographical Statistics
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 Targets:
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 Targets:
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
National Targets:
BASELINE
201495%
MIDTERM
201899%
MIDTERM
201898.9%
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of deaths for all years. The level of completeness of death registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
baseline
201494%
MIDTERM
201885%
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.
National Targets:
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
baseline
201197%
MIDTERM
2018100%
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.
National Targets:
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

National Targets for 2024
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

National Strategy
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Not started

National Focal Point
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Kyrgyzstan: Complete
The main authority for civil registration is the State Registration Service (SRS), which has 60 local offices that handle registration of seven civil status events (birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, established paternity, name change and death). Of these 60 offices there are 37 offices that have their “branch” in a hospital for birth registration only. Therefore, citizens do not have to go to the office but can receive the birth certificate directly at the hospital. Furthermore, there are 519 local government bodies that register 4 types of civil status events: birth, marriage, established paternity and death. Vital statistics are produced and published, mostly from civil registration data, by the National Committee on Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Ministry of Health is also one of the CRVS stakeholders. In 2018, a program aiming at establishing a population register was implemented. Using the framework of the Automated Information System “Civil Registry Office” (AIS “registry office”), it aims at centralizing and digitizing civil registration and migration data.
The basis for the registration of the child is a birth notification from a medical practitioner. Similarly, death registration requires a death notification issued by a medical practitioner or a court. Birth registration must be carried out no later than a month from the date of birth of the child. The Kyrgyz republic was the first country to eradicate all known cases of statelessness in July 2019.
Delayed registration remains an issue. 90% of births are estimated to be registered within one year, the rest being delayed. For death registration completeness within one year is estimated to be 96%.
The online facilities of registration, issuance of national id number to the child at the time of registration of birth and the introduction of grant given to parents on birth of a child under the ‘Good News’ scheme (which is universal) has significantly enhanced birth registration levels since 2018.
Ms. Tamara Taipova, Chief Specialist, Division of Demographical Statistics