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Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.

World Bank code: SP.ADO.TFRT • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Central African Republic led Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) at 161.35.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 26.79.

What this measures: Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
217 countries
Median
26.79
Mean
38.67
25th percentile
8.27
75th percentile
57.45
Range
0.48 – 161.35

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 34.75ASAustralia: 6.42AUBrunei Darussalam: 8.05BNCambodia: 47.31KHChina: 5.20CNFiji: 20.91FJFrench Polynesia: 23.84PFGuam: 31.51GUHong Kong SAR, China: 1.15HKIndonesia: 25.65IDJapan: 1.63JPKiribati: 44.04KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.51KPKorea, Rep.: 0.53KRLao PDR: 81.93LAMacao SAR, China: 0.48MOMalaysia: 5.72MYMarshall Islands: 71.26MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 43.69FMMongolia: 19.05MNMyanmar: 33.19MMNauru: 75.27NRNew Caledonia: 11.70NCNew Zealand: 10.25NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 25.31MPPalau: 30.18PWPapua New Guinea: 53.52PGPhilippines: 31.32PHSamoa: 43.53WSSingapore: 2.21SGSolomon Islands: 49.39SBThailand: 25.05THTimor-Leste: 26.78TLTonga: 25.07TOTuvalu: 26.79TVVanuatu: 65.77VUViet Nam: 33.95VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 12.40ALAndorra: 3.40ADArmenia: 12.82AMAustria: 3.61ATAzerbaijan: 34.86AZBelarus: 8.17BYBelgium: 3.50BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 10.78BABulgaria: 38.04BGChannel Islands: 8.27JGCroatia: 6.31HRCyprus: 6.98CYCzechia: 5.75CZDenmark: 1.06DKEstonia: 4.68EEFaroe Islands: 4.40FOFinland: 2.99FIFrance: 3.30FRGeorgia: 19.37GEGermany: 5.24DEGibraltar: 8.53GIGreece: 6.85GRGreenland: 35.05GLHungary: 17.39HUIceland: 3.07ISIreland: 4.01IEIsle of Man: 8.50IMItaly: 2.87ITKazakhstan: 17.44KZKosovo: 7.71XKKyrgyz Republic: 27.53KGLatvia: 7.25LVLiechtenstein: 1.80LILithuania: 5.52LTLuxembourg: 4.00LUMoldova: 22.66MDMonaco: 9.30MCMontenegro: 8.71MENetherlands: 1.75NLNorth Macedonia: 12.43MKNorway: 1.28NOPoland: 5.85PLPortugal: 6.57PTRomania: 32.78RORussian Federation: 12.16RUSan Marino: 1.17SMSerbia: 13.11RSSlovak Republic: 24.48SKSlovenia: 3.38SISpain: 4.85ESSweden: 1.70SESwitzerland: 1.48CHTajikistan: 39.44TJTurkiye: 11.18TRTurkmenistan: 20.15TMUkraine: 10.94UAUnited Kingdom: 7.82GBUzbekistan: 34.14UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 32.08AGArgentina: 25.56ARAruba: 18.02AWBahamas, The: 24.52BSBarbados: 45.01BBBelize: 55.60BZBolivia: 64.44BOBrazil: 41.46BRBritish Virgin Islands: 15.14VGCayman Islands: 10.53KYChile: 5.61CLColombia: 58.39COCosta Rica: 24.84CRCuba: 48.24CUCuracao: 12.47CWDominica: 33.97DMDominican Republic: 50.16DOEcuador: 54.31ECEl Salvador: 53.45SVGrenada: 28.62GDGuatemala: 67.87GTGuyana: 68.46GYHaiti: 49.26HTHonduras: 81.25HNJamaica: 36.10JMMexico: 59.32MXNicaragua: 93.17NIPanama: 55.85PAParaguay: 70.22PYPeru: 42.93PEPuerto Rico (US): 13.30PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 16.64SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 36.41KNSt. Lucia: 27.17LCSt. Martin (French part): 13.22MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 40.77VCSuriname: 46.86SRTrinidad and Tobago: 36.03TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 15.65TCUruguay: 25.10UYVenezuela, RB: 73.19VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 31.14VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 61.50AFAlgeria: 8.58DZBahrain: 7.23BHDjibouti: 19.10DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 41.13EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 25.79IRIraq: 57.31IQIsrael: 5.70ILJordan: 17.72JOKuwait: 1.43KWLebanon: 20.67LBLibya: 5.83LYMalta: 10.00MTMorocco: 24.76MAOman: 5.65OMPakistan: 39.86PKQatar: 5.49QASaudi Arabia: 11.08SASyrian Arab Republic: 38.62SYTunisia: 4.21TNUnited Arab Emirates: 2.82AEWest Bank and Gaza: 35.33PSYemen, Rep.: 73.89YENorth AmericaBermuda: 1.53BMCanada: 4.50CAUnited States: 12.41USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 70.81BDBhutan: 8.71BTIndia: 13.04INMaldives: 5.03MVNepal: 66.49NPSri Lanka: 14.72LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 139.39AOBenin: 76.41BJBotswana: 53.45BWBurkina Faso: 85.53BFBurundi: 52.49BICabo Verde: 37.94CVCameroon: 105.39CMCentral African Republic: 161.35CFChad: 132.13TDComoros: 53.80KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 105.22CDCongo, Rep.: 108.10CGCote d'Ivoire: 90.56CIEquatorial Guinea: 152.87GQEritrea: 65.16EREswatini: 68.16SZEthiopia: 68.20ETGabon: 89.47GAGambia, The: 56.14GMGhana: 57.45GHGuinea: 116.77GNGuinea-Bissau: 80.29GWKenya: 54.50KELesotho: 69.55LSLiberia: 124.74LRMadagascar: 128.69MGMalawi: 113.32MWMali: 135.91MLMauritania: 87.57MRMauritius: 19.20MUMozambique: 151.88MZNamibia: 65.95NANiger: 141.55NENigeria: 83.96NGRwanda: 30.59RWSao Tome and Principe: 85.18STSenegal: 59.14SNSeychelles: 53.47SCSierra Leone: 91.19SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 115.43SOSouth Africa: 51.84ZASouth Sudan: 96.28SSSudan: 64.54SDTanzania: 112.61TZTogo: 76.38TGUganda: 104.73UGZambia: 115.48ZMZimbabwe: 95.52ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
1 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 161.35
2 Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 152.87
3 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 151.88
4 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 141.55
5 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 139.39
6 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 135.91
7 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 132.13
8 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 128.69
9 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 124.74
10 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 116.77

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 13.97
Upper middle income 54 34.06
Lower middle income 50 58.44
Low income 25 91.52
Not classified 2 70.69

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 28.19
Europe & Central Asia 58 11.05
Latin America & Caribbean 42 40.53
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 22.77
North America 3 6.15
South Asia 6 29.80
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 89.28

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
1 Macao SAR, China 0.48
2 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.51
3 Korea, Rep. 0.53
4 Denmark 1.06
5 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.15
6 San Marino 1.17
7 Norway 1.28
8 Kuwait 1.43
9 Switzerland 1.48
10 Bermuda 1.53
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.ADO.TFRT), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.