Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Afghanistan

Adolescent fertility rate in Afghanistan in 2024 — 61.5 per 1,000. Ranked 167 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 56.3%.

2024 61.5 per 1,000 −4.01% vs 2023
World rank 167of 217
Period maximum 158.8 per 1,0001997
Period minimum 61.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19

Adolescent fertility rate — Afghanistan, 1960–2024507510012515017519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 140.6 per 1,0001962: 139.4 per 1,0001964: 139.8 per 1,0001966: 141.7 per 1,0001968: 140.5 per 1,0001970: 138.5 per 1,0001972: 138.4 per 1,0001974: 137.7 per 1,0001976: 136.2 per 1,0001978: 134.8 per 1,0001980: 131.7 per 1,0001982: 126.9 per 1,0001984: 128.3 per 1,0001986: 128.5 per 1,0001988: 132.4 per 1,0001990: 139.4 per 1,0001992: 147.5 per 1,0001994: 156.8 per 1,0001996: 157.6 per 1,0001998: 155.9 per 1,0002000: 154.3 per 1,0002002: 150.2 per 1,0002004: 136.9 per 1,0002006: 121.6 per 1,0002008: 119 per 1,0002010: 105.6 per 1,0002012: 95.2 per 1,0002014: 84.1 per 1,0002016: 78.1 per 1,0002018: 73 per 1,0002020: 68.9 per 1,0002022: 65.3 per 1,0002024: 61.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −79.1 (−56.26%) Average annual rate: -1.28 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 61.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
South Asia 21 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 23.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 61.5 −2.6 −4.01%
2023 64.1 −1.3 −1.95%
2022 65.3 −1.3 −1.89%
2021 66.6 −2.3 −3.31%
2020 68.9 −2.1 −2.95%
2019 71 −2.1 −2.81%
2018 73 −2.3 −3.03%
2017 75.3 −2.8 −3.62%
2016 78.1 −2.9 −3.59%
2015 81 −3 −3.6%
2014 84.1 −5.3 −5.9%
2013 89.3 −5.9 −6.2%
2012 95.2 −6.4 −6.31%
2011 101.7 −4 −3.78%
2010 105.6 −4 −3.65%
2009 109.7 −9.3 −7.84%
2008 119 +1.2 +1.04%
2007 117.8 −3.9 −3.19%
2006 121.6 −9.2 −7.03%
2005 130.8 −6.1 −4.45%
2004 136.9 −6.8 −4.74%
2003 143.8 −6.4 −4.27%
2002 150.2 −2.3 −1.52%
2001 152.5 −1.8 −1.19%
2000 154.3 −2.1 −1.31%
1999 156.4 +0.4 +0.27%
1998 155.9 −2.8 −1.78%
1997 158.8 +1.2 +0.73%
1996 157.6 −0.7 −0.45%
1995 158.3 +1.5 +0.94%
1994 156.8 +7.4 +4.93%
1993 149.5 +2 +1.33%
1992 147.5 +2.1 +1.46%
1991 145.4 +6 +4.31%
1990 139.4 +3.6 +2.67%
1989 135.8 +3.4 +2.54%
1988 132.4 +4.8 +3.76%
1987 127.6 −0.9 −0.71%
1986 128.5 −0.7 −0.58%
1985 129.2 +0.9 +0.71%
1984 128.3 +0.6 +0.49%
1983 127.7 +0.8 +0.6%
1982 126.9 −2.3 −1.81%
1981 129.3 −2.4 −1.84%
1980 131.7 −1.4 −1.05%
1979 133.1 −1.7 −1.28%
1978 134.8 −0.9 −0.66%
1977 135.7 −0.5 −0.37%
1976 136.2 −0.7 −0.5%
1975 136.9 −0.8 −0.55%
1974 137.7 −0.3 −0.22%
1973 138 −0.4 −0.3%
1972 138.4 −0.2 −0.11%
1971 138.6 +0.1 +0.04%
1970 138.5 −0.8 −0.6%
1969 139.3 −1.1 −0.81%
1968 140.5 −1 −0.68%
1967 141.5 −0.2 −0.15%
1966 141.7 +0.8 +0.6%
1965 140.8 +1 +0.72%
1964 139.8 +0.4 +0.31%
1963 139.4 +0 +0.01%
1962 139.4 −0.5 −0.32%
1961 139.8 −0.8 −0.54%
1960 140.6

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of births per thousand women aged 15–19 during a year. The indicator is closely tied to the education of girls, the availability of contraception and the age at marriage, which is why it is used as a summary measure of the position of adolescent girls. Early childbirth is dangerous medically — maternal mortality is higher in this age group — and socially: it usually means interrupted schooling.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the female population as a whole rather than by the 15–19 age group: the catalog has no separate series for the size of that group, and its share among women differs about twofold across countries.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.