Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Bahamas

Adolescent fertility rate in the Bahamas in 2024 — 24.5 per 1,000. Ranked 98 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.5%.

2024 24.5 per 1,000 −0.18% vs 2023
World rank 98of 217
Period maximum 94.2 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 24.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Bahamas, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 92.5 per 1,0001962: 93.2 per 1,0001964: 94.2 per 1,0001966: 91.7 per 1,0001968: 88.9 per 1,0001970: 84.7 per 1,0001972: 80.4 per 1,0001974: 75.5 per 1,0001976: 70.4 per 1,0001978: 65.6 per 1,0001980: 61.6 per 1,0001982: 59.2 per 1,0001984: 57.2 per 1,0001986: 56.1 per 1,0001988: 55.9 per 1,0001990: 55.9 per 1,0001992: 59.5 per 1,0001994: 53.9 per 1,0001996: 50.7 per 1,0001998: 47.4 per 1,0002000: 43.3 per 1,0002002: 41.2 per 1,0002004: 40.5 per 1,0002006: 41 per 1,0002008: 40 per 1,0002010: 36.8 per 1,0002012: 35.7 per 1,0002014: 33.9 per 1,0002016: 29 per 1,0002018: 26.3 per 1,0002020: 25.1 per 1,0002022: 24.7 per 1,0002024: 24.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68 (−73.5%) Average annual rate: -2.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 24.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Caribbean computed 44.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 24.5 −0 −0.18%
2023 24.6 −0.1 −0.47%
2022 24.7 −0.2 −0.77%
2021 24.9 −0.3 −1.03%
2020 25.1 −0.9 −3.36%
2019 26 −0.3 −1.16%
2018 26.3 −0.5 −1.78%
2017 26.8 −2.2 −7.6%
2016 29 −1.8 −5.98%
2015 30.8 −3 −8.94%
2014 33.9 −1.2 −3.53%
2013 35.1 −0.5 −1.54%
2012 35.7 −0.6 −1.73%
2011 36.3 −0.6 −1.54%
2010 36.8 −1.3 −3.41%
2009 38.1 −1.8 −4.6%
2008 40 −1 −2.55%
2007 41 +0 +0.07%
2006 41 +0.1 +0.19%
2005 40.9 +0.4 +1%
2004 40.5 −0.1 −0.23%
2003 40.6 −0.6 −1.44%
2002 41.2 −1.1 −2.5%
2001 42.3 −1.1 −2.45%
2000 43.3 −1.8 −3.88%
1999 45.1 −2.3 −4.95%
1998 47.4 −1.7 −3.38%
1997 49.1 −1.6 −3.25%
1996 50.7 −1.7 −3.32%
1995 52.5 −1.4 −2.6%
1994 53.9 −3.3 −5.71%
1993 57.1 −2.4 −4.06%
1992 59.5 +4.1 +7.3%
1991 55.5 −0.4 −0.65%
1990 55.9 −0.1 −0.15%
1989 55.9 +0.1 +0.12%
1988 55.9 −0 −0.01%
1987 55.9 −0.2 −0.31%
1986 56.1 −0.3 −0.46%
1985 56.3 −0.8 −1.47%
1984 57.2 −1.1 −1.93%
1983 58.3 −1 −1.63%
1982 59.2 −1.1 −1.8%
1981 60.3 −1.2 −2.02%
1980 61.6 −1.8 −2.85%
1979 63.4 −2.2 −3.42%
1978 65.6 −2.3 −3.34%
1977 67.9 −2.5 −3.53%
1976 70.4 −2.6 −3.52%
1975 72.9 −2.6 −3.44%
1974 75.5 −2.5 −3.17%
1973 78 −2.4 −2.98%
1972 80.4 −2.1 −2.51%
1971 82.5 −2.2 −2.59%
1970 84.7 −2.3 −2.64%
1969 87 −1.9 −2.17%
1968 88.9 −1.6 −1.73%
1967 90.5 −1.2 −1.35%
1966 91.7 −1.6 −1.73%
1965 93.3 −0.9 −0.92%
1964 94.2 +0 +0.03%
1963 94.2 +1 +1.06%
1962 93.2 +0.6 +0.66%
1961 92.6 +0 +0.05%
1960 92.5

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.