Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Barbados

Adolescent fertility rate in Barbados in 2024 — 45 per 1,000. Ranked 143 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.7%.

2024 45 per 1,000 −0.71% vs 2023
World rank 143of 217
Period maximum 135.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 44.8 per 1,0002006

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Barbados, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 135.1 per 1,0001962: 124.2 per 1,0001964: 121.1 per 1,0001966: 119.3 per 1,0001968: 101.2 per 1,0001970: 90.8 per 1,0001972: 93.3 per 1,0001974: 83 per 1,0001976: 70.8 per 1,0001978: 66 per 1,0001980: 63.3 per 1,0001982: 69.7 per 1,0001984: 64.4 per 1,0001986: 53.4 per 1,0001988: 46.4 per 1,0001990: 60.3 per 1,0001992: 60.6 per 1,0001994: 58.1 per 1,0001996: 55.8 per 1,0001998: 52.9 per 1,0002000: 60.6 per 1,0002002: 56 per 1,0002004: 50.5 per 1,0002006: 44.8 per 1,0002008: 47.1 per 1,0002010: 49.1 per 1,0002012: 46.5 per 1,0002014: 45.6 per 1,0002016: 45.5 per 1,0002018: 45.9 per 1,0002020: 45.9 per 1,0002022: 45.8 per 1,0002024: 45 per 1,000
Change over the period: −90.1 (−66.68%) Average annual rate: -1.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Barbados 45 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 — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 45 −0.3 −0.71%
2023 45.3 −0.5 −1.13%
2022 45.8 −0.1 −0.22%
2021 45.9 +0 +0.04%
2020 45.9 −0.1 −0.22%
2019 46 +0.2 +0.36%
2018 45.9 +0.2 +0.47%
2017 45.6 +0.1 +0.27%
2016 45.5 −0 −0.04%
2015 45.5 −0.1 −0.19%
2014 45.6 −0.3 −0.65%
2013 45.9 −0.6 −1.23%
2012 46.5 −1.6 −3.38%
2011 48.1 −0.9 −1.91%
2010 49.1 +0.8 +1.68%
2009 48.3 +1.2 +2.52%
2008 47.1 +0.6 +1.36%
2007 46.4 +1.7 +3.74%
2006 44.8 −2 −4.26%
2005 46.8 −3.7 −7.39%
2004 50.5 −3.4 −6.35%
2003 53.9 −2.1 −3.76%
2002 56 −5.3 −8.63%
2001 61.3 +0.7 +1.1%
2000 60.6 +5.1 +9.18%
1999 55.5 +2.6 +4.96%
1998 52.9 −1.7 −3.03%
1997 54.6 −1.2 −2.13%
1996 55.8 −1.4 −2.53%
1995 57.2 −0.9 −1.55%
1994 58.1 −1.4 −2.27%
1993 59.5 −1.2 −1.97%
1992 60.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1991 60.6 +0.3 +0.52%
1990 60.3 +9.2 +18.03%
1989 51.1 +4.7 +10.14%
1988 46.4 −2.1 −4.36%
1987 48.5 −4.9 −9.22%
1986 53.4 −6.7 −11.19%
1985 60.1 −4.3 −6.63%
1984 64.4 −5.7 −8.19%
1983 70.1 +0.4 +0.63%
1982 69.7 +2 +2.94%
1981 67.7 +4.4 +7.02%
1980 63.3 −2.5 −3.78%
1979 65.8 −0.3 −0.42%
1978 66 −5.4 −7.51%
1977 71.4 +0.6 +0.8%
1976 70.8 −5.7 −7.4%
1975 76.5 −6.4 −7.77%
1974 83 −5.6 −6.29%
1973 88.5 −4.8 −5.1%
1972 93.3 −0.6 −0.67%
1971 93.9 +3.1 +3.36%
1970 90.8 −5.8 −5.99%
1969 96.6 −4.6 −4.51%
1968 101.2 −4.1 −3.85%
1967 105.2 −14 −11.76%
1966 119.3 −0.6 −0.48%
1965 119.8 −1.2 −1.03%
1964 121.1 −3.4 −2.77%
1963 124.5 +0.4 +0.29%
1962 124.2 +1.1 +0.89%
1961 123.1 −12 −8.87%
1960 135.1

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.