Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Belgium

Adolescent fertility rate in Belgium in 2024 — 3.5 per 1,000. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.7%.

2024 3.5 per 1,000 −4.52% vs 2023
World rank 23of 217
Period maximum 31.8 per 1,0001971
Period minimum 3.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Belgium, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.4 per 1,0001962: 24.2 per 1,0001964: 27.4 per 1,0001966: 31.7 per 1,0001968: 30.2 per 1,0001970: 30.8 per 1,0001972: 31.4 per 1,0001974: 29 per 1,0001976: 26.3 per 1,0001978: 23.3 per 1,0001980: 20.3 per 1,0001982: 17.6 per 1,0001984: 14.5 per 1,0001986: 12.3 per 1,0001988: 11.8 per 1,0001990: 12 per 1,0001992: 12 per 1,0001994: 10.2 per 1,0001996: 10 per 1,0001998: 10.2 per 1,0002000: 11.7 per 1,0002002: 11 per 1,0002004: 10.6 per 1,0002006: 10.3 per 1,0002008: 10.3 per 1,0002010: 9.9 per 1,0002012: 8.7 per 1,0002014: 7.2 per 1,0002016: 6.2 per 1,0002018: 5.5 per 1,0002020: 4.9 per 1,0002022: 4.4 per 1,0002024: 3.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −20.9 (−85.67%) Average annual rate: -2.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belgium 3.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Western Europe computed 3.9 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.5 −0.2 −4.52%
2023 3.7 −0.7 −16.06%
2022 4.4 −0.2 −5.14%
2021 4.6 −0.3 −5.63%
2020 4.9 −0.3 −6.15%
2019 5.2 −0.3 −5.86%
2018 5.5 −0.4 −6.38%
2017 5.9 −0.3 −5.19%
2016 6.2 −0.4 −6.47%
2015 6.7 −0.5 −6.91%
2014 7.2 −0.4 −5.21%
2013 7.5 −1.1 −13.2%
2012 8.7 −0.8 −8.05%
2011 9.5 −0.4 −4.12%
2010 9.9 −0.4 −3.8%
2009 10.3 −0.1 −0.52%
2008 10.3 +0 +0%
2007 10.3 −0 −0.25%
2006 10.3 −0.1 −0.86%
2005 10.4 −0.1 −1.32%
2004 10.6 −0.1 −0.99%
2003 10.7 −0.3 −3.04%
2002 11 −0.8 −7.02%
2001 11.8 +0.1 +1.22%
2000 11.7 +0.9 +8.51%
1999 10.8 +0.6 +5.53%
1998 10.2 +0.2 +1.98%
1997 10 +0 +0.03%
1996 10 +0.2 +2.26%
1995 9.8 −0.4 −3.62%
1994 10.2 −1 −8.71%
1993 11.1 −0.9 −7.68%
1992 12 −0.3 −2.45%
1991 12.3 +0.4 +2.93%
1990 12 +0.6 +5.1%
1989 11.4 −0.3 −2.85%
1988 11.8 +0.2 +1.37%
1987 11.6 −0.7 −5.43%
1986 12.3 −0.6 −4.46%
1985 12.8 −1.6 −11.35%
1984 14.5 −1.7 −10.77%
1983 16.2 −1.4 −8%
1982 17.6 −1.4 −7.42%
1981 19 −1.2 −6.03%
1980 20.3 −1.5 −6.69%
1979 21.7 −1.6 −6.73%
1978 23.3 −1.5 −6.05%
1977 24.8 −1.6 −5.9%
1976 26.3 −1 −3.7%
1975 27.3 −1.7 −5.83%
1974 29 −1.4 −4.63%
1973 30.5 −1 −3.07%
1972 31.4 −0.4 −1.21%
1971 31.8 +1 +3.27%
1970 30.8 +0.5 +1.71%
1969 30.3 +0.1 +0.25%
1968 30.2 −1.2 −3.68%
1967 31.4 −0.3 −1.01%
1966 31.7 +1.9 +6.28%
1965 29.8 +2.4 +8.65%
1964 27.4 +1.5 +5.95%
1963 25.9 +1.7 +6.99%
1962 24.2 +0.5 +2.31%
1961 23.6 −0.8 −3.27%
1960 24.4

Western Europe, 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.