Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Belize

Adolescent fertility rate in Belize in 2024 — 55.6 per 1,000. Ranked 159 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 61.8%.

2024 55.6 per 1,000 +0.67% vs 2023
World rank 159of 217
Period maximum 145.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 51.3 per 1,0002021

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Belize, 1960–2024507510012515019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 145.6 per 1,0001962: 143.2 per 1,0001964: 141 per 1,0001966: 139.8 per 1,0001968: 139.5 per 1,0001970: 140.2 per 1,0001972: 141 per 1,0001974: 141.8 per 1,0001976: 142.7 per 1,0001978: 140.9 per 1,0001980: 140.5 per 1,0001982: 140.1 per 1,0001984: 138.4 per 1,0001986: 136 per 1,0001988: 131.8 per 1,0001990: 127.9 per 1,0001992: 115.5 per 1,0001994: 107.6 per 1,0001996: 102.4 per 1,0001998: 102.5 per 1,0002000: 100.2 per 1,0002002: 94 per 1,0002004: 87.4 per 1,0002006: 81.7 per 1,0002008: 75.8 per 1,0002010: 70.7 per 1,0002012: 72.4 per 1,0002014: 71.1 per 1,0002016: 70.7 per 1,0002018: 72.2 per 1,0002020: 58.5 per 1,0002022: 53.4 per 1,0002024: 55.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −90 (−61.82%) Average annual rate: -1.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belize 55.6 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Central America computed 61.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 55.6 +0.4 +0.67%
2023 55.2 +1.8 +3.42%
2022 53.4 +2.1 +4.05%
2021 51.3 −7.2 −12.3%
2020 58.5 −7.1 −10.76%
2019 65.6 −6.6 −9.16%
2018 72.2 +1.8 +2.52%
2017 70.4 −0.3 −0.37%
2016 70.7 +0.5 +0.64%
2015 70.2 −0.9 −1.27%
2014 71.1 −1.3 −1.79%
2013 72.4 −0 −0.04%
2012 72.4 −0.2 −0.3%
2011 72.7 +1.9 +2.71%
2010 70.7 −2.4 −3.27%
2009 73.1 −2.7 −3.5%
2008 75.8 −2.4 −3.04%
2007 78.2 −3.6 −4.36%
2006 81.7 −5.4 −6.21%
2005 87.1 −0.2 −0.24%
2004 87.4 −1.9 −2.13%
2003 89.3 −4.7 −5%
2002 94 −4 −4.06%
2001 97.9 −2.3 −2.28%
2000 100.2 −2 −1.93%
1999 102.2 −0.3 −0.33%
1998 102.5 +3.7 +3.7%
1997 98.9 −3.5 −3.45%
1996 102.4 −4.5 −4.22%
1995 106.9 −0.6 −0.6%
1994 107.6 −4.2 −3.72%
1993 111.7 −3.8 −3.32%
1992 115.5 −7 −5.74%
1991 122.6 −5.3 −4.15%
1990 127.9 −2.1 −1.63%
1989 130 −1.8 −1.36%
1988 131.8 −1.6 −1.17%
1987 133.4 −2.6 −1.91%
1986 136 −1.6 −1.19%
1985 137.6 −0.8 −0.54%
1984 138.4 −1 −0.74%
1983 139.4 −0.7 −0.48%
1982 140.1 −0.5 −0.33%
1981 140.5 +0 +0.03%
1980 140.5 +0.1 +0.05%
1979 140.4 −0.5 −0.36%
1978 140.9 −0.9 −0.66%
1977 141.8 −0.8 −0.57%
1976 142.7 +0.2 +0.12%
1975 142.5 +0.7 +0.48%
1974 141.8 +0.5 +0.37%
1973 141.3 +0.2 +0.18%
1972 141 +0.2 +0.17%
1971 140.8 +0.6 +0.4%
1970 140.2 +0.5 +0.37%
1969 139.7 +0.2 +0.15%
1968 139.5 +0 +0.01%
1967 139.5 −0.3 −0.2%
1966 139.8 −0.5 −0.36%
1965 140.3 −0.7 −0.49%
1964 141 −1 −0.68%
1963 141.9 −1.2 −0.86%
1962 143.2 −1.3 −0.87%
1961 144.4 −1.2 −0.84%
1960 145.6

Central America, 2024

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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.