Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Benin

Adolescent fertility rate in Benin in 2024 — 76.4 per 1,000. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.8%.

2024 76.4 per 1,000 −1.85% vs 2023
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 162.4 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 76.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Benin, 1960–20247510012515017519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 152.2 per 1,0001962: 160.9 per 1,0001964: 162.4 per 1,0001966: 158 per 1,0001968: 152.5 per 1,0001970: 149.9 per 1,0001972: 146.3 per 1,0001974: 142.6 per 1,0001976: 141.8 per 1,0001978: 139.4 per 1,0001980: 144.1 per 1,0001982: 139.2 per 1,0001984: 132.1 per 1,0001986: 129.9 per 1,0001988: 133.6 per 1,0001990: 126.7 per 1,0001992: 122.7 per 1,0001994: 123.9 per 1,0001996: 119.8 per 1,0001998: 121.8 per 1,0002000: 118.1 per 1,0002002: 116.5 per 1,0002004: 115.3 per 1,0002006: 107.6 per 1,0002008: 102.5 per 1,0002010: 98.2 per 1,0002012: 95.2 per 1,0002014: 96.4 per 1,0002016: 95.2 per 1,0002018: 87.9 per 1,0002020: 81.1 per 1,0002022: 78.9 per 1,0002024: 76.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −75.8 (−49.79%) Average annual rate: -1.07 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 76.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 88.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 76.4 −1.4 −1.85%
2023 77.8 −1 −1.29%
2022 78.9 −0.9 −1.18%
2021 79.8 −1.3 −1.55%
2020 81.1 −2.8 −3.31%
2019 83.8 −4 −4.61%
2018 87.9 −3.9 −4.22%
2017 91.8 −3.5 −3.64%
2016 95.2 −1.1 −1.16%
2015 96.3 −0 −0.05%
2014 96.4 +0.3 +0.27%
2013 96.1 +0.9 +0.99%
2012 95.2 −0.4 −0.4%
2011 95.6 −2.6 −2.67%
2010 98.2 −0.9 −0.87%
2009 99 −3.5 −3.38%
2008 102.5 −3.6 −3.39%
2007 106.1 −1.5 −1.42%
2006 107.6 −2.6 −2.4%
2005 110.3 −5 −4.35%
2004 115.3 −1 −0.82%
2003 116.3 −0.3 −0.23%
2002 116.5 −2.7 −2.3%
2001 119.3 +1.1 +0.95%
2000 118.1 −2 −1.68%
1999 120.2 −1.6 −1.33%
1998 121.8 +3.2 +2.7%
1997 118.6 −1.2 −1.02%
1996 119.8 −1.7 −1.4%
1995 121.5 −2.4 −1.95%
1994 123.9 −0.3 −0.25%
1993 124.2 +1.5 +1.23%
1992 122.7 −2.7 −2.15%
1991 125.4 −1.3 −1%
1990 126.7 +0.8 +0.6%
1989 125.9 −7.7 −5.75%
1988 133.6 −0.2 −0.18%
1987 133.8 +4 +3.05%
1986 129.9 −1 −0.78%
1985 130.9 −1.3 −0.95%
1984 132.1 +1.9 +1.48%
1983 130.2 −9 −6.49%
1982 139.2 −3 −2.12%
1981 142.3 −1.8 −1.27%
1980 144.1 +1.2 +0.87%
1979 142.9 +3.5 +2.49%
1978 139.4 −2.3 −1.61%
1977 141.7 −0.2 −0.12%
1976 141.8 −0.5 −0.35%
1975 142.3 −0.3 −0.23%
1974 142.6 −0.6 −0.45%
1973 143.3 −3.1 −2.09%
1972 146.3 −2.6 −1.77%
1971 149 −0.9 −0.59%
1970 149.9 −0.9 −0.61%
1969 150.8 −1.7 −1.1%
1968 152.5 −2.5 −1.62%
1967 155 −3 −1.91%
1966 158 −3.3 −2.06%
1965 161.3 −1.1 −0.65%
1964 162.4 +0.4 +0.22%
1963 162 +1.1 +0.68%
1962 160.9 +2.7 +1.69%
1961 158.3 +6.1 +4%
1960 152.2

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.