Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Bhutan

Adolescent fertility rate in Bhutan in 2024 — 8.7 per 1,000. Ranked 60 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92.4%.

2024 8.7 per 1,000 −6.96% vs 2023
World rank 60of 217
Period maximum 116.2 per 1,0001965
Period minimum 8.1 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Bhutan, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 114.7 per 1,0001962: 114.2 per 1,0001964: 115.9 per 1,0001966: 116.1 per 1,0001968: 114.9 per 1,0001970: 114.5 per 1,0001972: 114.2 per 1,0001974: 113.8 per 1,0001976: 113.6 per 1,0001978: 112.8 per 1,0001980: 111.2 per 1,0001982: 109.1 per 1,0001984: 106.6 per 1,0001986: 104 per 1,0001988: 100.2 per 1,0001990: 95.6 per 1,0001992: 89.8 per 1,0001994: 83 per 1,0001996: 74.7 per 1,0001998: 66.1 per 1,0002000: 58 per 1,0002002: 49.6 per 1,0002004: 44 per 1,0002006: 41.6 per 1,0002008: 38.6 per 1,0002010: 31.9 per 1,0002012: 24.7 per 1,0002014: 19.3 per 1,0002016: 14.1 per 1,0002018: 9.4 per 1,0002020: 8.7 per 1,0002022: 9.4 per 1,0002024: 8.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −106 (−92.4%) Average annual rate: -3.95 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bhutan 8.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
South Asia 21 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 23.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 8.7 −0.7 −6.96%
2023 9.4 −0 −0.26%
2022 9.4 −0.3 −2.66%
2021 9.6 +0.9 +10.35%
2020 8.7 +0.6 +7.38%
2019 8.1 −1.2 −13.13%
2018 9.4 −2 −17.32%
2017 11.3 −2.8 −19.68%
2016 14.1 −2.3 −14.27%
2015 16.5 −2.9 −14.77%
2014 19.3 −2.9 −12.87%
2013 22.2 −2.6 −10.41%
2012 24.7 −3.2 −11.5%
2011 27.9 −3.9 −12.29%
2010 31.9 −4.4 −12.22%
2009 36.3 −2.3 −5.93%
2008 38.6 −2 −5.02%
2007 40.6 −1 −2.32%
2006 41.6 −1.1 −2.49%
2005 42.7 −1.3 −2.97%
2004 44 −2.2 −4.72%
2003 46.1 −3.5 −7.06%
2002 49.6 −4.3 −7.95%
2001 53.9 −4.1 −7.03%
2000 58 −3.9 −6.36%
1999 62 −4.1 −6.24%
1998 66.1 −3.9 −5.61%
1997 70 −4.7 −6.28%
1996 74.7 −4.3 −5.4%
1995 79 −4 −4.85%
1994 83 −3.5 −4.01%
1993 86.5 −3.4 −3.73%
1992 89.8 −3.2 −3.41%
1991 93 −2.6 −2.75%
1990 95.6 −2.6 −2.63%
1989 98.2 −2.1 −2.06%
1988 100.2 −2 −1.94%
1987 102.2 −1.7 −1.66%
1986 104 −1.2 −1.17%
1985 105.2 −1.5 −1.37%
1984 106.6 −1.3 −1.19%
1983 107.9 −1.2 −1.08%
1982 109.1 −1.1 −0.99%
1981 110.2 −1 −0.91%
1980 111.2 −0.9 −0.77%
1979 112.1 −0.7 −0.61%
1978 112.8 −0.5 −0.45%
1977 113.3 −0.3 −0.28%
1976 113.6 −0.2 −0.14%
1975 113.7 −0 −0.02%
1974 113.8 −0.3 −0.25%
1973 114.1 −0.1 −0.11%
1972 114.2 −0.1 −0.09%
1971 114.3 −0.2 −0.15%
1970 114.5 −0.4 −0.37%
1969 114.9 −0.1 −0.05%
1968 114.9 −0.3 −0.25%
1967 115.2 −0.8 −0.73%
1966 116.1 −0.2 −0.15%
1965 116.2 +0.3 +0.29%
1964 115.9 +0.9 +0.78%
1963 115 +0.8 +0.68%
1962 114.2 −0.1 −0.11%
1961 114.3 −0.3 −0.29%
1960 114.7

Southern Asia, 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.