Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Burkina Faso

Adolescent fertility rate in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 85.5 per 1,000. Ranked 192 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.9%.

2024 85.5 per 1,000 −1.78% vs 2023
World rank 192of 217
Period maximum 154.2 per 1,0001980
Period minimum 85.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Burkina Faso, 1960–20248010012014016019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 135.5 per 1,0001962: 137.4 per 1,0001964: 142.1 per 1,0001966: 143 per 1,0001968: 142.8 per 1,0001970: 144.7 per 1,0001972: 147.9 per 1,0001974: 146.5 per 1,0001976: 146 per 1,0001978: 148.1 per 1,0001980: 154.2 per 1,0001982: 146.2 per 1,0001984: 150.1 per 1,0001986: 151.1 per 1,0001988: 146.8 per 1,0001990: 145.7 per 1,0001992: 136.2 per 1,0001994: 128.9 per 1,0001996: 135.2 per 1,0001998: 135 per 1,0002000: 132.8 per 1,0002002: 124.8 per 1,0002004: 124.5 per 1,0002006: 126.9 per 1,0002008: 129.3 per 1,0002010: 127.4 per 1,0002012: 127.2 per 1,0002014: 122.2 per 1,0002016: 114.5 per 1,0002018: 104.2 per 1,0002020: 91.5 per 1,0002022: 88.6 per 1,0002024: 85.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −49.9 (−36.86%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 85.5 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
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 85.5 −1.5 −1.78%
2023 87.1 −1.5 −1.67%
2022 88.6 −1.5 −1.69%
2021 90.1 −1.4 −1.51%
2020 91.5 −5.2 −5.37%
2019 96.7 −7.5 −7.22%
2018 104.2 −5 −4.58%
2017 109.2 −5.3 −4.66%
2016 114.5 −4.9 −4.09%
2015 119.4 −2.8 −2.29%
2014 122.2 −5.3 −4.12%
2013 127.5 +0.3 +0.22%
2012 127.2 +0.4 +0.31%
2011 126.8 −0.6 −0.49%
2010 127.4 −0.1 −0.08%
2009 127.5 −1.8 −1.36%
2008 129.3 +1.2 +0.97%
2007 128.1 +1.2 +0.91%
2006 126.9 +5.1 +4.21%
2005 121.8 −2.8 −2.21%
2004 124.5 −4.2 −3.23%
2003 128.7 +3.9 +3.12%
2002 124.8 −4 −3.14%
2001 128.8 −4 −3%
2000 132.8 +2.2 +1.66%
1999 130.6 −4.3 −3.2%
1998 135 −0.3 −0.19%
1997 135.2 +0.1 +0.05%
1996 135.2 +3.2 +2.41%
1995 132 +3 +2.37%
1994 128.9 +1 +0.75%
1993 128 −8.3 −6.06%
1992 136.2 −8.3 −5.76%
1991 144.6 −1.2 −0.8%
1990 145.7 +0.3 +0.21%
1989 145.4 −1.4 −0.92%
1988 146.8 −2.5 −1.69%
1987 149.3 −1.8 −1.17%
1986 151.1 −0.8 −0.54%
1985 151.9 +1.8 +1.18%
1984 150.1 +6.9 +4.79%
1983 143.3 −2.9 −1.99%
1982 146.2 −4.2 −2.77%
1981 150.3 −3.9 −2.51%
1980 154.2 +0.3 +0.2%
1979 153.9 +5.8 +3.92%
1978 148.1 +1.1 +0.75%
1977 147 +0.9 +0.65%
1976 146 +2.1 +1.47%
1975 143.9 −2.6 −1.75%
1974 146.5 −2.6 −1.71%
1973 149 +1.1 +0.75%
1972 147.9 +2.7 +1.85%
1971 145.2 +0.5 +0.37%
1970 144.7 +1 +0.71%
1969 143.7 +0.9 +0.61%
1968 142.8 +0.7 +0.46%
1967 142.2 −0.8 −0.56%
1966 143 −0.2 −0.17%
1965 143.2 +1.1 +0.74%
1964 142.1 +2.7 +1.95%
1963 139.4 +2 +1.45%
1962 137.4 +1.2 +0.87%
1961 136.3 +0.8 +0.58%
1960 135.5

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.