Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Cameroon

Adolescent fertility rate in Cameroon in 2024 — 105.4 per 1,000. Ranked 202 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.9%.

2024 105.4 per 1,000 −1.19% vs 2023
World rank 202of 217
Period maximum 180.9 per 1,0001983
Period minimum 105.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Cameroon, 1960–202410012014016018020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 166.9 per 1,0001962: 176 per 1,0001964: 177.2 per 1,0001966: 176.6 per 1,0001968: 171.1 per 1,0001970: 173 per 1,0001972: 174.8 per 1,0001974: 178.1 per 1,0001976: 173.8 per 1,0001978: 180.4 per 1,0001980: 177.5 per 1,0001982: 173.9 per 1,0001984: 178.2 per 1,0001986: 172.1 per 1,0001988: 163.1 per 1,0001990: 159.4 per 1,0001992: 151.1 per 1,0001994: 147 per 1,0001996: 141.5 per 1,0001998: 139.7 per 1,0002000: 139.9 per 1,0002002: 136.8 per 1,0002004: 135 per 1,0002006: 132 per 1,0002008: 128.7 per 1,0002010: 127.5 per 1,0002012: 124.6 per 1,0002014: 120.3 per 1,0002016: 119.4 per 1,0002018: 117.1 per 1,0002020: 112.1 per 1,0002022: 108.3 per 1,0002024: 105.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −61.5 (−36.86%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 105.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 115.6 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 105.4 −1.3 −1.19%
2023 106.7 −1.7 −1.54%
2022 108.3 −1.6 −1.44%
2021 109.9 −2.2 −1.94%
2020 112.1 −2.6 −2.22%
2019 114.6 −2.4 −2.08%
2018 117.1 −1.7 −1.47%
2017 118.8 −0.5 −0.45%
2016 119.4 −0.4 −0.32%
2015 119.7 −0.6 −0.5%
2014 120.3 −1.4 −1.17%
2013 121.8 −2.9 −2.29%
2012 124.6 −4.4 −3.44%
2011 129.1 +1.6 +1.23%
2010 127.5 −0.4 −0.3%
2009 127.9 −0.8 −0.6%
2008 128.7 −1.4 −1.05%
2007 130 −2 −1.52%
2006 132 −1.4 −1.02%
2005 133.4 −1.6 −1.17%
2004 135 −1.5 −1.1%
2003 136.5 −0.3 −0.23%
2002 136.8 −1.7 −1.2%
2001 138.4 −1.5 −1.05%
2000 139.9 −0.7 −0.47%
1999 140.6 +0.9 +0.62%
1998 139.7 +0.2 +0.13%
1997 139.5 −1.9 −1.37%
1996 141.5 −3.5 −2.41%
1995 145 −2.1 −1.41%
1994 147 −2.1 −1.42%
1993 149.2 −1.9 −1.28%
1992 151.1 −5.1 −3.24%
1991 156.2 −3.2 −2.03%
1990 159.4 −0.6 −0.37%
1989 160 −3.1 −1.89%
1988 163.1 −4.7 −2.82%
1987 167.8 −4.3 −2.52%
1986 172.1 −1.2 −0.67%
1985 173.3 −4.9 −2.76%
1984 178.2 −2.7 −1.47%
1983 180.9 +7 +4.01%
1982 173.9 +0.4 +0.21%
1981 173.5 −3.9 −2.21%
1980 177.5 −1.5 −0.86%
1979 179 −1.4 −0.75%
1978 180.4 +1.7 +0.96%
1977 178.7 +4.9 +2.82%
1976 173.8 +2 +1.15%
1975 171.8 −6.3 −3.53%
1974 178.1 −0.7 −0.39%
1973 178.8 +4 +2.3%
1972 174.8 −1.5 −0.87%
1971 176.3 +3.3 +1.89%
1970 173 +1.3 +0.75%
1969 171.7 +0.7 +0.4%
1968 171.1 −2.6 −1.48%
1967 173.6 −3 −1.7%
1966 176.6 +0.1 +0.05%
1965 176.5 −0.6 −0.35%
1964 177.2 −1.3 −0.74%
1963 178.5 +2.5 +1.39%
1962 176 +4.6 +2.7%
1961 171.4 +4.5 +2.69%
1960 166.9

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.