Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — China

Adolescent fertility rate in China in 2024 — 5.2 per 1,000. Ranked 33 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 90.8%.

2024 5.2 per 1,000 −0.48% vs 2023
World rank 33of 217
Period maximum 91 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 4.7 per 1,0001998

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — China, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 56.6 per 1,0001962: 74.3 per 1,0001964: 77.5 per 1,0001966: 62.7 per 1,0001968: 56.9 per 1,0001970: 49 per 1,0001972: 37.4 per 1,0001974: 30.4 per 1,0001976: 25.8 per 1,0001978: 14.9 per 1,0001980: 11.8 per 1,0001982: 24 per 1,0001984: 27.1 per 1,0001986: 28.5 per 1,0001988: 29 per 1,0001990: 23.2 per 1,0001992: 16.1 per 1,0001994: 8.8 per 1,0001996: 7.3 per 1,0001998: 4.7 per 1,0002000: 6.4 per 1,0002002: 6.1 per 1,0002004: 5.6 per 1,0002006: 8.5 per 1,0002008: 11 per 1,0002010: 12.2 per 1,0002012: 12.5 per 1,0002014: 12 per 1,0002016: 10.7 per 1,0002018: 8.7 per 1,0002020: 6.7 per 1,0002022: 5.5 per 1,0002024: 5.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −51.4 (−90.81%) Average annual rate: -3.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

China 5.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 4.7 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.2 −0 −0.48%
2023 5.2 −0.2 −4.32%
2022 5.5 −0.5 −8.89%
2021 6 −0.7 −11%
2020 6.7 −1.5 −18.61%
2019 8.3 −0.4 −4.76%
2018 8.7 −1.5 −15.09%
2017 10.2 −0.5 −4.75%
2016 10.7 −0.1 −1.29%
2015 10.9 −1.2 −9.64%
2014 12 +0.1 +0.61%
2013 12 −0.6 −4.45%
2012 12.5 +0.7 +6.21%
2011 11.8 −0.4 −2.94%
2010 12.2 +0.2 +1.37%
2009 12 +1 +8.78%
2008 11 +1.9 +20.62%
2007 9.1 +0.6 +7.54%
2006 8.5 +1.9 +27.92%
2005 6.6 +1 +17.86%
2004 5.6 −0.8 −12.71%
2003 6.5 +0.3 +5.5%
2002 6.1 +0 +0.29%
2001 6.1 −0.3 −5.28%
2000 6.4 +0.3 +4.56%
1999 6.2 +1.5 +31.89%
1998 4.7 −1.8 −27.29%
1997 6.4 −0.9 −12.18%
1996 7.3 −1.3 −15.42%
1995 8.7 −0.1 −1.17%
1994 8.8 −4.7 −35.01%
1993 13.5 −2.6 −16.24%
1992 16.1 −2.7 −14.52%
1991 18.8 −4.4 −18.96%
1990 23.2 −4.4 −15.87%
1989 27.6 −1.4 −4.88%
1988 29 −0.9 −3.13%
1987 29.9 +1.5 +5.27%
1986 28.5 +0.6 +2.3%
1985 27.8 +0.7 +2.76%
1984 27.1 +1.8 +6.94%
1983 25.3 +1.3 +5.5%
1982 24 +8 +50.42%
1981 15.9 +4.2 +35.62%
1980 11.8 −0.3 −2.75%
1979 12.1 −2.8 −18.88%
1978 14.9 −5.9 −28.26%
1977 20.8 −5.1 −19.56%
1976 25.8 −1.4 −5.03%
1975 27.2 −3.2 −10.58%
1974 30.4 −3.1 −9.12%
1973 33.5 −3.9 −10.54%
1972 37.4 −5.5 −12.89%
1971 42.9 −6.1 −12.41%
1970 49 −2.2 −4.36%
1969 51.3 −5.6 −9.84%
1968 56.9 +6.2 +12.3%
1967 50.6 −12.1 −19.29%
1966 62.7 −9.1 −12.72%
1965 71.9 −5.6 −7.26%
1964 77.5 −13.5 −14.85%
1963 91 +16.7 +22.54%
1962 74.3 +26.1 +54.18%
1961 48.2 −8.4 −14.89%
1960 56.6

Eastern 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.