Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Colombia

Adolescent fertility rate in Colombia in 2024 — 58.4 per 1,000. Ranked 164 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.4%.

2024 58.4 per 1,000 −1.82% vs 2023
World rank 164of 217
Period maximum 115.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 58.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Colombia, 1960–202440608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 115.4 per 1,0001962: 112.1 per 1,0001964: 107.9 per 1,0001966: 101.6 per 1,0001968: 98.8 per 1,0001970: 95.5 per 1,0001972: 92.4 per 1,0001974: 90.6 per 1,0001976: 89.5 per 1,0001978: 88.9 per 1,0001980: 89.1 per 1,0001982: 88.1 per 1,0001984: 83.1 per 1,0001986: 85.2 per 1,0001988: 88.7 per 1,0001990: 93.2 per 1,0001992: 94.6 per 1,0001994: 93.4 per 1,0001996: 92.5 per 1,0001998: 92.3 per 1,0002000: 94.5 per 1,0002002: 94 per 1,0002004: 90.6 per 1,0002006: 87.7 per 1,0002008: 86.3 per 1,0002010: 81.3 per 1,0002012: 79.6 per 1,0002014: 73.8 per 1,0002016: 66.8 per 1,0002018: 65.2 per 1,0002020: 62.9 per 1,0002022: 60.2 per 1,0002024: 58.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −57 (−49.39%) Average annual rate: -1.06 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Colombia 58.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
South America computed 44 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 58.4 −1.1 −1.82%
2023 59.5 −0.7 −1.17%
2022 60.2 −1.8 −2.98%
2021 62 −0.9 −1.37%
2020 62.9 −1.4 −2.17%
2019 64.3 −0.9 −1.37%
2018 65.2 −0.8 −1.24%
2017 66 −0.9 −1.28%
2016 66.8 −2.9 −4.22%
2015 69.8 −4 −5.47%
2014 73.8 −3.7 −4.75%
2013 77.5 −2.1 −2.59%
2012 79.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2011 79.4 −1.9 −2.3%
2010 81.3 −2.7 −3.22%
2009 84 −2.3 −2.65%
2008 86.3 −1.1 −1.25%
2007 87.4 −0.4 −0.41%
2006 87.7 −0.4 −0.43%
2005 88.1 −2.5 −2.73%
2004 90.6 −2.1 −2.23%
2003 92.7 −1.4 −1.44%
2002 94 −0.1 −0.07%
2001 94.1 −0.4 −0.44%
2000 94.5 +0 +0.03%
1999 94.5 +2.2 +2.4%
1998 92.3 +0.5 +0.57%
1997 91.7 −0.8 −0.81%
1996 92.5 +0.6 +0.65%
1995 91.9 −1.5 −1.59%
1994 93.4 −1.2 −1.25%
1993 94.6 −0.1 −0.05%
1992 94.6 +0.3 +0.3%
1991 94.3 +1.1 +1.23%
1990 93.2 +2.3 +2.53%
1989 90.9 +2.2 +2.5%
1988 88.7 +1.7 +1.96%
1987 87 +1.7 +2.05%
1986 85.2 +1.4 +1.7%
1985 83.8 +0.7 +0.87%
1984 83.1 −2 −2.31%
1983 85 −3 −3.46%
1982 88.1 −0.5 −0.6%
1981 88.6 −0.5 −0.51%
1980 89.1 +0.3 +0.34%
1979 88.8 −0.1 −0.09%
1978 88.9 −0.9 −0.96%
1977 89.7 +0.2 +0.26%
1976 89.5 −1 −1.05%
1975 90.4 −0.1 −0.14%
1974 90.6 −1 −1.06%
1973 91.5 −0.9 −0.96%
1972 92.4 −1.4 −1.44%
1971 93.8 −1.8 −1.85%
1970 95.5 −1.7 −1.7%
1969 97.2 −1.6 −1.66%
1968 98.8 −1.9 −1.9%
1967 100.8 −0.9 −0.87%
1966 101.6 −3.3 −3.13%
1965 104.9 −3 −2.75%
1964 107.9 −2.5 −2.26%
1963 110.4 −1.8 −1.58%
1962 112.1 −1.7 −1.45%
1961 113.8 −1.6 −1.36%
1960 115.4

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.