Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Costa Rica

Adolescent fertility rate in Costa Rica in 2024 — 24.8 per 1,000. Ranked 100 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 75.5%.

2024 24.8 per 1,000 −5.38% vs 2023
World rank 100of 217
Period maximum 101.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 24.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Costa Rica, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 101.3 per 1,0001962: 98.8 per 1,0001964: 95.1 per 1,0001966: 92.1 per 1,0001968: 90.6 per 1,0001970: 91.9 per 1,0001972: 90.7 per 1,0001974: 90.7 per 1,0001976: 92.9 per 1,0001978: 94.5 per 1,0001980: 95.1 per 1,0001982: 94.2 per 1,0001984: 97 per 1,0001986: 97.3 per 1,0001988: 95.5 per 1,0001990: 91.3 per 1,0001992: 89 per 1,0001994: 88.2 per 1,0001996: 85.9 per 1,0001998: 84.3 per 1,0002000: 83.4 per 1,0002002: 72.2 per 1,0002004: 68.2 per 1,0002006: 65.4 per 1,0002008: 69.9 per 1,0002010: 63.1 per 1,0002012: 65.6 per 1,0002014: 59.7 per 1,0002016: 53.4 per 1,0002018: 49 per 1,0002020: 33.4 per 1,0002022: 26.5 per 1,0002024: 24.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −76.4 (−75.47%) Average annual rate: -2.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Costa Rica 24.8 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Central America computed 61.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 24.8 −1.4 −5.38%
2023 26.3 −0.2 −0.76%
2022 26.5 −1.4 −5.09%
2021 27.9 −5.5 −16.44%
2020 33.4 −8.7 −20.77%
2019 42.1 −6.9 −14.1%
2018 49 −2.1 −4.14%
2017 51.1 −2.3 −4.22%
2016 53.4 −3.2 −5.66%
2015 56.6 −3.1 −5.15%
2014 59.7 −1.5 −2.5%
2013 61.2 −4.5 −6.79%
2012 65.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2011 65.5 +2.4 +3.83%
2010 63.1 −5.4 −7.86%
2009 68.4 −1.5 −2.11%
2008 69.9 +2.2 +3.25%
2007 67.7 +2.3 +3.48%
2006 65.4 −1.7 −2.54%
2005 67.1 −1 −1.48%
2004 68.2 −1.7 −2.46%
2003 69.9 −2.3 −3.22%
2002 72.2 −5.3 −6.81%
2001 77.5 −5.9 −7.07%
2000 83.4 −0.7 −0.85%
1999 84.1 −0.2 −0.24%
1998 84.3 −0.5 −0.6%
1997 84.8 −1.1 −1.27%
1996 85.9 −1.4 −1.63%
1995 87.3 −0.9 −1.05%
1994 88.2 −0.4 −0.44%
1993 88.6 −0.3 −0.38%
1992 89 −0.6 −0.68%
1991 89.6 −1.8 −1.93%
1990 91.3 −2 −2.18%
1989 93.4 −2.2 −2.28%
1988 95.5 −1.1 −1.09%
1987 96.6 −0.7 −0.76%
1986 97.3 −0.5 −0.56%
1985 97.9 +0.9 +0.93%
1984 97 +1.3 +1.31%
1983 95.7 +1.5 +1.64%
1982 94.2 −0.3 −0.35%
1981 94.5 −0.6 −0.59%
1980 95.1 −0.6 −0.63%
1979 95.7 +1.1 +1.21%
1978 94.5 +0.9 +0.97%
1977 93.6 +0.7 +0.77%
1976 92.9 +1.3 +1.38%
1975 91.6 +0.9 +1%
1974 90.7 +0.6 +0.71%
1973 90.1 −0.6 −0.66%
1972 90.7 −0.6 −0.67%
1971 91.3 −0.6 −0.7%
1970 91.9 +0.4 +0.47%
1969 91.5 +1 +1.06%
1968 90.6 −0.5 −0.5%
1967 91 −1.1 −1.17%
1966 92.1 −1.2 −1.34%
1965 93.3 −1.7 −1.84%
1964 95.1 −1.9 −1.99%
1963 97 −1.8 −1.77%
1962 98.8 −1.4 −1.45%
1961 100.2 −1 −1.04%
1960 101.3

Central America, 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.