Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Dominican Republic

Adolescent fertility rate in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 50.2 per 1,000. Ranked 149 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.3%.

2024 50.2 per 1,000 −4.95% vs 2023
World rank 149of 217
Period maximum 148.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 50.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Dominican Republic, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 148.9 per 1,0001962: 146.4 per 1,0001964: 142.6 per 1,0001966: 137.8 per 1,0001968: 127.7 per 1,0001970: 126.6 per 1,0001972: 125.2 per 1,0001974: 124.6 per 1,0001976: 118.4 per 1,0001978: 117.3 per 1,0001980: 117 per 1,0001982: 107.7 per 1,0001984: 105.1 per 1,0001986: 104.8 per 1,0001988: 109.4 per 1,0001990: 117.5 per 1,0001992: 115.3 per 1,0001994: 117.3 per 1,0001996: 112.4 per 1,0001998: 108.3 per 1,0002000: 112 per 1,0002002: 104.8 per 1,0002004: 95.5 per 1,0002006: 91.1 per 1,0002008: 91.9 per 1,0002010: 95.3 per 1,0002012: 93.5 per 1,0002014: 85.7 per 1,0002016: 78.6 per 1,0002018: 72.6 per 1,0002020: 58.9 per 1,0002022: 53.6 per 1,0002024: 50.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −98.7 (−66.31%) Average annual rate: -1.69 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominican Republic 50.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Caribbean computed 44.2 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 50.2 −2.6 −4.95%
2023 52.8 −0.8 −1.51%
2022 53.6 −2.5 −4.42%
2021 56.1 −2.8 −4.75%
2020 58.9 −8.1 −12.14%
2019 67 −5.6 −7.76%
2018 72.6 −3.3 −4.31%
2017 75.9 −2.8 −3.5%
2016 78.6 −4.5 −5.43%
2015 83.2 −2.6 −3.01%
2014 85.7 −3 −3.41%
2013 88.8 −4.8 −5.11%
2012 93.5 −2 −2.09%
2011 95.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2010 95.3 +1.9 +2%
2009 93.4 +1.5 +1.67%
2008 91.9 +1.4 +1.51%
2007 90.5 −0.6 −0.65%
2006 91.1 −1.4 −1.55%
2005 92.6 −2.9 −3.03%
2004 95.5 −5.4 −5.37%
2003 100.9 −4 −3.79%
2002 104.8 −4 −3.65%
2001 108.8 −3.2 −2.83%
2000 112 +2.2 +2.02%
1999 109.8 +1.5 +1.37%
1998 108.3 −1 −0.89%
1997 109.3 −3.1 −2.79%
1996 112.4 −1.3 −1.15%
1995 113.7 −3.6 −3.08%
1994 117.3 −1.4 −1.16%
1993 118.7 +3.4 +2.95%
1992 115.3 −0.6 −0.53%
1991 115.9 −1.6 −1.38%
1990 117.5 +2.4 +2.1%
1989 115.1 +5.7 +5.22%
1988 109.4 +1.2 +1.1%
1987 108.2 +3.4 +3.27%
1986 104.8 +0.4 +0.41%
1985 104.3 −0.7 −0.68%
1984 105.1 −0 −0.04%
1983 105.1 −2.6 −2.39%
1982 107.7 −3.8 −3.38%
1981 111.4 −5.6 −4.75%
1980 117 −0.6 −0.53%
1979 117.6 +0.4 +0.31%
1978 117.3 −1.1 −0.96%
1977 118.4 −0 −0.02%
1976 118.4 −2.7 −2.23%
1975 121.1 −3.5 −2.8%
1974 124.6 −1.2 −0.99%
1973 125.9 +0.6 +0.5%
1972 125.2 −1.2 −0.92%
1971 126.4 −0.2 −0.17%
1970 126.6 +1.5 +1.22%
1969 125.1 −2.6 −2.04%
1968 127.7 −6.6 −4.89%
1967 134.3 −3.6 −2.6%
1966 137.8 −2.2 −1.6%
1965 140.1 −2.5 −1.79%
1964 142.6 −2 −1.35%
1963 144.6 −1.8 −1.22%
1962 146.4 −1.8 −1.22%
1961 148.2 −0.7 −0.49%
1960 148.9

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.