Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific

Adolescent fertility rate in East Asia & Pacific in 2024 — 14.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.1%.

2024 14.3 per 1,000 −1.95% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 79.6 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 14.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.8 per 1,0001962: 70.1 per 1,0001964: 70.9 per 1,0001966: 61.1 per 1,0001968: 57.5 per 1,0001970: 52.5 per 1,0001972: 45 per 1,0001974: 40.7 per 1,0001976: 38.4 per 1,0001978: 31.8 per 1,0001980: 27.7 per 1,0001982: 34.6 per 1,0001984: 35.9 per 1,0001986: 34.6 per 1,0001988: 34.3 per 1,0001990: 30.7 per 1,0001992: 26.5 per 1,0001994: 22.3 per 1,0001996: 21.1 per 1,0001998: 18.3 per 1,0002000: 18.6 per 1,0002002: 17.9 per 1,0002004: 16.8 per 1,0002006: 18.5 per 1,0002008: 21 per 1,0002010: 23 per 1,0002012: 23.8 per 1,0002014: 23 per 1,0002016: 21 per 1,0002018: 18.2 per 1,0002020: 15.9 per 1,0002022: 14.8 per 1,0002024: 14.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −45.6 (−76.14%) Average annual rate: -2.21 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 14.3 −0.3 −1.95%
2023 14.6 −0.2 −1.58%
2022 14.8 −0.4 −2.61%
2021 15.2 −0.7 −4.29%
2020 15.9 −1.4 −8.01%
2019 17.3 −1 −5.22%
2018 18.2 −1.6 −8.28%
2017 19.9 −1.1 −5.41%
2016 21 −1 −4.35%
2015 21.9 −1.1 −4.74%
2014 23 −0.4 −1.58%
2013 23.4 −0.4 −1.51%
2012 23.8 +0.6 +2.44%
2011 23.2 +0.2 +0.89%
2010 23 +0.8 +3.76%
2009 22.2 +1.2 +5.63%
2008 21 +1.6 +8.44%
2007 19.3 +0.9 +4.7%
2006 18.5 +1.4 +8.4%
2005 17 +0.3 +1.65%
2004 16.8 −0.9 −5.1%
2003 17.7 −0.2 −1.07%
2002 17.9 −0.5 −2.56%
2001 18.3 −0.2 −1.28%
2000 18.6 −0.1 −0.49%
1999 18.7 +0.4 +2.03%
1998 18.3 −1.6 −7.92%
1997 19.9 −1.2 −5.83%
1996 21.1 −1.3 −5.65%
1995 22.4 +0 +0.14%
1994 22.3 −2.6 −10.47%
1993 24.9 −1.6 −5.86%
1992 26.5 −1.8 −6.22%
1991 28.2 −2.5 −8.11%
1990 30.7 −2.6 −7.75%
1989 33.3 −1 −2.9%
1988 34.3 −1.1 −3.07%
1987 35.4 +0.8 +2.19%
1986 34.6 −0.6 −1.62%
1985 35.2 −0.7 −1.81%
1984 35.9 +0.9 +2.53%
1983 35 +0.4 +1.15%
1982 34.6 +4.9 +16.62%
1981 29.6 +1.9 +7%
1980 27.7 −1.3 −4.35%
1979 29 −2.8 −8.78%
1978 31.8 −3.8 −10.68%
1977 35.6 −2.8 −7.29%
1976 38.4 −0.3 −0.88%
1975 38.7 −2 −4.9%
1974 40.7 −2 −4.65%
1973 42.7 −2.3 −5.09%
1972 45 −3.6 −7.42%
1971 48.6 −4 −7.57%
1970 52.5 −1.4 −2.58%
1969 53.9 −3.6 −6.21%
1968 57.5 +3.9 +7.33%
1967 53.6 −7.5 −12.26%
1966 61.1 −6.1 −9.08%
1965 67.2 −3.8 −5.31%
1964 70.9 −8.7 −10.95%
1963 79.6 +9.6 +13.68%
1962 70.1 +15.3 +27.92%
1961 54.8 −5.1 −8.49%
1960 59.8

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.