Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Ethiopia

Adolescent fertility rate in Ethiopia in 2024 — 68.2 per 1,000. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.1%.

2024 68.2 per 1,000 −2.39% vs 2023
World rank 176of 217
Period maximum 190.1 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 68.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Ethiopia, 1960–20245010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 122.1 per 1,0001962: 126.5 per 1,0001964: 135 per 1,0001966: 146.2 per 1,0001968: 153 per 1,0001970: 167.4 per 1,0001972: 182.9 per 1,0001974: 190.1 per 1,0001976: 189.8 per 1,0001978: 185.3 per 1,0001980: 181 per 1,0001982: 179.4 per 1,0001984: 182.1 per 1,0001986: 178.8 per 1,0001988: 170.5 per 1,0001990: 177.3 per 1,0001992: 157.4 per 1,0001994: 162 per 1,0001996: 164.7 per 1,0001998: 151.5 per 1,0002000: 148.5 per 1,0002002: 151.2 per 1,0002004: 141.7 per 1,0002006: 133.4 per 1,0002008: 118 per 1,0002010: 104.5 per 1,0002012: 92.3 per 1,0002014: 82.7 per 1,0002016: 77.4 per 1,0002018: 74.7 per 1,0002020: 73.7 per 1,0002022: 71.1 per 1,0002024: 68.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −53.9 (−44.12%) Average annual rate: -0.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ethiopia 68.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 91.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 68.2 −1.7 −2.39%
2023 69.9 −1.3 −1.79%
2022 71.1 −1.2 −1.71%
2021 72.4 −1.3 −1.74%
2020 73.7 −0.9 −1.14%
2019 74.5 −0.2 −0.31%
2018 74.7 −0.5 −0.62%
2017 75.2 −2.2 −2.81%
2016 77.4 −2.1 −2.59%
2015 79.4 −3.3 −3.93%
2014 82.7 −0.8 −0.99%
2013 83.5 −8.8 −9.52%
2012 92.3 −10.6 −10.32%
2011 102.9 −1.6 −1.49%
2010 104.5 −1.5 −1.39%
2009 105.9 −12 −10.18%
2008 118 −7.9 −6.24%
2007 125.8 −7.6 −5.71%
2006 133.4 −8.6 −6.05%
2005 142 +0.3 +0.21%
2004 141.7 +0.4 +0.29%
2003 141.3 −9.9 −6.56%
2002 151.2 −4.2 −2.69%
2001 155.4 +6.9 +4.66%
2000 148.5 −9.8 −6.21%
1999 158.3 +6.8 +4.47%
1998 151.5 −3 −1.97%
1997 154.6 −10.1 −6.14%
1996 164.7 +9.4 +6.04%
1995 155.3 −6.7 −4.14%
1994 162 −2.7 −1.65%
1993 164.7 +7.4 +4.7%
1992 157.4 −15 −8.68%
1991 172.3 −5 −2.82%
1990 177.3 +9 +5.37%
1989 168.3 −2.2 −1.3%
1988 170.5 −1.8 −1.04%
1987 172.3 −6.5 −3.62%
1986 178.8 −3.3 −1.81%
1985 182.1 +0 +0%
1984 182.1 +0.5 +0.28%
1983 181.5 +2.1 +1.17%
1982 179.4 +0.2 +0.13%
1981 179.2 −1.8 −1%
1980 181 −3.6 −1.95%
1979 184.6 −0.6 −0.35%
1978 185.3 −4 −2.13%
1977 189.3 −0.5 −0.25%
1976 189.8 +0.1 +0.03%
1975 189.7 −0.4 −0.19%
1974 190.1 +5.8 +3.14%
1973 184.3 +1.4 +0.74%
1972 182.9 +7.1 +4.02%
1971 175.9 +8.4 +5.03%
1970 167.4 +7.5 +4.68%
1969 159.9 +6.9 +4.53%
1968 153 +3 +2.01%
1967 150 +3.8 +2.61%
1966 146.2 +5.1 +3.59%
1965 141.1 +6.1 +4.55%
1964 135 +5.7 +4.42%
1963 129.3 +2.7 +2.15%
1962 126.5 +2.4 +1.95%
1961 124.1 +2.1 +1.68%
1960 122.1

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.