Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia

Adolescent fertility rate in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 11.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.7%.

2024 11.4 per 1,000 −3.21% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 43.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 11.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.1 per 1,0001962: 37.9 per 1,0001964: 35.2 per 1,0001966: 38.5 per 1,0001968: 41.1 per 1,0001970: 41.1 per 1,0001972: 41.8 per 1,0001974: 42.2 per 1,0001976: 40.9 per 1,0001978: 40.4 per 1,0001980: 40.9 per 1,0001982: 39.2 per 1,0001984: 37.8 per 1,0001986: 36.6 per 1,0001988: 35.9 per 1,0001990: 37 per 1,0001992: 36.3 per 1,0001994: 34.9 per 1,0001996: 31.1 per 1,0001998: 28.1 per 1,0002000: 24.9 per 1,0002002: 23 per 1,0002004: 22.6 per 1,0002006: 22.4 per 1,0002008: 23.1 per 1,0002010: 22.1 per 1,0002012: 21.2 per 1,0002014: 19.8 per 1,0002016: 17.4 per 1,0002018: 14.6 per 1,0002020: 12.7 per 1,0002022: 11.9 per 1,0002024: 11.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −31.8 (−73.68%) Average annual rate: -2.06 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 11.4 −0.4 −3.21%
2023 11.7 −0.1 −1.03%
2022 11.9 −0.6 −4.64%
2021 12.4 −0.3 −2.22%
2020 12.7 −1 −7.19%
2019 13.7 −0.9 −6.35%
2018 14.6 −1.1 −6.95%
2017 15.7 −1.7 −9.69%
2016 17.4 −1.2 −6.31%
2015 18.6 −1.2 −6.19%
2014 19.8 −0.5 −2.25%
2013 20.3 −1 −4.69%
2012 21.2 −0.2 −0.97%
2011 21.5 −0.6 −2.88%
2010 22.1 −1 −4.22%
2009 23.1 +0 +0.04%
2008 23.1 +0.5 +2.42%
2007 22.5 +0.1 +0.38%
2006 22.4 +0.1 +0.26%
2005 22.4 −0.2 −1.09%
2004 22.6 +0 +0.21%
2003 22.6 −0.4 −1.89%
2002 23 −0.7 −3.04%
2001 23.7 −1.2 −4.81%
2000 24.9 −1.4 −5.41%
1999 26.4 −1.7 −6.08%
1998 28.1 −1.5 −4.97%
1997 29.5 −1.6 −5.17%
1996 31.1 −2 −5.91%
1995 33.1 −1.8 −5.24%
1994 34.9 −0.7 −1.91%
1993 35.6 −0.7 −1.82%
1992 36.3 −1.2 −3.16%
1991 37.4 +0.4 +1.19%
1990 37 +1.4 +3.8%
1989 35.7 −0.3 −0.77%
1988 35.9 −0.2 −0.51%
1987 36.1 −0.5 −1.33%
1986 36.6 −0.5 −1.23%
1985 37.1 −0.8 −2.02%
1984 37.8 −0.7 −1.89%
1983 38.5 −0.6 −1.58%
1982 39.2 −0.6 −1.55%
1981 39.8 −1.1 −2.71%
1980 40.9 +0.3 +0.69%
1979 40.6 +0.3 +0.63%
1978 40.4 −0.1 −0.2%
1977 40.4 −0.4 −1.03%
1976 40.9 −0.4 −1.02%
1975 41.3 −0.9 −2.25%
1974 42.2 +0.6 +1.44%
1973 41.6 −0.2 −0.39%
1972 41.8 −0 −0.07%
1971 41.8 +0.7 +1.77%
1970 41.1 −0.2 −0.37%
1969 41.2 +0.1 +0.29%
1968 41.1 +1.1 +2.87%
1967 40 +1.5 +3.81%
1966 38.5 +2.2 +6.08%
1965 36.3 +1.1 +3.14%
1964 35.2 −0.9 −2.6%
1963 36.1 −1.8 −4.65%
1962 37.9 −3.8 −9.2%
1961 41.7 −1.4 −3.21%
1960 43.1

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.