Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Gambia

Adolescent fertility rate in the Gambia in 2024 — 56.1 per 1,000. Ranked 161 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 71.2%.

2024 56.1 per 1,000 −3.37% vs 2023
World rank 161of 217
Period maximum 197.9 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 56.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Gambia, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 195.2 per 1,0001962: 194.7 per 1,0001964: 197.9 per 1,0001966: 194.7 per 1,0001968: 190.1 per 1,0001970: 191.5 per 1,0001972: 194.7 per 1,0001974: 192.9 per 1,0001976: 191.7 per 1,0001978: 189.4 per 1,0001980: 185.8 per 1,0001982: 182.1 per 1,0001984: 176.6 per 1,0001986: 172.8 per 1,0001988: 167.4 per 1,0001990: 160.6 per 1,0001992: 158.3 per 1,0001994: 154.1 per 1,0001996: 136.2 per 1,0001998: 125.4 per 1,0002000: 116.9 per 1,0002002: 108.1 per 1,0002004: 100.6 per 1,0002006: 100 per 1,0002008: 95.4 per 1,0002010: 92.2 per 1,0002012: 89.7 per 1,0002014: 81.7 per 1,0002016: 72.2 per 1,0002018: 64.9 per 1,0002020: 61.9 per 1,0002022: 59.2 per 1,0002024: 56.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −139 (−71.24%) Average annual rate: -1.93 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 56.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 88.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 56.1 −2 −3.37%
2023 58.1 −1.1 −1.8%
2022 59.2 −1.3 −2.22%
2021 60.5 −1.4 −2.22%
2020 61.9 −1.5 −2.37%
2019 63.4 −1.5 −2.29%
2018 64.9 −3 −4.48%
2017 67.9 −4.3 −5.99%
2016 72.2 −4.7 −6.06%
2015 76.9 −4.8 −5.92%
2014 81.7 −5 −5.76%
2013 86.7 −2.9 −3.27%
2012 89.7 −0.1 −0.1%
2011 89.7 −2.5 −2.66%
2010 92.2 −2.6 −2.73%
2009 94.8 −0.6 −0.61%
2008 95.4 −3.4 −3.4%
2007 98.7 −1.2 −1.24%
2006 100 +1.9 +1.89%
2005 98.1 −2.5 −2.47%
2004 100.6 −2.5 −2.42%
2003 103.1 −5 −4.66%
2002 108.1 −6 −5.25%
2001 114.1 −2.8 −2.41%
2000 116.9 −2.9 −2.4%
1999 119.8 −5.6 −4.45%
1998 125.4 −4.6 −3.56%
1997 130 −6.1 −4.51%
1996 136.2 −9.6 −6.61%
1995 145.8 −8.3 −5.38%
1994 154.1 −4.1 −2.56%
1993 158.1 −0.2 −0.1%
1992 158.3 +0 +0.01%
1991 158.3 −2.4 −1.46%
1990 160.6 −1.7 −1.03%
1989 162.3 −5.1 −3.07%
1988 167.4 −2.5 −1.47%
1987 169.9 −2.8 −1.63%
1986 172.8 −2 −1.13%
1985 174.7 −1.8 −1.04%
1984 176.6 −3.2 −1.8%
1983 179.8 −2.3 −1.27%
1982 182.1 −1.7 −0.91%
1981 183.8 −2 −1.08%
1980 185.8 −1.6 −0.85%
1979 187.4 −2 −1.07%
1978 189.4 −1.3 −0.7%
1977 190.8 −0.9 −0.49%
1976 191.7 −0.7 −0.34%
1975 192.3 −0.6 −0.3%
1974 192.9 −1 −0.52%
1973 193.9 −0.8 −0.4%
1972 194.7 +1 +0.54%
1971 193.7 +2.1 +1.11%
1970 191.5 +0.8 +0.4%
1969 190.8 +0.7 +0.36%
1968 190.1 −1.8 −0.95%
1967 191.9 −2.8 −1.42%
1966 194.7 −3.2 −1.6%
1965 197.8 −0.1 −0.03%
1964 197.9 +2 +1.02%
1963 195.9 +1.2 +0.64%
1962 194.7 +0.1 +0.07%
1961 194.5 −0.6 −0.33%
1960 195.2

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.