Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Ghana

Adolescent fertility rate in Ghana in 2024 — 57.4 per 1,000. Ranked 163 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 65.7%.

2024 57.4 per 1,000 −1.36% vs 2023
World rank 163of 217
Period maximum 167.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 57.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Ghana, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 167.6 per 1,0001962: 163 per 1,0001964: 152.9 per 1,0001966: 139.7 per 1,0001968: 135.8 per 1,0001970: 136.4 per 1,0001972: 136.2 per 1,0001974: 132.8 per 1,0001976: 124.2 per 1,0001978: 122.2 per 1,0001980: 121.7 per 1,0001982: 120.1 per 1,0001984: 116.6 per 1,0001986: 115.4 per 1,0001988: 110.1 per 1,0001990: 111 per 1,0001992: 106.8 per 1,0001994: 97.4 per 1,0001996: 89.3 per 1,0001998: 86 per 1,0002000: 84.3 per 1,0002002: 80.1 per 1,0002004: 75.7 per 1,0002006: 74.1 per 1,0002008: 73.1 per 1,0002010: 70.7 per 1,0002012: 71.6 per 1,0002014: 72.6 per 1,0002016: 70.4 per 1,0002018: 66.5 per 1,0002020: 62 per 1,0002022: 58.8 per 1,0002024: 57.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −110.1 (−65.72%) Average annual rate: -1.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 57.4 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
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 57.4 −0.8 −1.36%
2023 58.2 −0.6 −0.97%
2022 58.8 −1 −1.59%
2021 59.8 −2.3 −3.65%
2020 62 −2.3 −3.51%
2019 64.3 −2.2 −3.36%
2018 66.5 −1.4 −2.01%
2017 67.9 −2.5 −3.61%
2016 70.4 −2.1 −2.84%
2015 72.5 −0.1 −0.1%
2014 72.6 +0.1 +0.11%
2013 72.5 +0.8 +1.16%
2012 71.6 +0.2 +0.32%
2011 71.4 +0.7 +0.97%
2010 70.7 −0.6 −0.91%
2009 71.4 −1.7 −2.36%
2008 73.1 −2.3 −3.07%
2007 75.4 +1.3 +1.7%
2006 74.1 +0.5 +0.69%
2005 73.6 −2 −2.68%
2004 75.7 −1.6 −2.11%
2003 77.3 −2.8 −3.49%
2002 80.1 −2.2 −2.7%
2001 82.3 −2 −2.41%
2000 84.3 +2.7 +3.26%
1999 81.7 −4.3 −4.99%
1998 86 −2.5 −2.8%
1997 88.5 −0.8 −0.9%
1996 89.3 −6.1 −6.37%
1995 95.3 −2 −2.09%
1994 97.4 −3.4 −3.37%
1993 100.8 −6 −5.62%
1992 106.8 −3.2 −2.94%
1991 110 −1 −0.91%
1990 111 +1.3 +1.17%
1989 109.7 −0.3 −0.31%
1988 110.1 −4.8 −4.18%
1987 114.9 −0.5 −0.44%
1986 115.4 −1.6 −1.33%
1985 116.9 +0.3 +0.29%
1984 116.6 −1.7 −1.41%
1983 118.3 −1.8 −1.5%
1982 120.1 −0.2 −0.17%
1981 120.3 −1.5 −1.2%
1980 121.7 +1.8 +1.54%
1979 119.9 −2.3 −1.91%
1978 122.2 −0.6 −0.46%
1977 122.8 −1.4 −1.12%
1976 124.2 −5.1 −3.96%
1975 129.3 −3.5 −2.66%
1974 132.8 −3.9 −2.85%
1973 136.7 +0.5 +0.39%
1972 136.2 +1.8 +1.34%
1971 134.4 −2 −1.47%
1970 136.4 +0.3 +0.22%
1969 136.1 +0.3 +0.25%
1968 135.8 −0.1 −0.04%
1967 135.8 −3.9 −2.77%
1966 139.7 −9.4 −6.32%
1965 149.1 −3.8 −2.5%
1964 152.9 −4.1 −2.64%
1963 157.1 −5.9 −3.62%
1962 163 −2.1 −1.28%
1961 165.1 −2.5 −1.49%
1960 167.6

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.