Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Iceland

Adolescent fertility rate in Iceland in 2024 — 3.1 per 1,000. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 96.1%.

2024 3.1 per 1,000 −8.76% vs 2023
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 86.8 per 1,0001966
Period minimum 3.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Iceland, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.5 per 1,0001962: 78.4 per 1,0001964: 82.4 per 1,0001966: 86.8 per 1,0001968: 76.4 per 1,0001970: 71.9 per 1,0001972: 72.4 per 1,0001974: 64.5 per 1,0001976: 59.8 per 1,0001978: 55.6 per 1,0001980: 54.3 per 1,0001982: 47.6 per 1,0001984: 39.7 per 1,0001986: 38.8 per 1,0001988: 38.3 per 1,0001990: 33.2 per 1,0001992: 27.9 per 1,0001994: 23.6 per 1,0001996: 21.9 per 1,0001998: 24.5 per 1,0002000: 23.2 per 1,0002002: 18.7 per 1,0002004: 13.8 per 1,0002006: 13.2 per 1,0002008: 14.3 per 1,0002010: 13 per 1,0002012: 10.9 per 1,0002014: 8.2 per 1,0002016: 6.7 per 1,0002018: 5.4 per 1,0002020: 4.4 per 1,0002022: 3.5 per 1,0002024: 3.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −75.4 (−96.08%) Average annual rate: -4.94 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 3.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 6 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.1 −0.3 −8.76%
2023 3.4 −0.1 −4.15%
2022 3.5 −0.6 −15.3%
2021 4.2 −0.3 −5.85%
2020 4.4 −0.5 −9.67%
2019 4.9 −0.5 −9.31%
2018 5.4 −0.6 −9.27%
2017 5.9 −0.7 −11.07%
2016 6.7 −0.8 −11.25%
2015 7.5 −0.7 −8.25%
2014 8.2 −0.5 −5.84%
2013 8.7 −2.2 −19.94%
2012 10.9 −0.5 −4.58%
2011 11.4 −1.6 −12.17%
2010 13 −1.3 −8.91%
2009 14.2 −0.1 −0.46%
2008 14.3 +0.5 +3.39%
2007 13.8 +0.6 +4.48%
2006 13.2 −0.1 −0.44%
2005 13.3 −0.5 −3.39%
2004 13.8 −2.6 −15.66%
2003 16.3 −2.3 −12.55%
2002 18.7 −1.8 −8.9%
2001 20.5 −2.7 −11.82%
2000 23.2 −0.9 −3.6%
1999 24.1 −0.4 −1.56%
1998 24.5 +1.3 +5.66%
1997 23.2 +1.3 +5.84%
1996 21.9 −0.6 −2.85%
1995 22.5 −1 −4.35%
1994 23.6 −1.4 −5.5%
1993 24.9 −3 −10.76%
1992 27.9 −3.1 −9.95%
1991 31 −2.2 −6.64%
1990 33.2 +0.1 +0.38%
1989 33.1 −5.2 −13.53%
1988 38.3 −0.4 −0.94%
1987 38.6 −0.2 −0.41%
1986 38.8 +1.9 +5.05%
1985 36.9 −2.8 −7.08%
1984 39.7 −3.4 −7.83%
1983 43.1 −4.5 −9.44%
1982 47.6 −1.4 −2.88%
1981 49 −5.3 −9.73%
1980 54.3 +0.1 +0.25%
1979 54.2 −1.4 −2.51%
1978 55.6 −0.8 −1.34%
1977 56.3 −3.5 −5.79%
1976 59.8 −2.8 −4.43%
1975 62.5 −1.9 −3.01%
1974 64.5 −3.7 −5.48%
1973 68.2 −4.2 −5.8%
1972 72.4 +2.4 +3.44%
1971 70 −1.9 −2.63%
1970 71.9 −5.5 −7.11%
1969 77.4 +1.1 +1.38%
1968 76.4 −5 −6.09%
1967 81.3 −5.5 −6.35%
1966 86.8 +2.6 +3.09%
1965 84.2 +1.8 +2.22%
1964 82.4 +2 +2.45%
1963 80.4 +2 +2.59%
1962 78.4 +1.1 +1.43%
1961 77.3 −1.2 −1.54%
1960 78.5

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.