Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — India

Adolescent fertility rate in India in 2024 — 13 per 1,000. Ranked 76 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 91.6%.

2024 13 per 1,000 −7.28% vs 2023
World rank 76of 217
Period maximum 166.8 per 1,0001973
Period minimum 13 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — India, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 155.3 per 1,0001962: 156.3 per 1,0001964: 157.3 per 1,0001966: 159.9 per 1,0001968: 161.6 per 1,0001970: 160 per 1,0001972: 164.8 per 1,0001974: 164.1 per 1,0001976: 158.4 per 1,0001978: 148 per 1,0001980: 157.7 per 1,0001982: 161 per 1,0001984: 159.4 per 1,0001986: 155.2 per 1,0001988: 144 per 1,0001990: 138.2 per 1,0001992: 140.2 per 1,0001994: 136 per 1,0001996: 126.8 per 1,0001998: 122.6 per 1,0002000: 114.4 per 1,0002002: 105.1 per 1,0002004: 83.5 per 1,0002006: 55.8 per 1,0002008: 54.3 per 1,0002010: 41.7 per 1,0002012: 39.5 per 1,0002014: 28.8 per 1,0002016: 14.5 per 1,0002018: 15.1 per 1,0002020: 14.4 per 1,0002022: 14.2 per 1,0002024: 13 per 1,000
Change over the period: −142.2 (−91.6%) Average annual rate: -3.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

India 13 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
South Asia 21 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 23.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13 −1 −7.28%
2023 14.1 −0.1 −0.88%
2022 14.2 −0.1 −0.73%
2021 14.3 −0.1 −0.93%
2020 14.4 −0.4 −2.52%
2019 14.8 −0.3 −2.23%
2018 15.1 −0 −0.22%
2017 15.2 +0.6 +4.34%
2016 14.5 −3.7 −20.11%
2015 18.2 −10.6 −36.84%
2014 28.8 −6.5 −18.46%
2013 35.3 −4.2 −10.64%
2012 39.5 −1.3 −3.09%
2011 40.8 −0.9 −2.21%
2010 41.7 −5 −10.66%
2009 46.7 −7.6 −13.99%
2008 54.3 +2.3 +4.43%
2007 52 −3.8 −6.77%
2006 55.8 −8.9 −13.79%
2005 64.7 −18.8 −22.54%
2004 83.5 −13.9 −14.24%
2003 97.4 −7.8 −7.38%
2002 105.1 −6.9 −6.18%
2001 112 −2.3 −2.02%
2000 114.4 −2.6 −2.18%
1999 116.9 −5.7 −4.66%
1998 122.6 +0 +0.02%
1997 122.6 −4.2 −3.31%
1996 126.8 −8 −5.91%
1995 134.8 −1.3 −0.92%
1994 136 +0.6 +0.48%
1993 135.4 −4.8 −3.44%
1992 140.2 −1.3 −0.92%
1991 141.5 +3.3 +2.37%
1990 138.2 −6.8 −4.67%
1989 145 +1 +0.7%
1988 144 +5.2 +3.75%
1987 138.8 −16.4 −10.57%
1986 155.2 −3.3 −2.06%
1985 158.4 −1 −0.64%
1984 159.4 −0 −0.03%
1983 159.5 −1.5 −0.94%
1982 161 +0.6 +0.37%
1981 160.4 +2.7 +1.72%
1980 157.7 +2 +1.25%
1979 155.8 +7.8 +5.26%
1978 148 +1.2 +0.8%
1977 146.8 −11.6 −7.34%
1976 158.4 −1.4 −0.87%
1975 159.8 −4.3 −2.63%
1974 164.1 −2.7 −1.61%
1973 166.8 +2 +1.23%
1972 164.8 +1.9 +1.17%
1971 162.9 +2.9 +1.79%
1970 160 −0.9 −0.53%
1969 160.9 −0.8 −0.46%
1968 161.6 −0.2 −0.14%
1967 161.9 +1.9 +1.19%
1966 159.9 +0.8 +0.48%
1965 159.2 +1.9 +1.19%
1964 157.3 +0 +0.02%
1963 157.3 +1 +0.62%
1962 156.3 +0.7 +0.42%
1961 155.6 +0.4 +0.26%
1960 155.3

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.