Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Iraq

Adolescent fertility rate in Iraq in 2024 — 57.3 per 1,000. Ranked 162 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31%.

2024 57.3 per 1,000 −1.2% vs 2023
World rank 162of 217
Period maximum 111 per 1,0001973
Period minimum 57.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Iraq, 1960–202440608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 83.1 per 1,0001962: 110.7 per 1,0001964: 110.3 per 1,0001966: 108.9 per 1,0001968: 107.5 per 1,0001970: 108.6 per 1,0001972: 111 per 1,0001974: 108.8 per 1,0001976: 96.4 per 1,0001978: 86.6 per 1,0001980: 86.8 per 1,0001982: 87 per 1,0001984: 85.1 per 1,0001986: 67.5 per 1,0001988: 67.2 per 1,0001990: 72.4 per 1,0001992: 72.1 per 1,0001994: 71.8 per 1,0001996: 66.4 per 1,0001998: 62.9 per 1,0002000: 59.3 per 1,0002002: 60.8 per 1,0002004: 69.6 per 1,0002006: 78.2 per 1,0002008: 79.1 per 1,0002010: 85.5 per 1,0002012: 88.5 per 1,0002014: 82.3 per 1,0002016: 71.1 per 1,0002018: 64.6 per 1,0002020: 61.7 per 1,0002022: 59 per 1,0002024: 57.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −25.8 (−31.03%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 57.3 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 30.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 57.3 −0.7 −1.2%
2023 58 −1 −1.65%
2022 59 −1.4 −2.31%
2021 60.4 −1.4 −2.23%
2020 61.7 −1.3 −2.09%
2019 63.1 −1.6 −2.43%
2018 64.6 −1.9 −2.91%
2017 66.6 −4.5 −6.36%
2016 71.1 −5.3 −6.96%
2015 76.4 −5.9 −7.11%
2014 82.3 −3.5 −4.06%
2013 85.7 −2.8 −3.13%
2012 88.5 −1.1 −1.23%
2011 89.6 +4.1 +4.8%
2010 85.5 +4.7 +5.85%
2009 80.8 +1.7 +2.19%
2008 79.1 −0.1 −0.14%
2007 79.2 +1 +1.22%
2006 78.2 +5 +6.85%
2005 73.2 +3.6 +5.24%
2004 69.6 +5.2 +8.04%
2003 64.4 +3.5 +5.83%
2002 60.8 +1.8 +3.13%
2001 59 −0.3 −0.48%
2000 59.3 −1.9 −3.09%
1999 61.2 −1.7 −2.77%
1998 62.9 −1.4 −2.24%
1997 64.4 −2 −3.06%
1996 66.4 −3.4 −4.85%
1995 69.8 −2.1 −2.88%
1994 71.8 −0.6 −0.89%
1993 72.5 +0.3 +0.48%
1992 72.1 −1.1 −1.52%
1991 73.2 +0.8 +1.13%
1990 72.4 +1.7 +2.45%
1989 70.7 +3.5 +5.23%
1988 67.2 +8.6 +14.62%
1987 58.6 −8.9 −13.21%
1986 67.5 −8.8 −11.56%
1985 76.4 −8.8 −10.3%
1984 85.1 −0.3 −0.38%
1983 85.5 −1.6 −1.82%
1982 87 −0.2 −0.18%
1981 87.2 +0.4 +0.43%
1980 86.8 +0.6 +0.69%
1979 86.2 −0.4 −0.44%
1978 86.6 −3.2 −3.53%
1977 89.8 −6.6 −6.86%
1976 96.4 −6.6 −6.44%
1975 103 −5.8 −5.32%
1974 108.8 −2.2 −1.98%
1973 111 +0.1 +0.05%
1972 111 +0.7 +0.65%
1971 110.2 +1.6 +1.51%
1970 108.6 +1.1 +1.06%
1969 107.5 −0 −0.04%
1968 107.5 −0.6 −0.55%
1967 108.1 −0.8 −0.71%
1966 108.9 −1.1 −1%
1965 110 −0.3 −0.3%
1964 110.3 −0.6 −0.54%
1963 110.9 +0.2 +0.17%
1962 110.7 +19.5 +21.37%
1961 91.2 +8.2 +9.81%
1960 83.1

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.