Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Ireland

Adolescent fertility rate in Ireland in 2024 — 4 per 1,000. Ranked 26 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.5%.

2024 4 per 1,000 −1.47% vs 2023
World rank 26of 217
Period maximum 22.2 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Ireland, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.1 per 1,0001962: 10 per 1,0001964: 12.2 per 1,0001966: 13 per 1,0001968: 13.8 per 1,0001970: 15.7 per 1,0001972: 20.3 per 1,0001974: 22.2 per 1,0001976: 21.4 per 1,0001978: 21 per 1,0001980: 21.9 per 1,0001982: 20.5 per 1,0001984: 18 per 1,0001986: 15.9 per 1,0001988: 14.8 per 1,0001990: 16 per 1,0001992: 16.6 per 1,0001994: 14.7 per 1,0001996: 16 per 1,0001998: 19.2 per 1,0002000: 20 per 1,0002002: 19.8 per 1,0002004: 17.8 per 1,0002006: 16.6 per 1,0002008: 16.8 per 1,0002010: 14.8 per 1,0002012: 11.4 per 1,0002014: 8.6 per 1,0002016: 7.3 per 1,0002018: 6.1 per 1,0002020: 5 per 1,0002022: 4.2 per 1,0002024: 4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −4.1 (−50.46%) Average annual rate: -1.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 4 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4 −0.1 −1.47%
2023 4.1 −0.1 −1.98%
2022 4.2 −0.6 −13.48%
2021 4.8 −0.2 −4.56%
2020 5 −0.4 −7.71%
2019 5.4 −0.7 −10.76%
2018 6.1 −0.6 −8.76%
2017 6.7 −0.6 −8.44%
2016 7.3 −0.7 −8.87%
2015 8 −0.5 −6.22%
2014 8.6 −1.1 −11.8%
2013 9.7 −1.7 −15.08%
2012 11.4 −1.2 −9.35%
2011 12.6 −2.2 −14.71%
2010 14.8 −1.3 −8.18%
2009 16.1 −0.8 −4.46%
2008 16.8 −0.4 −2.06%
2007 17.2 +0.6 +3.39%
2006 16.6 −0.3 −1.67%
2005 16.9 −0.9 −4.91%
2004 17.8 −1.4 −7.45%
2003 19.2 −0.6 −3.13%
2002 19.8 −0.4 −1.79%
2001 20.2 +0.2 +1.13%
2000 20 −0.2 −1.18%
1999 20.2 +1 +5.33%
1998 19.2 +1.9 +10.9%
1997 17.3 +1.3 +7.9%
1996 16 +1.3 +9.06%
1995 14.7 +0 +0.16%
1994 14.7 −1.1 −6.99%
1993 15.8 −0.8 −5.03%
1992 16.6 −0.2 −1.36%
1991 16.8 +0.8 +5.14%
1990 16 +1.4 +9.52%
1989 14.6 −0.2 −1.49%
1988 14.8 −0.6 −3.91%
1987 15.4 −0.5 −2.9%
1986 15.9 −0.5 −3.17%
1985 16.4 −1.6 −8.65%
1984 18 −1 −5.23%
1983 19 −1.5 −7.28%
1982 20.5 −0.9 −4.05%
1981 21.3 −0.6 −2.71%
1980 21.9 +0.2 +0.99%
1979 21.7 +0.7 +3.48%
1978 21 +0.2 +1.08%
1977 20.8 −0.6 −3.02%
1976 21.4 −0.7 −3.35%
1975 22.1 −0.1 −0.28%
1974 22.2 +0.5 +2.44%
1973 21.7 +1.3 +6.62%
1972 20.3 +2.3 +12.76%
1971 18 +2.4 +15.23%
1970 15.7 +0.9 +6%
1969 14.8 +0.9 +6.76%
1968 13.8 +0.1 +0.73%
1967 13.7 +0.8 +5.97%
1966 13 −0 −0.03%
1965 13 +0.7 +6.06%
1964 12.2 +1.1 +9.59%
1963 11.2 +1.2 +11.72%
1962 10 +1.5 +17.52%
1961 8.5 +0.4 +4.93%
1960 8.1

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.