Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Japan

Adolescent fertility rate in Japan in 2024 — 1.6 per 1,000. Ranked 11 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.3%.

2024 1.6 per 1,000 −6.1% vs 2023
World rank 11of 217
Period maximum 6.2 per 1,0002002
Period minimum 1.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Japan, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.4 per 1,0001962: 3.9 per 1,0001964: 2.7 per 1,0001966: 3.6 per 1,0001968: 4.6 per 1,0001970: 4.8 per 1,0001972: 5.1 per 1,0001974: 4.8 per 1,0001976: 3.7 per 1,0001978: 3.5 per 1,0001980: 3.6 per 1,0001982: 4.1 per 1,0001984: 4.3 per 1,0001986: 3.6 per 1,0001988: 3.5 per 1,0001990: 3.6 per 1,0001992: 4.1 per 1,0001994: 4.1 per 1,0001996: 4.1 per 1,0001998: 4.8 per 1,0002000: 5.5 per 1,0002002: 6.2 per 1,0002004: 5.8 per 1,0002006: 5.2 per 1,0002008: 5.2 per 1,0002010: 4.6 per 1,0002012: 4.3 per 1,0002014: 4.3 per 1,0002016: 3.8 per 1,0002018: 3.1 per 1,0002020: 2.5 per 1,0002022: 1.8 per 1,0002024: 1.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −2.8 (−63.29%) Average annual rate: -1.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Japan 1.6 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 4.7 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 1.6 −0.1 −6.1%
2023 1.7 −0.1 −4.61%
2022 1.8 −0.3 −12.79%
2021 2.1 −0.4 −16.58%
2020 2.5 −0.3 −9.7%
2019 2.8 −0.3 −9.88%
2018 3.1 −0.3 −9.64%
2017 3.4 −0.3 −9.23%
2016 3.8 −0.3 −7.18%
2015 4 −0.3 −6.59%
2014 4.3 −0 −0.83%
2013 4.4 +0 +0.67%
2012 4.3 −0.1 −3.24%
2011 4.5 −0.1 −2.74%
2010 4.6 −0.3 −6.33%
2009 4.9 −0.3 −4.91%
2008 5.2 +0 +0.45%
2007 5.1 −0.1 −1.93%
2006 5.2 −0.1 −2.25%
2005 5.4 −0.4 −7.06%
2004 5.8 −0.2 −3.46%
2003 6 −0.2 −3.9%
2002 6.2 +0.3 +4.24%
2001 6 +0.4 +7.95%
2000 5.5 +0.5 +8.9%
1999 5.1 +0.3 +5.79%
1998 4.8 +0.3 +7.69%
1997 4.5 +0.3 +8.23%
1996 4.1 +0.1 +1.75%
1995 4 −0.1 −2.34%
1994 4.1 +0 +1.1%
1993 4.1 +0 +0.76%
1992 4.1 +0.2 +5.28%
1991 3.9 +0.3 +8.72%
1990 3.6 +0.1 +3.82%
1989 3.4 −0 −1.41%
1988 3.5 −0.1 −3.87%
1987 3.6 −0 −0.63%
1986 3.6 −0.2 −4.09%
1985 3.8 −0.5 −11.71%
1984 4.3 +0 +0.26%
1983 4.3 +0.2 +4.72%
1982 4.1 +0.3 +7.69%
1981 3.8 +0.2 +6.15%
1980 3.6 +0.1 +2.14%
1979 3.5 −0 −0.23%
1978 3.5 +0.1 +1.94%
1977 3.4 −0.2 −6.31%
1976 3.7 −0.5 −11.38%
1975 4.1 −0.6 −12.69%
1974 4.8 −0.3 −6.33%
1973 5.1 +0 +0.44%
1972 5.1 +0.1 +3%
1971 4.9 +0.1 +2.19%
1970 4.8 +0.1 +2.5%
1969 4.7 +0 +1.04%
1968 4.6 −0.1 −1.55%
1967 4.7 +1.1 +28.99%
1966 3.6 +0.4 +13.32%
1965 3.2 +0.5 +17.3%
1964 2.7 −0.5 −15.54%
1963 3.3 −0.7 −17.62%
1962 3.9 −0.4 −10.16%
1961 4.4 −0.1 −1.17%
1960 4.4

Eastern 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.