Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Kenya

Adolescent fertility rate in Kenya in 2024 — 54.5 per 1,000. Ranked 158 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 68.7%.

2024 54.5 per 1,000 −3.22% vs 2023
World rank 158of 217
Period maximum 179.9 per 1,0001971
Period minimum 54.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Kenya, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 174 per 1,0001962: 175.5 per 1,0001964: 173.3 per 1,0001966: 177.7 per 1,0001968: 177.9 per 1,0001970: 173.1 per 1,0001972: 178.1 per 1,0001974: 167.5 per 1,0001976: 168.8 per 1,0001978: 164.5 per 1,0001980: 159.5 per 1,0001982: 153.4 per 1,0001984: 147.6 per 1,0001986: 140.4 per 1,0001988: 138.6 per 1,0001990: 133.5 per 1,0001992: 126.4 per 1,0001994: 120.5 per 1,0001996: 122 per 1,0001998: 122.2 per 1,0002000: 121.1 per 1,0002002: 120.6 per 1,0002004: 118.2 per 1,0002006: 112.8 per 1,0002008: 112.2 per 1,0002010: 108.7 per 1,0002012: 100.2 per 1,0002014: 90 per 1,0002016: 73.8 per 1,0002018: 66.7 per 1,0002020: 59.4 per 1,0002022: 57.3 per 1,0002024: 54.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −119.5 (−68.68%) Average annual rate: -1.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 54.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 91.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 54.5 −1.8 −3.22%
2023 56.3 −1 −1.67%
2022 57.3 −2.2 −3.77%
2021 59.5 +0.1 +0.22%
2020 59.4 −4.3 −6.72%
2019 63.7 −3 −4.51%
2018 66.7 −1.5 −2.23%
2017 68.2 −5.6 −7.59%
2016 73.8 −8.1 −9.87%
2015 81.9 −8.1 −8.99%
2014 90 −5.6 −5.88%
2013 95.6 −4.6 −4.63%
2012 100.2 −4.4 −4.2%
2011 104.6 −4.1 −3.75%
2010 108.7 −1.5 −1.36%
2009 110.2 −2 −1.81%
2008 112.2 −1.2 −1.1%
2007 113.5 +0.7 +0.6%
2006 112.8 −2.5 −2.17%
2005 115.3 −2.9 −2.43%
2004 118.2 −0.9 −0.72%
2003 119 −1.5 −1.28%
2002 120.6 −2.7 −2.18%
2001 123.3 +2.1 +1.77%
2000 121.1 −0.8 −0.66%
1999 121.9 −0.3 −0.25%
1998 122.2 +1.3 +1.05%
1997 120.9 −1 −0.83%
1996 122 +2 +1.64%
1995 120 −0.5 −0.41%
1994 120.5 −2 −1.62%
1993 122.5 −3.9 −3.09%
1992 126.4 −3.8 −2.94%
1991 130.2 −3.3 −2.49%
1990 133.5 −3.1 −2.24%
1989 136.6 −2 −1.43%
1988 138.6 −2.8 −1.99%
1987 141.4 +1 +0.72%
1986 140.4 −4.5 −3.08%
1985 144.8 −2.8 −1.87%
1984 147.6 +1 +0.68%
1983 146.6 −6.8 −4.46%
1982 153.4 −7.4 −4.58%
1981 160.8 +1.3 +0.8%
1980 159.5 −3.6 −2.18%
1979 163.1 −1.4 −0.85%
1978 164.5 −2.4 −1.45%
1977 166.9 −1.9 −1.12%
1976 168.8 +1.7 +1%
1975 167.1 −0.4 −0.23%
1974 167.5 −5.1 −2.94%
1973 172.6 −5.5 −3.09%
1972 178.1 −1.9 −1.03%
1971 179.9 +6.8 +3.92%
1970 173.1 −3.1 −1.76%
1969 176.2 −1.6 −0.93%
1968 177.9 −1.1 −0.61%
1967 179 +1.3 +0.71%
1966 177.7 +2.9 +1.63%
1965 174.8 +1.6 +0.92%
1964 173.3 −2.9 −1.63%
1963 176.1 +0.7 +0.38%
1962 175.5 −1.5 −0.84%
1961 176.9 +3 +1.7%
1960 174

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.