Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Liberia

Adolescent fertility rate in Liberia in 2024 — 124.7 per 1,000. Ranked 209 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 35.3%.

2024 124.7 per 1,000 −1.01% vs 2023
World rank 209of 217
Period maximum 192.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 124.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Liberia, 1960–202412014016018020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 192.7 per 1,0001962: 189.8 per 1,0001964: 189.6 per 1,0001966: 185.5 per 1,0001968: 185.8 per 1,0001970: 185.6 per 1,0001972: 180.3 per 1,0001974: 181 per 1,0001976: 182.6 per 1,0001978: 185.2 per 1,0001980: 190.3 per 1,0001982: 190.5 per 1,0001984: 191.4 per 1,0001986: 187.5 per 1,0001988: 175.8 per 1,0001990: 168.5 per 1,0001992: 164.3 per 1,0001994: 157 per 1,0001996: 153.8 per 1,0001998: 151 per 1,0002000: 145.3 per 1,0002002: 140.2 per 1,0002004: 143.4 per 1,0002006: 150.3 per 1,0002008: 149.9 per 1,0002010: 147 per 1,0002012: 143.5 per 1,0002014: 141.6 per 1,0002016: 137.8 per 1,0002018: 133.4 per 1,0002020: 130.5 per 1,0002022: 127.3 per 1,0002024: 124.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68 (−35.27%) Average annual rate: -0.68 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 124.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 88.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 124.7 −1.3 −1.01%
2023 126 −1.3 −1.04%
2022 127.3 −1.7 −1.33%
2021 129 −1.5 −1.13%
2020 130.5 −1.5 −1.12%
2019 132 −1.4 −1.06%
2018 133.4 −1.8 −1.36%
2017 135.3 −2.5 −1.85%
2016 137.8 −2.5 −1.79%
2015 140.3 −1.3 −0.94%
2014 141.6 −0.6 −0.45%
2013 142.3 −1.2 −0.83%
2012 143.5 −2.1 −1.46%
2011 145.6 −1.4 −0.95%
2010 147 −2 −1.37%
2009 149 −0.8 −0.55%
2008 149.9 −1.6 −1.08%
2007 151.5 +1.2 +0.79%
2006 150.3 +3.4 +2.31%
2005 146.9 +3.5 +2.47%
2004 143.4 −0 −0.03%
2003 143.4 +3.2 +2.26%
2002 140.2 −3.1 −2.19%
2001 143.4 −1.9 −1.33%
2000 145.3 −4.1 −2.74%
1999 149.4 −1.6 −1.04%
1998 151 −0 −0.01%
1997 151 −2.8 −1.81%
1996 153.8 −1.6 −1.04%
1995 155.4 −1.6 −1%
1994 157 −4 −2.51%
1993 161 −3.3 −2%
1992 164.3 −3.4 −2.02%
1991 167.7 −0.9 −0.51%
1990 168.5 −3.5 −2.03%
1989 172 −3.8 −2.17%
1988 175.8 −3.8 −2.09%
1987 179.6 −8 −4.24%
1986 187.5 −3.5 −1.85%
1985 191.1 −0.4 −0.2%
1984 191.4 +1.9 +0.99%
1983 189.6 −0.9 −0.49%
1982 190.5 −1.6 −0.85%
1981 192.1 +1.8 +0.95%
1980 190.3 +2.9 +1.53%
1979 187.4 +2.3 +1.23%
1978 185.2 +1.3 +0.7%
1977 183.9 +1.3 +0.74%
1976 182.6 +1.4 +0.77%
1975 181.2 +0.2 +0.09%
1974 181 −0.2 −0.1%
1973 181.2 +0.8 +0.47%
1972 180.3 −1.3 −0.73%
1971 181.7 −4 −2.14%
1970 185.6 −3.7 −1.95%
1969 189.3 +3.6 +1.93%
1968 185.8 +0.3 +0.15%
1967 185.5 −0 −0.02%
1966 185.5 −3.9 −2.05%
1965 189.4 −0.2 −0.11%
1964 189.6 +0.8 +0.44%
1963 188.8 −1.1 −0.57%
1962 189.8 −1.2 −0.65%
1961 191.1 −1.6 −0.83%
1960 192.7

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.