Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Malawi

Adolescent fertility rate in Malawi in 2024 — 113.3 per 1,000. Ranked 205 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24.4%.

2024 113.3 per 1,000 −0.22% vs 2023
World rank 205of 217
Period maximum 181.6 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 113.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Malawi, 1960–202410012014016018020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 149.9 per 1,0001962: 152.6 per 1,0001964: 156.4 per 1,0001966: 157.6 per 1,0001968: 160.6 per 1,0001970: 166.2 per 1,0001972: 176.1 per 1,0001974: 179.6 per 1,0001976: 178 per 1,0001978: 170.8 per 1,0001980: 178.7 per 1,0001982: 179.6 per 1,0001984: 176.9 per 1,0001986: 170.7 per 1,0001988: 162.9 per 1,0001990: 155.1 per 1,0001992: 155.5 per 1,0001994: 150.3 per 1,0001996: 146.8 per 1,0001998: 151.8 per 1,0002000: 154.7 per 1,0002002: 152.7 per 1,0002004: 156.4 per 1,0002006: 156.8 per 1,0002008: 149.4 per 1,0002010: 143.9 per 1,0002012: 138.2 per 1,0002014: 132.1 per 1,0002016: 125.1 per 1,0002018: 122.4 per 1,0002020: 118.8 per 1,0002022: 115 per 1,0002024: 113.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −36.6 (−24.4%) Average annual rate: -0.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 113.3 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
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 113.3 −0.3 −0.22%
2023 113.6 −1.5 −1.28%
2022 115 −1.5 −1.26%
2021 116.5 −2.2 −1.89%
2020 118.8 −1.8 −1.51%
2019 120.6 −1.8 −1.49%
2018 122.4 −1.1 −0.87%
2017 123.5 −1.6 −1.28%
2016 125.1 −3.1 −2.44%
2015 128.2 −3.9 −2.96%
2014 132.1 −3.4 −2.53%
2013 135.5 −2.7 −1.93%
2012 138.2 −2.5 −1.79%
2011 140.7 −3.2 −2.2%
2010 143.9 −2.5 −1.69%
2009 146.4 −3.1 −2.07%
2008 149.4 −3.9 −2.56%
2007 153.4 −3.5 −2.21%
2006 156.8 −1.6 −0.98%
2005 158.4 +2 +1.27%
2004 156.4 +2.1 +1.38%
2003 154.3 +1.6 +1.02%
2002 152.7 −1 −0.68%
2001 153.8 −1 −0.63%
2000 154.7 +0.4 +0.27%
1999 154.3 +2.6 +1.68%
1998 151.8 +1.2 +0.79%
1997 150.6 +3.8 +2.58%
1996 146.8 −1.7 −1.13%
1995 148.5 −1.8 −1.21%
1994 150.3 −1 −0.64%
1993 151.3 −4.2 −2.71%
1992 155.5 −0.9 −0.6%
1991 156.4 +1.4 +0.88%
1990 155.1 −3.3 −2.08%
1989 158.4 −4.5 −2.78%
1988 162.9 −1.7 −1.03%
1987 164.6 −6.2 −3.6%
1986 170.7 −7 −3.96%
1985 177.8 +0.9 +0.5%
1984 176.9 −3.2 −1.78%
1983 180.1 +0.5 +0.28%
1982 179.6 +0.7 +0.42%
1981 178.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1980 178.7 +5.1 +2.94%
1979 173.6 +2.9 +1.67%
1978 170.8 −1.8 −1.04%
1977 172.5 −5.5 −3.09%
1976 178 −3.5 −1.95%
1975 181.6 +2 +1.09%
1974 179.6 +1.6 +0.91%
1973 178 +1.9 +1.08%
1972 176.1 +5 +2.91%
1971 171.1 +4.9 +2.97%
1970 166.2 +3.1 +1.88%
1969 163.1 +2.5 +1.56%
1968 160.6 +3.5 +2.23%
1967 157.1 −0.4 −0.28%
1966 157.6 +1.1 +0.69%
1965 156.5 +0 +0.03%
1964 156.4 +1.4 +0.87%
1963 155.1 +2.4 +1.6%
1962 152.6 +1.5 +1.03%
1961 151.1 +1.2 +0.8%
1960 149.9

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.