Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Malaysia

Adolescent fertility rate in Malaysia in 2024 — 5.7 per 1,000. Ranked 40 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92.2%.

2024 5.7 per 1,000 −4.06% vs 2023
World rank 40of 217
Period maximum 73.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 5.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Malaysia, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 73.7 per 1,0001962: 58.1 per 1,0001964: 51.4 per 1,0001966: 44.7 per 1,0001968: 44.1 per 1,0001970: 49.5 per 1,0001972: 39.4 per 1,0001974: 38.9 per 1,0001976: 35.2 per 1,0001978: 31.8 per 1,0001980: 29.4 per 1,0001982: 27.6 per 1,0001984: 25.6 per 1,0001986: 22.8 per 1,0001988: 19.3 per 1,0001990: 19 per 1,0001992: 19.1 per 1,0001994: 18.2 per 1,0001996: 16.3 per 1,0001998: 14 per 1,0002000: 12.4 per 1,0002002: 13.4 per 1,0002004: 12.7 per 1,0002006: 11.5 per 1,0002008: 12.6 per 1,0002010: 13.7 per 1,0002012: 13.3 per 1,0002014: 12.9 per 1,0002016: 10.5 per 1,0002018: 8.9 per 1,0002020: 7.6 per 1,0002022: 6 per 1,0002024: 5.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68 (−92.24%) Average annual rate: -3.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malaysia 5.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 28.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.7 −0.2 −4.06%
2023 6 −0 −0.22%
2022 6 −0.4 −6.11%
2021 6.4 −1.3 −16.64%
2020 7.6 −0.8 −9.66%
2019 8.5 −0.4 −4.82%
2018 8.9 −0.6 −6.6%
2017 9.5 −1 −9.13%
2016 10.5 −1.3 −11.19%
2015 11.8 −1.1 −8.46%
2014 12.9 −0.5 −3.62%
2013 13.3 +0 +0.14%
2012 13.3 −0.4 −2.96%
2011 13.7 +0.1 +0.39%
2010 13.7 +0.3 +1.99%
2009 13.4 +0.8 +6.14%
2008 12.6 +1.1 +9.96%
2007 11.5 −0 −0.39%
2006 11.5 −0.6 −4.97%
2005 12.1 −0.6 −4.62%
2004 12.7 −0.5 −3.48%
2003 13.2 −0.3 −1.91%
2002 13.4 −0.6 −4.17%
2001 14 +1.7 +13.57%
2000 12.4 −0.4 −3.11%
1999 12.8 −1.3 −9.03%
1998 14 −1.2 −8.08%
1997 15.3 −1.1 −6.45%
1996 16.3 −0.7 −3.85%
1995 17 −1.2 −6.86%
1994 18.2 −0.3 −1.79%
1993 18.5 −0.6 −3.16%
1992 19.1 −0 −0.23%
1991 19.2 +0.2 +1.12%
1990 19 −0 −0.05%
1989 19 −0.3 −1.43%
1988 19.3 −1.4 −6.89%
1987 20.7 −2.1 −9.32%
1986 22.8 −1.4 −5.72%
1985 24.2 −1.4 −5.31%
1984 25.6 −1.1 −4.11%
1983 26.6 −1 −3.52%
1982 27.6 −0.9 −3.05%
1981 28.5 −0.9 −3.08%
1980 29.4 −1 −3.39%
1979 30.4 −1.4 −4.42%
1978 31.8 −1.6 −4.71%
1977 33.4 −1.7 −4.98%
1976 35.2 −1.8 −4.78%
1975 36.9 −2 −5.07%
1974 38.9 −2 −4.93%
1973 40.9 +1.5 +3.8%
1972 39.4 −4.7 −10.74%
1971 44.1 −5.4 −10.85%
1970 49.5 +2.7 +5.75%
1969 46.8 +2.8 +6.28%
1968 44.1 +2.2 +5.38%
1967 41.8 −2.9 −6.49%
1966 44.7 −3.2 −6.77%
1965 48 −3.4 −6.68%
1964 51.4 −3.5 −6.29%
1963 54.8 −3.3 −5.6%
1962 58.1 −7.6 −11.63%
1961 65.7 −7.9 −10.78%
1960 73.7

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.