Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Malta

Adolescent fertility rate in Malta in 2024 — 10 per 1,000. Ranked 62 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.4%.

2024 10 per 1,000 −3.83% vs 2023
World rank 62of 217
Period maximum 20.7 per 1,0002004
Period minimum 6.5 per 1,0001990

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Malta, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.7 per 1,0001962: 15 per 1,0001964: 14.7 per 1,0001966: 13.7 per 1,0001968: 13.7 per 1,0001970: 14.1 per 1,0001972: 13.8 per 1,0001974: 14.8 per 1,0001976: 15.5 per 1,0001978: 14 per 1,0001980: 13.3 per 1,0001982: 14.8 per 1,0001984: 15.8 per 1,0001986: 12.5 per 1,0001988: 11.1 per 1,0001990: 6.5 per 1,0001992: 12.6 per 1,0001994: 10.9 per 1,0001996: 14.4 per 1,0001998: 16.6 per 1,0002000: 16.9 per 1,0002002: 8.8 per 1,0002004: 20.7 per 1,0002006: 17.2 per 1,0002008: 18.8 per 1,0002010: 18.4 per 1,0002012: 16.5 per 1,0002014: 13.4 per 1,0002016: 13.2 per 1,0002018: 12.3 per 1,0002020: 11 per 1,0002022: 10.5 per 1,0002024: 10 per 1,000
Change over the period: −7.7 (−43.44%) Average annual rate: -0.89 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malta 10 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 5.1 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 10 −0.4 −3.83%
2023 10.4 −0.1 −0.92%
2022 10.5 −0.1 −0.48%
2021 10.5 −0.5 −4.35%
2020 11 −0.6 −4.77%
2019 11.6 −0.7 −5.73%
2018 12.3 −0.2 −1.77%
2017 12.5 −0.7 −5.02%
2016 13.2 +0.5 +3.6%
2015 12.7 −0.7 −5.34%
2014 13.4 −0.8 −5.39%
2013 14.2 −2.3 −14.04%
2012 16.5 −1.5 −8.17%
2011 18 −0.4 −2.18%
2010 18.4 −1.2 −6.04%
2009 19.6 +0.8 +4.19%
2008 18.8 +1.9 +11.34%
2007 16.9 −0.4 −2.07%
2006 17.2 −3.5 −16.89%
2005 20.7 −0 −0.03%
2004 20.7 +5.7 +37.8%
2003 15 +6.2 +70.62%
2002 8.8 −6.9 −43.86%
2001 15.7 −1.2 −7.32%
2000 16.9 +5.7 +50.15%
1999 11.3 −5.3 −32.13%
1998 16.6 +0.4 +2.69%
1997 16.2 +1.8 +12.69%
1996 14.4 +3.4 +31.32%
1995 10.9 +0 +0.08%
1994 10.9 −1.4 −11.61%
1993 12.4 −0.2 −1.9%
1992 12.6 +2.3 +22.58%
1991 10.3 +3.8 +59.16%
1990 6.5 −3.8 −37.09%
1989 10.3 −0.8 −7.12%
1988 11.1 −0.6 −5.2%
1987 11.7 −0.8 −6.73%
1986 12.5 −1.5 −10.46%
1985 14 −1.8 −11.39%
1984 15.8 +0.8 +5.51%
1983 14.9 +0.1 +0.57%
1982 14.8 +1.5 +11.1%
1981 13.4 +0.1 +0.7%
1980 13.3 −0.6 −4.63%
1979 13.9 −0.1 −0.73%
1978 14 −1 −6.36%
1977 15 −0.5 −3.52%
1976 15.5 −0.6 −3.61%
1975 16.1 +1.3 +8.73%
1974 14.8 +0.2 +1.67%
1973 14.6 +0.8 +5.46%
1972 13.8 −0.3 −1.84%
1971 14.1 +0 +0.06%
1970 14.1 +0.4 +2.73%
1969 13.7 +0 +0.22%
1968 13.7 −0.1 −0.69%
1967 13.8 +0 +0.34%
1966 13.7 +0.1 +1.05%
1965 13.6 −1.1 −7.58%
1964 14.7 −0.1 −0.8%
1963 14.8 −0.2 −1.54%
1962 15 −0.2 −1.36%
1961 15.2 −2.4 −13.83%
1960 17.7

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.