Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritania

Adolescent fertility rate in Mauritania in 2024 — 87.6 per 1,000. Ranked 193 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28.2%.

2024 87.6 per 1,000 −1.49% vs 2023
World rank 193of 217
Period maximum 137 per 1,0001978
Period minimum 87.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritania, 1960–20248010012014019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 121.9 per 1,0001962: 121.4 per 1,0001964: 121.1 per 1,0001966: 124.5 per 1,0001968: 122.5 per 1,0001970: 122.9 per 1,0001972: 126 per 1,0001974: 128.5 per 1,0001976: 136.2 per 1,0001978: 137 per 1,0001980: 132.1 per 1,0001982: 133.4 per 1,0001984: 128 per 1,0001986: 119.6 per 1,0001988: 117.1 per 1,0001990: 117.5 per 1,0001992: 106.4 per 1,0001994: 104.3 per 1,0001996: 102.1 per 1,0001998: 89.2 per 1,0002000: 89.9 per 1,0002002: 90.6 per 1,0002004: 96.5 per 1,0002006: 100.6 per 1,0002008: 102.9 per 1,0002010: 101.8 per 1,0002012: 101.6 per 1,0002014: 100 per 1,0002016: 97.9 per 1,0002018: 95.6 per 1,0002020: 92.9 per 1,0002022: 90.2 per 1,0002024: 87.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −34.3 (−28.16%) Average annual rate: -0.52 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 87.6 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
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 87.6 −1.3 −1.49%
2023 88.9 −1.3 −1.49%
2022 90.2 −1.4 −1.58%
2021 91.7 −1.2 −1.33%
2020 92.9 −1.4 −1.49%
2019 94.3 −1.2 −1.28%
2018 95.6 −1.3 −1.3%
2017 96.8 −1.1 −1.09%
2016 97.9 −1.1 −1.11%
2015 99 −1 −0.98%
2014 100 −1 −1.02%
2013 101 −0.6 −0.64%
2012 101.6 −0.3 −0.31%
2011 102 +0.1 +0.12%
2010 101.8 −0.4 −0.36%
2009 102.2 −0.7 −0.68%
2008 102.9 +0.1 +0.06%
2007 102.8 +2.2 +2.2%
2006 100.6 +2.1 +2.18%
2005 98.5 +1.9 +2.01%
2004 96.5 +5.2 +5.72%
2003 91.3 +0.7 +0.74%
2002 90.6 −0.4 −0.42%
2001 91 +1.1 +1.21%
2000 89.9 +0 +0.04%
1999 89.9 +0.8 +0.86%
1998 89.2 −6.8 −7.07%
1997 95.9 −6.2 −6.05%
1996 102.1 +0 +0.02%
1995 102.1 −2.2 −2.1%
1994 104.3 −2.1 −1.96%
1993 106.4 −0.1 −0.06%
1992 106.4 −7.4 −6.48%
1991 113.8 −3.8 −3.19%
1990 117.5 +0.3 +0.25%
1989 117.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1988 117.1 −1.7 −1.41%
1987 118.8 −0.8 −0.64%
1986 119.6 −4.1 −3.35%
1985 123.7 −4.3 −3.35%
1984 128 −2.2 −1.7%
1983 130.2 −3.2 −2.38%
1982 133.4 −3.4 −2.46%
1981 136.7 +4.7 +3.54%
1980 132.1 +4.7 +3.68%
1979 127.4 −9.6 −7.02%
1978 137 +0.2 +0.15%
1977 136.8 +0.6 +0.47%
1976 136.2 +2 +1.46%
1975 134.2 +5.7 +4.44%
1974 128.5 −1.6 −1.22%
1973 130.1 +4.1 +3.23%
1972 126 +1.5 +1.18%
1971 124.6 +1.6 +1.33%
1970 122.9 +1.6 +1.3%
1969 121.4 −1.2 −0.97%
1968 122.5 −1.6 −1.26%
1967 124.1 −0.4 −0.3%
1966 124.5 +1.3 +1.05%
1965 123.2 +2.1 +1.74%
1964 121.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1963 121 −0.4 −0.32%
1962 121.4 −1.1 −0.91%
1961 122.5 +0.6 +0.49%
1960 121.9

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.