Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritius

Adolescent fertility rate in Mauritius in 2024 — 19.2 per 1,000. Ranked 90 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.6%.

2024 19.2 per 1,000 −2.85% vs 2023
World rank 90of 217
Period maximum 110.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 19.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritius, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 110.4 per 1,0001962: 101.6 per 1,0001964: 88 per 1,0001966: 78.2 per 1,0001968: 69.4 per 1,0001970: 57.7 per 1,0001972: 49.9 per 1,0001974: 55.3 per 1,0001976: 57.6 per 1,0001978: 55.5 per 1,0001980: 52.3 per 1,0001982: 49.2 per 1,0001984: 44.8 per 1,0001986: 40.2 per 1,0001988: 41.8 per 1,0001990: 43.8 per 1,0001992: 43.5 per 1,0001994: 41.2 per 1,0001996: 37.9 per 1,0001998: 35.6 per 1,0002000: 37.7 per 1,0002002: 35.2 per 1,0002004: 35.5 per 1,0002006: 32.9 per 1,0002008: 32.8 per 1,0002010: 30.7 per 1,0002012: 29.5 per 1,0002014: 24.8 per 1,0002016: 23.5 per 1,0002018: 23.3 per 1,0002020: 22.8 per 1,0002022: 20.1 per 1,0002024: 19.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −91.2 (−82.6%) Average annual rate: -2.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 19.2 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
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 19.2 −0.6 −2.85%
2023 19.8 −0.3 −1.48%
2022 20.1 −1.3 −6.01%
2021 21.3 −1.5 −6.57%
2020 22.8 +0 +0.07%
2019 22.8 −0.5 −2.14%
2018 23.3 −0.7 −2.9%
2017 24 +0.5 +2.14%
2016 23.5 +0.2 +1.01%
2015 23.3 −1.5 −6%
2014 24.8 −2 −7.3%
2013 26.7 −2.8 −9.49%
2012 29.5 −0.8 −2.63%
2011 30.3 −0.4 −1.37%
2010 30.7 −0.8 −2.63%
2009 31.6 −1.2 −3.8%
2008 32.8 −0.7 −2.21%
2007 33.6 +0.7 +2.01%
2006 32.9 −1.1 −3.35%
2005 34 −1.5 −4.22%
2004 35.5 +0.6 +1.81%
2003 34.9 −0.3 −0.75%
2002 35.2 +0.3 +0.85%
2001 34.9 −2.8 −7.53%
2000 37.7 +0.2 +0.56%
1999 37.5 +1.9 +5.4%
1998 35.6 −1.2 −3.21%
1997 36.8 −1.1 −2.97%
1996 37.9 −0.6 −1.5%
1995 38.5 −2.7 −6.55%
1994 41.2 −1.5 −3.53%
1993 42.7 −0.8 −1.77%
1992 43.5 −0.3 −0.58%
1991 43.7 −0 −0.11%
1990 43.8 +0.7 +1.63%
1989 43 +1.2 +2.97%
1988 41.8 +1.1 +2.67%
1987 40.7 +0.5 +1.21%
1986 40.2 −1.7 −4.03%
1985 41.9 −2.9 −6.38%
1984 44.8 −2.7 −5.64%
1983 47.5 −1.8 −3.62%
1982 49.2 −1.4 −2.83%
1981 50.7 −1.6 −3.14%
1980 52.3 −1.5 −2.84%
1979 53.8 −1.6 −2.96%
1978 55.5 −1.1 −1.98%
1977 56.6 −1 −1.77%
1976 57.6 +2.4 +4.28%
1975 55.3 −0 −0.05%
1974 55.3 +8.8 +18.84%
1973 46.5 −3.4 −6.76%
1972 49.9 −2.4 −4.53%
1971 52.3 −5.4 −9.36%
1970 57.7 −3.9 −6.32%
1969 61.5 −7.9 −11.32%
1968 69.4 +0.4 +0.56%
1967 69 −9.2 −11.71%
1966 78.2 −1.1 −1.36%
1965 79.3 −8.8 −9.97%
1964 88 −11.9 −11.91%
1963 99.9 −1.6 −1.6%
1962 101.6 −7.3 −6.71%
1961 108.9 −1.5 −1.38%
1960 110.4

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.