Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Mercosur

Adolescent fertility rate in Mercosur in 2024 — 40.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 52%.

2024 40.4 per 1,000 −2.61% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 86.8 per 1,0001988
Period minimum 40.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Mercosur, 1960–202440608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.2 per 1,0001962: 83.3 per 1,0001964: 81.4 per 1,0001966: 76.4 per 1,0001968: 73.2 per 1,0001970: 73.6 per 1,0001972: 77.3 per 1,0001974: 79.8 per 1,0001976: 81.4 per 1,0001978: 81.6 per 1,0001980: 81.3 per 1,0001982: 82.1 per 1,0001984: 82.4 per 1,0001986: 85.1 per 1,0001988: 86.8 per 1,0001990: 85.6 per 1,0001992: 84.2 per 1,0001994: 84.1 per 1,0001996: 84.4 per 1,0001998: 84.6 per 1,0002000: 82.3 per 1,0002002: 77.9 per 1,0002004: 74.5 per 1,0002006: 72.5 per 1,0002008: 69.2 per 1,0002010: 66.3 per 1,0002012: 65.1 per 1,0002014: 64.6 per 1,0002016: 59.3 per 1,0002018: 54.5 per 1,0002020: 46.1 per 1,0002022: 41.5 per 1,0002024: 40.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −43.8 (−52.05%) Average annual rate: -1.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 40.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 40.4 −1.1 −2.61%
2023 41.5 −0.1 −0.2%
2022 41.5 −2.6 −5.92%
2021 44.2 −1.9 −4.15%
2020 46.1 −4.4 −8.76%
2019 50.5 −4 −7.31%
2018 54.5 −2.7 −4.7%
2017 57.2 −2.1 −3.59%
2016 59.3 −3.5 −5.62%
2015 62.8 −1.7 −2.68%
2014 64.6 −0.4 −0.67%
2013 65 −0.1 −0.18%
2012 65.1 −0.7 −1.05%
2011 65.8 −0.4 −0.67%
2010 66.3 −1.5 −2.16%
2009 67.7 −1.5 −2.13%
2008 69.2 −1.7 −2.36%
2007 70.9 −1.6 −2.24%
2006 72.5 −1.5 −2.08%
2005 74 −0.4 −0.6%
2004 74.5 −0.7 −0.88%
2003 75.1 −2.7 −3.52%
2002 77.9 −2.7 −3.36%
2001 80.6 −1.7 −2.08%
2000 82.3 −1.4 −1.71%
1999 83.7 −0.9 −1.03%
1998 84.6 −0.1 −0.13%
1997 84.7 +0.3 +0.37%
1996 84.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1995 84.5 +0.4 +0.42%
1994 84.1 −0.3 −0.3%
1993 84.4 +0.2 +0.24%
1992 84.2 −1 −1.15%
1991 85.2 −0.4 −0.48%
1990 85.6 −0.6 −0.64%
1989 86.1 −0.7 −0.77%
1988 86.8 +0.8 +0.95%
1987 86 +0.9 +1.09%
1986 85.1 +1.1 +1.28%
1985 84 +1.6 +1.97%
1984 82.4 −0.6 −0.77%
1983 83 +0.9 +1.09%
1982 82.1 +0.1 +0.07%
1981 82 +0.7 +0.9%
1980 81.3 +0.3 +0.43%
1979 81 −0.7 −0.8%
1978 81.6 −0.2 −0.24%
1977 81.8 +0.4 +0.53%
1976 81.4 +0.7 +0.92%
1975 80.6 +0.9 +1.09%
1974 79.8 +0.8 +1.07%
1973 78.9 +1.6 +2.04%
1972 77.3 +2 +2.69%
1971 75.3 +1.7 +2.34%
1970 73.6 +0.8 +1.06%
1969 72.8 −0.4 −0.53%
1968 73.2 −1.4 −1.89%
1967 74.6 −1.8 −2.35%
1966 76.4 −2.3 −2.94%
1965 78.7 −2.7 −3.33%
1964 81.4 −1.1 −1.35%
1963 82.6 −0.7 −0.89%
1962 83.3 −0.5 −0.55%
1961 83.8 −0.4 −0.53%
1960 84.2

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.