Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa

Adolescent fertility rate in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 37.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 72.6%.

2024 37.8 per 1,000 −2.52% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 137.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 37.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 137.9 per 1,0001962: 135.5 per 1,0001964: 132.1 per 1,0001966: 128.6 per 1,0001968: 122.6 per 1,0001970: 117.5 per 1,0001972: 115.9 per 1,0001974: 112.7 per 1,0001976: 110.1 per 1,0001978: 108.2 per 1,0001980: 107.8 per 1,0001982: 104.6 per 1,0001984: 99.6 per 1,0001986: 94.2 per 1,0001988: 88.6 per 1,0001990: 82.2 per 1,0001992: 76.7 per 1,0001994: 71.4 per 1,0001996: 64.9 per 1,0001998: 60.6 per 1,0002000: 57.6 per 1,0002002: 53.8 per 1,0002004: 52.1 per 1,0002006: 51.1 per 1,0002008: 50.8 per 1,0002010: 50.5 per 1,0002012: 49.4 per 1,0002014: 48.4 per 1,0002016: 46 per 1,0002018: 43.7 per 1,0002020: 41.4 per 1,0002022: 39.5 per 1,0002024: 37.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −100.1 (−72.58%) Average annual rate: -2 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 37.8 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 37.8 −1 −2.52%
2023 38.8 −0.7 −1.87%
2022 39.5 −0.8 −1.92%
2021 40.3 −1.1 −2.7%
2020 41.4 −1 −2.26%
2019 42.4 −1.3 −3.06%
2018 43.7 −1.5 −3.41%
2017 45.3 −0.8 −1.64%
2016 46 −1.4 −2.96%
2015 47.4 −1 −1.99%
2014 48.4 −0.8 −1.72%
2013 49.2 −0.1 −0.27%
2012 49.4 −0 −0.09%
2011 49.4 −1.1 −2.1%
2010 50.5 −0.1 −0.24%
2009 50.6 −0.2 −0.46%
2008 50.8 −0.1 −0.23%
2007 51 −0.1 −0.23%
2006 51.1 −0.3 −0.5%
2005 51.3 −0.8 −1.51%
2004 52.1 −1.1 −2.16%
2003 53.3 −0.6 −1.07%
2002 53.8 −1.6 −2.93%
2001 55.5 −2.1 −3.68%
2000 57.6 −1.7 −2.89%
1999 59.3 −1.3 −2.1%
1998 60.6 −2 −3.21%
1997 62.6 −2.3 −3.61%
1996 64.9 −2.5 −3.69%
1995 67.4 −4 −5.59%
1994 71.4 −3.2 −4.26%
1993 74.6 −2.1 −2.73%
1992 76.7 −2.7 −3.39%
1991 79.4 −2.8 −3.42%
1990 82.2 −3.5 −4.14%
1989 85.7 −2.9 −3.29%
1988 88.6 −2.4 −2.64%
1987 91 −3.2 −3.38%
1986 94.2 −3.3 −3.37%
1985 97.5 −2.1 −2.08%
1984 99.6 −3.4 −3.29%
1983 103 −1.7 −1.59%
1982 104.6 −1.9 −1.77%
1981 106.5 −1.2 −1.14%
1980 107.8 +0.2 +0.23%
1979 107.5 −0.7 −0.61%
1978 108.2 −0.6 −0.58%
1977 108.8 −1.3 −1.17%
1976 110.1 −1.7 −1.51%
1975 111.8 −0.9 −0.82%
1974 112.7 −1.3 −1.17%
1973 114 −1.9 −1.62%
1972 115.9 −1 −0.88%
1971 116.9 −0.6 −0.48%
1970 117.5 −2.1 −1.78%
1969 119.6 −3 −2.43%
1968 122.6 −3 −2.41%
1967 125.6 −2.9 −2.28%
1966 128.6 −1.1 −0.83%
1965 129.6 −2.4 −1.84%
1964 132.1 −2.3 −1.72%
1963 134.4 −1.1 −0.81%
1962 135.5 −0.9 −0.68%
1961 136.4 −1.5 −1.12%
1960 137.9

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.