Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Moldova

Adolescent fertility rate in Moldova in 2024 — 22.7 per 1,000. Ranked 95 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 47.7%.

2024 22.7 per 1,000 −1.64% vs 2023
World rank 95of 217
Period maximum 69.5 per 1,0001994
Period minimum 19.3 per 1,0001965

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Moldova, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.3 per 1,0001962: 33 per 1,0001964: 20.1 per 1,0001966: 20.7 per 1,0001968: 24.7 per 1,0001970: 28.6 per 1,0001972: 31.3 per 1,0001974: 34.1 per 1,0001976: 36.8 per 1,0001978: 39.5 per 1,0001980: 41.7 per 1,0001982: 35.2 per 1,0001984: 41.3 per 1,0001986: 43.7 per 1,0001988: 46.2 per 1,0001990: 58.1 per 1,0001992: 66.2 per 1,0001994: 69.5 per 1,0001996: 58.4 per 1,0001998: 50.8 per 1,0002000: 42 per 1,0002002: 35.1 per 1,0002004: 33.8 per 1,0002006: 32.2 per 1,0002008: 30.5 per 1,0002010: 31 per 1,0002012: 30.1 per 1,0002014: 34.5 per 1,0002016: 35.4 per 1,0002018: 31 per 1,0002020: 26.4 per 1,0002022: 22.4 per 1,0002024: 22.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −20.7 (−47.71%) Average annual rate: -1.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 22.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Eastern Europe computed 13.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 22.7 −0.4 −1.64%
2023 23 +0.7 +2.93%
2022 22.4 −2.6 −10.36%
2021 25 −1.4 −5.35%
2020 26.4 −1.8 −6.32%
2019 28.2 −2.8 −9.03%
2018 31 −1.4 −4.35%
2017 32.4 −3.1 −8.63%
2016 35.4 −0.3 −0.78%
2015 35.7 +1.2 +3.47%
2014 34.5 +4.8 +16.25%
2013 29.7 −0.4 −1.34%
2012 30.1 −0 −0.11%
2011 30.1 −0.9 −2.91%
2010 31 −0.3 −0.97%
2009 31.3 +0.8 +2.7%
2008 30.5 −0 −0.12%
2007 30.5 −1.6 −5.03%
2006 32.2 −0.4 −1.18%
2005 32.5 −1.2 −3.65%
2004 33.8 +0.5 +1.36%
2003 33.3 −1.7 −4.94%
2002 35.1 −3.3 −8.65%
2001 38.4 −3.7 −8.69%
2000 42 −3.6 −7.88%
1999 45.6 −5.1 −10.13%
1998 50.8 −7.6 −12.98%
1997 58.3 −0.1 −0.09%
1996 58.4 −6.9 −10.59%
1995 65.3 −4.2 −6.02%
1994 69.5 +0.5 +0.73%
1993 69 +2.8 +4.22%
1992 66.2 +3.1 +4.89%
1991 63.1 +5 +8.67%
1990 58.1 +6.5 +12.71%
1989 51.5 +5.3 +11.58%
1988 46.2 +1.5 +3.24%
1987 44.7 +1 +2.3%
1986 43.7 +1.4 +3.2%
1985 42.4 +1 +2.49%
1984 41.3 +2 +5.03%
1983 39.4 +4.2 +11.87%
1982 35.2 −2.5 −6.68%
1981 37.7 −4 −9.59%
1980 41.7 −0.1 −0.35%
1979 41.8 +2.4 +5.99%
1978 39.5 +1.3 +3.42%
1977 38.2 +1.4 +3.71%
1976 36.8 +1.3 +3.66%
1975 35.5 +1.4 +4.09%
1974 34.1 +1.4 +4.16%
1973 32.7 +1.4 +4.48%
1972 31.3 +1.3 +4.37%
1971 30 +1.4 +4.94%
1970 28.6 +1.7 +6.36%
1969 26.9 +2.2 +9.12%
1968 24.7 +2.1 +9.1%
1967 22.6 +1.9 +9.3%
1966 20.7 +1.3 +6.92%
1965 19.3 −0.7 −3.57%
1964 20.1 −4.6 −18.5%
1963 24.6 −8.3 −25.32%
1962 33 −8.9 −21.34%
1961 41.9 −1.4 −3.33%
1960 43.3

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.