Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Nepal

Adolescent fertility rate in Nepal in 2024 — 66.5 per 1,000. Ranked 173 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.7%.

2024 66.5 per 1,000 −1.01% vs 2023
World rank 173of 217
Period maximum 139.2 per 1,0001995
Period minimum 66.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Nepal, 1960–2024608010012014019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 132.2 per 1,0001962: 132.8 per 1,0001964: 130.6 per 1,0001966: 130.8 per 1,0001968: 132.3 per 1,0001970: 129.5 per 1,0001972: 126.6 per 1,0001974: 124.4 per 1,0001976: 124.1 per 1,0001978: 125.9 per 1,0001980: 121.9 per 1,0001982: 122.4 per 1,0001984: 121.7 per 1,0001986: 122.4 per 1,0001988: 130.3 per 1,0001990: 134.7 per 1,0001992: 136.4 per 1,0001994: 135.1 per 1,0001996: 132 per 1,0001998: 125.3 per 1,0002000: 118.8 per 1,0002002: 115 per 1,0002004: 106.2 per 1,0002006: 95 per 1,0002008: 85.2 per 1,0002010: 79.6 per 1,0002012: 81.5 per 1,0002014: 84.5 per 1,0002016: 78.8 per 1,0002018: 72.8 per 1,0002020: 70.3 per 1,0002022: 68.3 per 1,0002024: 66.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −65.7 (−49.69%) Average annual rate: -1.07 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nepal 66.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
South Asia 21 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 23.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 66.5 −0.7 −1.01%
2023 67.2 −1.2 −1.7%
2022 68.3 −0.4 −0.65%
2021 68.8 −1.5 −2.13%
2020 70.3 −1.4 −1.94%
2019 71.7 −1.1 −1.53%
2018 72.8 −3.2 −4.2%
2017 76 −2.8 −3.6%
2016 78.8 −2.8 −3.44%
2015 81.6 −2.9 −3.41%
2014 84.5 +1.6 +1.95%
2013 82.9 +1.4 +1.69%
2012 81.5 +1.5 +1.81%
2011 80 +0.4 +0.51%
2010 79.6 −3.1 −3.72%
2009 82.7 −2.5 −2.94%
2008 85.2 −4.4 −4.92%
2007 89.6 −5.4 −5.68%
2006 95 −6.4 −6.33%
2005 101.5 −4.8 −4.48%
2004 106.2 −5.7 −5.1%
2003 111.9 −3.1 −2.67%
2002 115 −3 −2.58%
2001 118 −0.8 −0.65%
2000 118.8 −1.2 −1.03%
1999 120.1 −5.2 −4.17%
1998 125.3 +0.7 +0.56%
1997 124.6 −7.5 −5.66%
1996 132 −7.2 −5.17%
1995 139.2 +4.2 +3.08%
1994 135.1 −2.5 −1.79%
1993 137.5 +1.2 +0.87%
1992 136.4 +3.8 +2.87%
1991 132.6 −2.2 −1.62%
1990 134.7 +3.3 +2.54%
1989 131.4 +1.1 +0.85%
1988 130.3 +2.5 +1.98%
1987 127.8 +5.4 +4.38%
1986 122.4 +0.4 +0.33%
1985 122 +0.3 +0.22%
1984 121.7 −1.3 −1.08%
1983 123.1 +0.6 +0.51%
1982 122.4 +0.6 +0.51%
1981 121.8 −0.1 −0.07%
1980 121.9 −3.2 −2.55%
1979 125.1 −0.8 −0.65%
1978 125.9 +2.3 +1.84%
1977 123.6 −0.5 −0.41%
1976 124.1 +3.4 +2.84%
1975 120.7 −3.7 −3%
1974 124.4 −1.1 −0.89%
1973 125.6 −1 −0.79%
1972 126.6 −1.2 −0.95%
1971 127.8 −1.8 −1.36%
1970 129.5 +0.1 +0.1%
1969 129.4 −2.9 −2.19%
1968 132.3 +0.6 +0.43%
1967 131.7 +0.9 +0.71%
1966 130.8 +0.7 +0.52%
1965 130.1 −0.4 −0.31%
1964 130.6 −1 −0.77%
1963 131.6 −1.3 −0.94%
1962 132.8 −0.4 −0.32%
1961 133.2 +1.1 +0.82%
1960 132.2

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.