Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Nigeria

Adolescent fertility rate in Nigeria in 2024 — 84 per 1,000. Ranked 190 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.8%.

2024 84 per 1,000 −2.86% vs 2023
World rank 190of 217
Period maximum 190.2 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 84 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Nigeria, 1960–20245010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 146.7 per 1,0001962: 160.3 per 1,0001964: 164.6 per 1,0001966: 162 per 1,0001968: 158.3 per 1,0001970: 165.1 per 1,0001972: 172.7 per 1,0001974: 187.3 per 1,0001976: 185.8 per 1,0001978: 176.4 per 1,0001980: 169.9 per 1,0001982: 158.3 per 1,0001984: 156.2 per 1,0001986: 149.6 per 1,0001988: 143.3 per 1,0001990: 143 per 1,0001992: 137.7 per 1,0001994: 131.8 per 1,0001996: 132 per 1,0001998: 129 per 1,0002000: 133.8 per 1,0002002: 133.6 per 1,0002004: 130.5 per 1,0002006: 130.2 per 1,0002008: 127.5 per 1,0002010: 125.4 per 1,0002012: 127.6 per 1,0002014: 123.6 per 1,0002016: 106.9 per 1,0002018: 96.6 per 1,0002020: 89.1 per 1,0002022: 87.3 per 1,0002024: 84 per 1,000
Change over the period: −62.7 (−42.76%) Average annual rate: -0.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 84 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 88.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 84 −2.5 −2.86%
2023 86.4 −0.8 −0.95%
2022 87.3 −1.2 −1.35%
2021 88.5 −0.6 −0.7%
2020 89.1 −3.5 −3.82%
2019 92.6 −4 −4.12%
2018 96.6 −4.2 −4.16%
2017 100.8 −6.1 −5.75%
2016 106.9 −7.9 −6.91%
2015 114.9 −8.7 −7.05%
2014 123.6 −4.2 −3.25%
2013 127.7 +0.1 +0.11%
2012 127.6 −0.1 −0.12%
2011 127.8 +2.4 +1.9%
2010 125.4 −2.4 −1.9%
2009 127.8 +0.3 +0.25%
2008 127.5 +0.2 +0.19%
2007 127.2 −3 −2.27%
2006 130.2 −2.4 −1.78%
2005 132.5 +2.1 +1.59%
2004 130.5 −5.2 −3.81%
2003 135.6 +2 +1.51%
2002 133.6 −0 −0.02%
2001 133.6 −0.1 −0.11%
2000 133.8 +3.1 +2.4%
1999 130.6 +1.6 +1.25%
1998 129 −0.5 −0.35%
1997 129.5 −2.5 −1.87%
1996 132 −4 −2.95%
1995 136 +4.2 +3.19%
1994 131.8 −2.9 −2.12%
1993 134.6 −3.1 −2.24%
1992 137.7 −1.2 −0.84%
1991 138.9 −4.1 −2.87%
1990 143 −3.1 −2.09%
1989 146 +2.7 +1.88%
1988 143.3 −4.5 −3.03%
1987 147.8 −1.8 −1.18%
1986 149.6 −6.2 −4%
1985 155.8 −0.4 −0.24%
1984 156.2 −5.9 −3.67%
1983 162.1 +3.9 +2.46%
1982 158.3 −4.6 −2.8%
1981 162.8 −7.1 −4.17%
1980 169.9 −3.9 −2.23%
1979 173.8 −2.6 −1.48%
1978 176.4 −5.5 −3.04%
1977 181.9 −3.9 −2.08%
1976 185.8 −4.4 −2.31%
1975 190.2 +2.9 +1.53%
1974 187.3 +9.6 +5.38%
1973 177.7 +5.1 +2.94%
1972 172.7 +4.8 +2.83%
1971 167.9 +2.8 +1.69%
1970 165.1 +2 +1.2%
1969 163.2 +4.8 +3.06%
1968 158.3 −1.6 −1.03%
1967 160 −2 −1.25%
1966 162 −2.1 −1.29%
1965 164.1 −0.5 −0.31%
1964 164.6 +1.5 +0.93%
1963 163.1 +2.8 +1.74%
1962 160.3 +7.2 +4.68%
1961 153.1 +6.4 +4.39%
1960 146.7

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.