Adolescent fertility rate in North America in 2024 — 11.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.3%.
1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | per 1,000 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.7 | −0.7 | −5.74% |
| 2023 | 12.4 | −0.5 | −3.62% |
| 2022 | 12.9 | −0.1 | −0.96% |
| 2021 | 13 | −0.9 | −6.79% |
| 2020 | 13.9 | −1.4 | −9.14% |
| 2019 | 15.3 | −0.9 | −5.7% |
| 2018 | 16.2 | −1.3 | −7.36% |
| 2017 | 17.5 | −1.5 | −7.93% |
| 2016 | 19.1 | −1.9 | −8.88% |
| 2015 | 20.9 | −2 | −8.87% |
| 2014 | 22.9 | −2.2 | −8.67% |
| 2013 | 25.1 | −2.6 | −9.53% |
| 2012 | 27.8 | −2.1 | −7.16% |
| 2011 | 29.9 | −2.9 | −8.9% |
| 2010 | 32.8 | −3.1 | −8.5% |
| 2009 | 35.9 | −1.8 | −4.66% |
| 2008 | 37.6 | −0.7 | −1.71% |
| 2007 | 38.3 | +0.5 | +1.21% |
| 2006 | 37.8 | +0.8 | +2.19% |
| 2005 | 37 | −0.7 | −1.8% |
| 2004 | 37.7 | −0.8 | −2.06% |
| 2003 | 38.5 | −1.5 | −3.78% |
| 2002 | 40 | −2.2 | −5.28% |
| 2001 | 42.2 | −2.4 | −5.37% |
| 2000 | 44.6 | −1.2 | −2.61% |
| 1999 | 45.8 | −1.2 | −2.47% |
| 1998 | 47 | −0.8 | −1.61% |
| 1997 | 47.8 | −1.9 | −3.74% |
| 1996 | 49.6 | −2.1 | −4.14% |
| 1995 | 51.8 | −2 | −3.69% |
| 1994 | 53.7 | −1.2 | −2.16% |
| 1993 | 54.9 | −1.4 | −2.52% |
| 1992 | 56.3 | −1.6 | −2.81% |
| 1991 | 58 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1990 | 57.8 | +2.4 | +4.39% |
| 1989 | 55.4 | +4 | +7.68% |
| 1988 | 51.4 | +2.9 | +6% |
| 1987 | 48.5 | +0.7 | +1.55% |
| 1986 | 47.8 | −0.9 | −1.79% |
| 1985 | 48.7 | −0.5 | −1.02% |
| 1984 | 49.2 | −1.2 | −2.46% |
| 1983 | 50.4 | −1.2 | −2.31% |
| 1982 | 51.6 | +0.1 | +0.24% |
| 1981 | 51.5 | −0.5 | −0.98% |
| 1980 | 52 | +0.7 | +1.35% |
| 1979 | 51.3 | +0.7 | +1.36% |
| 1978 | 50.6 | −1.2 | −2.28% |
| 1977 | 51.8 | −0.2 | −0.32% |
| 1976 | 51.9 | −2.3 | −4.24% |
| 1975 | 54.2 | −1.7 | −3.08% |
| 1974 | 56 | −1.4 | −2.49% |
| 1973 | 57.4 | −2.1 | −3.5% |
| 1972 | 59.5 | −2.4 | −3.85% |
| 1971 | 61.9 | −2.6 | −3.99% |
| 1970 | 64.4 | +1.1 | +1.67% |
| 1969 | 63.4 | −0.7 | −1.11% |
| 1968 | 64.1 | −2.3 | −3.51% |
| 1967 | 66.4 | −3.4 | −4.81% |
| 1966 | 69.8 | +1 | +1.39% |
| 1965 | 68.8 | +0.2 | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 68.6 | −2.3 | −3.31% |
| 1963 | 71 | −6.3 | −8.18% |
| 1962 | 77.3 | −6.6 | −7.84% |
| 1961 | 83.9 | −1.1 | −1.28% |
| 1960 | 84.9 | — | — |
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.
What part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Mortality Maternal mortality ratioThe number of deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births.