Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — North Macedonia

Adolescent fertility rate in North Macedonia in 2024 — 12.4 per 1,000. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.9%.

2024 12.4 per 1,000 −4.15% vs 2023
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 52.5 per 1,0001988
Period minimum 12.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — North Macedonia, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.6 per 1,0001962: 33 per 1,0001964: 33.5 per 1,0001966: 40.3 per 1,0001968: 41.5 per 1,0001970: 41.8 per 1,0001972: 45.2 per 1,0001974: 45.9 per 1,0001976: 47.7 per 1,0001978: 46.6 per 1,0001980: 46.7 per 1,0001982: 47.7 per 1,0001984: 48.2 per 1,0001986: 48.5 per 1,0001988: 52.5 per 1,0001990: 50.1 per 1,0001992: 47.9 per 1,0001994: 46.3 per 1,0001996: 39.1 per 1,0001998: 33.5 per 1,0002000: 31.1 per 1,0002002: 26.2 per 1,0002004: 22.7 per 1,0002006: 21.7 per 1,0002008: 21.3 per 1,0002010: 22 per 1,0002012: 21.3 per 1,0002014: 20.4 per 1,0002016: 18.6 per 1,0002018: 17.6 per 1,0002020: 17.2 per 1,0002022: 14.7 per 1,0002024: 12.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −25.1 (−66.92%) Average annual rate: -1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North Macedonia 12.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 5.1 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.4 −0.5 −4.15%
2023 13 −1.8 −12%
2022 14.7 −1.2 −7.65%
2021 16 −1.2 −7.02%
2020 17.2 −0.1 −0.54%
2019 17.3 −0.4 −2.01%
2018 17.6 −0.1 −0.72%
2017 17.7 −0.9 −4.75%
2016 18.6 −0.5 −2.86%
2015 19.2 −1.2 −6.02%
2014 20.4 +0.3 +1.65%
2013 20.1 −1.2 −5.75%
2012 21.3 +1 +4.89%
2011 20.3 −1.7 −7.88%
2010 22 +0.3 +1.28%
2009 21.8 +0.5 +2.25%
2008 21.3 −0.4 −2.01%
2007 21.7 +0 +0%
2006 21.7 −0.1 −0.29%
2005 21.8 −0.9 −4.12%
2004 22.7 −3 −11.76%
2003 25.7 −0.4 −1.67%
2002 26.2 −0.8 −2.79%
2001 26.9 −4.2 −13.42%
2000 31.1 +0.4 +1.39%
1999 30.7 −2.9 −8.55%
1998 33.5 −2.2 −6.19%
1997 35.8 −3.3 −8.47%
1996 39.1 −4.5 −10.23%
1995 43.5 −2.8 −5.96%
1994 46.3 −3.1 −6.31%
1993 49.4 +1.5 +3.07%
1992 47.9 −1.2 −2.43%
1991 49.1 −1 −2.03%
1990 50.1 −0.8 −1.6%
1989 50.9 −1.6 −2.98%
1988 52.5 +0.8 +1.49%
1987 51.7 +3.2 +6.68%
1986 48.5 −0.7 −1.43%
1985 49.2 +1 +2%
1984 48.2 +0.6 +1.28%
1983 47.6 −0.1 −0.15%
1982 47.7 +2.6 +5.68%
1981 45.1 −1.5 −3.26%
1980 46.7 +0.7 +1.44%
1979 46 −0.6 −1.3%
1978 46.6 +0 +0.11%
1977 46.5 −1.1 −2.31%
1976 47.7 −0.1 −0.11%
1975 47.7 +1.9 +4.04%
1974 45.9 +0.9 +1.98%
1973 45 −0.3 −0.62%
1972 45.2 +2.2 +5.07%
1971 43.1 +1.3 +3.13%
1970 41.8 +0.8 +1.98%
1969 40.9 −0.6 −1.43%
1968 41.5 −0.6 −1.37%
1967 42.1 +1.8 +4.42%
1966 40.3 +3.3 +8.93%
1965 37 +3.5 +10.37%
1964 33.5 +0.4 +1.19%
1963 33.1 +0.1 +0.35%
1962 33 −2.5 −7.05%
1961 35.5 −2 −5.38%
1960 37.6

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.