Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — OECD

Adolescent fertility rate in the OECD in 2024 — 16.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 68.4%.

2024 16.9 per 1,000 −3.76% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 53.9 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 16.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — OECD, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.4 per 1,0001962: 51.9 per 1,0001964: 49.2 per 1,0001966: 50.7 per 1,0001968: 50.8 per 1,0001970: 52.2 per 1,0001972: 51.8 per 1,0001974: 50.7 per 1,0001976: 48.2 per 1,0001978: 46.5 per 1,0001980: 45.8 per 1,0001982: 44.1 per 1,0001984: 41.2 per 1,0001986: 39.1 per 1,0001988: 38.6 per 1,0001990: 39.7 per 1,0001992: 39.1 per 1,0001994: 38 per 1,0001996: 36.5 per 1,0001998: 35.9 per 1,0002000: 35.6 per 1,0002002: 34 per 1,0002004: 33 per 1,0002006: 32.8 per 1,0002008: 33.2 per 1,0002010: 31.4 per 1,0002012: 29.6 per 1,0002014: 26.7 per 1,0002016: 23.4 per 1,0002018: 21.4 per 1,0002020: 19.5 per 1,0002022: 18.1 per 1,0002024: 16.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −36.5 (−68.4%) Average annual rate: -1.78 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 16.9 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.9 −0.7 −3.76%
2023 17.5 −0.5 −2.94%
2022 18.1 −0.6 −3.32%
2021 18.7 −0.9 −4.45%
2020 19.5 −1.1 −5.14%
2019 20.6 −0.8 −3.54%
2018 21.4 −1 −4.27%
2017 22.3 −1.1 −4.79%
2016 23.4 −1.4 −5.67%
2015 24.8 −1.9 −7.01%
2014 26.7 −1.5 −5.44%
2013 28.3 −1.4 −4.56%
2012 29.6 −0.8 −2.48%
2011 30.4 −1.1 −3.42%
2010 31.4 −1.3 −3.96%
2009 32.7 −0.5 −1.49%
2008 33.2 +0.2 +0.52%
2007 33.1 +0.3 +0.77%
2006 32.8 +0.1 +0.4%
2005 32.7 −0.3 −0.86%
2004 33 −0.3 −0.86%
2003 33.2 −0.7 −2.1%
2002 34 −0.9 −2.56%
2001 34.8 −0.7 −2.03%
2000 35.6 −0.4 −1%
1999 35.9 −0 −0.02%
1998 35.9 −0 −0.03%
1997 35.9 −0.5 −1.45%
1996 36.5 −0.5 −1.47%
1995 37 −0.9 −2.46%
1994 38 −0.7 −1.74%
1993 38.6 −0.5 −1.26%
1992 39.1 −0.8 −2.12%
1991 40 +0.3 +0.7%
1990 39.7 +0.9 +2.43%
1989 38.7 +0.1 +0.29%
1988 38.6 +0.1 +0.37%
1987 38.5 −0.6 −1.61%
1986 39.1 −0.9 −2.34%
1985 40.1 −1.2 −2.83%
1984 41.2 −1.3 −3.16%
1983 42.6 −1.5 −3.5%
1982 44.1 −0.7 −1.56%
1981 44.8 −0.9 −2.05%
1980 45.8 −0.5 −1.12%
1979 46.3 −0.2 −0.36%
1978 46.5 −0.8 −1.77%
1977 47.3 −0.9 −1.85%
1976 48.2 −1.2 −2.46%
1975 49.4 −1.3 −2.49%
1974 50.7 −0.5 −0.9%
1973 51.1 −0.7 −1.26%
1972 51.8 −0.5 −1.05%
1971 52.3 +0.1 +0.19%
1970 52.2 +0.8 +1.52%
1969 51.4 +0.6 +1.22%
1968 50.8 +0.1 +0.27%
1967 50.7 −0.1 −0.12%
1966 50.7 +1.3 +2.64%
1965 49.4 +0.3 +0.58%
1964 49.2 −0.9 −1.84%
1963 50.1 −1.9 −3.59%
1962 51.9 −2 −3.66%
1961 53.9 +0.5 +1.01%
1960 53.4

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.