Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — OPEC

Adolescent fertility rate in OPEC in 2024 — 55.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 56.6%.

2024 55.7 per 1,000 −2.38% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 144.9 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 55.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — OPEC, 1960–2024507510012515019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 128.3 per 1,0001962: 135.4 per 1,0001964: 136.3 per 1,0001966: 133.9 per 1,0001968: 133.8 per 1,0001970: 137.3 per 1,0001972: 138.8 per 1,0001974: 144 per 1,0001976: 143.3 per 1,0001978: 139.3 per 1,0001980: 136.9 per 1,0001982: 129.1 per 1,0001984: 124.1 per 1,0001986: 115.1 per 1,0001988: 105.9 per 1,0001990: 101.1 per 1,0001992: 94 per 1,0001994: 86.5 per 1,0001996: 83.2 per 1,0001998: 80.1 per 1,0002000: 81.5 per 1,0002002: 80.9 per 1,0002004: 79.8 per 1,0002006: 81.1 per 1,0002008: 80.2 per 1,0002010: 80.2 per 1,0002012: 82.4 per 1,0002014: 80.1 per 1,0002016: 70.5 per 1,0002018: 63.9 per 1,0002020: 58.8 per 1,0002022: 57.5 per 1,0002024: 55.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −72.7 (−56.62%) Average annual rate: -1.3 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OPEC 55.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 55.7 −1.4 −2.38%
2023 57 −0.5 −0.87%
2022 57.5 −0.8 −1.42%
2021 58.4 −0.5 −0.8%
2020 58.8 −2.4 −3.94%
2019 61.3 −2.7 −4.19%
2018 63.9 −2.8 −4.19%
2017 66.7 −3.7 −5.29%
2016 70.5 −4.7 −6.2%
2015 75.1 −5 −6.25%
2014 80.1 −2.4 −2.88%
2013 82.5 +0.1 +0.08%
2012 82.4 +0.5 +0.55%
2011 82 +1.8 +2.27%
2010 80.2 −0.5 −0.57%
2009 80.6 +0.4 +0.47%
2008 80.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2007 80.1 −1 −1.27%
2006 81.1 −0.3 −0.31%
2005 81.4 +1.6 +1.96%
2004 79.8 −2 −2.47%
2003 81.8 +0.9 +1.11%
2002 80.9 −0.1 −0.13%
2001 81 −0.5 −0.56%
2000 81.5 +0.9 +1.07%
1999 80.6 +0.5 +0.65%
1998 80.1 −0.8 −1.03%
1997 80.9 −2.3 −2.74%
1996 83.2 −3.2 −3.73%
1995 86.4 −0.1 −0.1%
1994 86.5 −3.9 −4.36%
1993 90.5 −3.5 −3.76%
1992 94 −2.6 −2.65%
1991 96.6 −4.5 −4.5%
1990 101.1 −3.7 −3.56%
1989 104.8 −1 −0.98%
1988 105.9 −4.4 −3.98%
1987 110.3 −4.9 −4.23%
1986 115.1 −5.9 −4.86%
1985 121 −3.1 −2.47%
1984 124.1 −4.7 −3.68%
1983 128.8 −0.3 −0.25%
1982 129.1 −3.3 −2.5%
1981 132.4 −4.4 −3.25%
1980 136.9 −1.5 −1.08%
1979 138.4 −0.9 −0.63%
1978 139.3 −2.4 −1.71%
1977 141.7 −1.6 −1.11%
1976 143.3 −1.6 −1.09%
1975 144.9 +0.9 +0.6%
1974 144 +3.6 +2.55%
1973 140.4 +1.6 +1.15%
1972 138.8 +1.1 +0.8%
1971 137.7 +0.4 +0.3%
1970 137.3 +0.7 +0.52%
1969 136.6 +2.8 +2.09%
1968 133.8 +0 +0.04%
1967 133.8 −0.1 −0.11%
1966 133.9 −1.4 −1.07%
1965 135.4 −0.9 −0.67%
1964 136.3 +0 +0.03%
1963 136.2 +0.8 +0.58%
1962 135.4 +4.1 +3.15%
1961 131.3 +2.9 +2.3%
1960 128.3

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.