Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Papua New Guinea

Adolescent fertility rate in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 53.5 per 1,000. Ranked 155 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41.4%.

2024 53.5 per 1,000 −1.02% vs 2023
World rank 155of 217
Period maximum 95.9 per 1,0001969
Period minimum 53.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Papua New Guinea, 1960–202440608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 91.3 per 1,0001962: 93.1 per 1,0001964: 94.3 per 1,0001966: 94 per 1,0001968: 95.4 per 1,0001970: 95.6 per 1,0001972: 94.8 per 1,0001974: 93.6 per 1,0001976: 92.8 per 1,0001978: 91.9 per 1,0001980: 88.4 per 1,0001982: 89.2 per 1,0001984: 89.7 per 1,0001986: 88.4 per 1,0001988: 86.5 per 1,0001990: 84.6 per 1,0001992: 82.3 per 1,0001994: 79.9 per 1,0001996: 77.1 per 1,0001998: 74.2 per 1,0002000: 77.4 per 1,0002002: 77.2 per 1,0002004: 74.7 per 1,0002006: 72.6 per 1,0002008: 70.6 per 1,0002010: 69.7 per 1,0002012: 67.8 per 1,0002014: 64.4 per 1,0002016: 59.2 per 1,0002018: 57.8 per 1,0002020: 56.4 per 1,0002022: 55 per 1,0002024: 53.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −37.8 (−41.4%) Average annual rate: -0.83 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 53.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 50.2 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 53.5 −0.6 −1.02%
2023 54.1 −1 −1.74%
2022 55 −0.6 −1.14%
2021 55.7 −0.8 −1.36%
2020 56.4 −0.6 −1%
2019 57 −0.8 −1.42%
2018 57.8 −0.7 −1.11%
2017 58.5 −0.7 −1.26%
2016 59.2 −2.5 −4.07%
2015 61.7 −2.7 −4.13%
2014 64.4 −2.6 −3.95%
2013 67 −0.8 −1.11%
2012 67.8 −1 −1.45%
2011 68.8 −1 −1.36%
2010 69.7 +0.7 +1.09%
2009 69 −1.6 −2.29%
2008 70.6 −1.3 −1.78%
2007 71.9 −0.7 −1.01%
2006 72.6 −0.9 −1.27%
2005 73.6 −1.1 −1.5%
2004 74.7 −1.3 −1.73%
2003 76 −1.2 −1.56%
2002 77.2 −1.1 −1.37%
2001 78.3 +0.9 +1.12%
2000 77.4 +1.6 +2.11%
1999 75.8 +1.6 +2.14%
1998 74.2 −1.5 −1.93%
1997 75.7 −1.5 −1.88%
1996 77.1 −1.5 −1.91%
1995 78.6 −1.3 −1.64%
1994 79.9 −1.2 −1.49%
1993 81.1 −1.2 −1.41%
1992 82.3 −1 −1.25%
1991 83.4 −1.2 −1.45%
1990 84.6 −0.9 −1.03%
1989 85.5 −1 −1.2%
1988 86.5 −1 −1.1%
1987 87.5 −0.9 −1.04%
1986 88.4 −0.8 −0.9%
1985 89.2 −0.5 −0.61%
1984 89.7 −0.4 −0.44%
1983 90.1 +0.9 +1.04%
1982 89.2 +0.4 +0.42%
1981 88.8 +0.4 +0.5%
1980 88.4 −1.8 −2%
1979 90.2 −1.7 −1.86%
1978 91.9 −0.5 −0.52%
1977 92.4 −0.4 −0.48%
1976 92.8 −0.3 −0.3%
1975 93.1 −0.5 −0.53%
1974 93.6 −0.8 −0.8%
1973 94.3 −0.5 −0.5%
1972 94.8 −0.2 −0.17%
1971 95 −0.6 −0.66%
1970 95.6 −0.3 −0.3%
1969 95.9 +0.5 +0.54%
1968 95.4 +1.1 +1.15%
1967 94.3 +0.3 +0.35%
1966 94 +0 +0.05%
1965 93.9 −0.3 −0.36%
1964 94.3 +0.5 +0.57%
1963 93.7 +0.6 +0.68%
1962 93.1 +1.2 +1.28%
1961 91.9 +0.6 +0.64%
1960 91.3

Melanesia, 2024

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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.