Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Portugal

Adolescent fertility rate in Portugal in 2024 — 6.6 per 1,000. Ranked 46 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.9%.

2024 6.6 per 1,000 −5.98% vs 2023
World rank 46of 217
Period maximum 47.9 per 1,0001977
Period minimum 5.8 per 1,0002021

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Portugal, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 25.2 per 1,0001962: 26.8 per 1,0001964: 27.1 per 1,0001966: 27.9 per 1,0001968: 29.8 per 1,0001970: 30 per 1,0001972: 30.5 per 1,0001974: 33.7 per 1,0001976: 47.6 per 1,0001978: 44.4 per 1,0001980: 41 per 1,0001982: 38.9 per 1,0001984: 36.9 per 1,0001986: 30.3 per 1,0001988: 26.6 per 1,0001990: 23.7 per 1,0001992: 22.5 per 1,0001994: 21.7 per 1,0001996: 21.2 per 1,0001998: 20.8 per 1,0002000: 22.2 per 1,0002002: 21.4 per 1,0002004: 19.7 per 1,0002006: 17.1 per 1,0002008: 15.9 per 1,0002010: 14.5 per 1,0002012: 11.9 per 1,0002014: 9 per 1,0002016: 7.9 per 1,0002018: 7.6 per 1,0002020: 6.8 per 1,0002022: 6.6 per 1,0002024: 6.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −18.6 (−73.92%) Average annual rate: -2.08 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Portugal 6.6 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
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.6 −0.4 −5.98%
2023 7 +0.3 +5.16%
2022 6.6 +0.8 +14.3%
2021 5.8 −1 −14.24%
2020 6.8 −0.8 −10.94%
2019 7.6 +0 +0.17%
2018 7.6 −0.2 −2.69%
2017 7.8 −0.1 −1.81%
2016 7.9 −0.3 −4.07%
2015 8.3 −0.7 −7.69%
2014 9 −1.3 −12.81%
2013 10.3 −1.6 −13.39%
2012 11.9 −1.4 −10.79%
2011 13.3 −1.1 −7.8%
2010 14.5 −0.7 −4.61%
2009 15.1 −0.7 −4.51%
2008 15.9 −0.7 −4.42%
2007 16.6 −0.5 −3.03%
2006 17.1 −1.8 −9.47%
2005 18.9 −0.8 −4.1%
2004 19.7 −0.7 −3.41%
2003 20.4 −1 −4.57%
2002 21.4 +0.2 +1.15%
2001 21.1 −1 −4.56%
2000 22.2 +0.8 +3.77%
1999 21.3 +0.5 +2.42%
1998 20.8 −0.3 −1.27%
1997 21.1 −0.1 −0.38%
1996 21.2 +0.2 +1.05%
1995 21 −0.7 −3.39%
1994 21.7 −0.9 −4.08%
1993 22.6 +0.2 +0.8%
1992 22.5 −0.6 −2.79%
1991 23.1 −0.6 −2.35%
1990 23.7 −1.5 −5.86%
1989 25.1 −1.5 −5.56%
1988 26.6 −1.5 −5.28%
1987 28.1 −2.2 −7.32%
1986 30.3 −2.5 −7.57%
1985 32.8 −4.2 −11.25%
1984 36.9 −0.8 −2.13%
1983 37.8 −1.2 −2.96%
1982 38.9 −0.3 −0.66%
1981 39.2 −1.9 −4.57%
1980 41 −0.6 −1.51%
1979 41.7 −2.7 −6.05%
1978 44.4 −3.5 −7.4%
1977 47.9 +0.3 +0.68%
1976 47.6 +9 +23.46%
1975 38.5 +4.8 +14.36%
1974 33.7 +2.3 +7.48%
1973 31.4 +0.9 +2.86%
1972 30.5 −0 −0.1%
1971 30.5 +0.5 +1.63%
1970 30 +0.3 +1.01%
1969 29.7 −0.1 −0.36%
1968 29.8 +0.3 +1.17%
1967 29.5 +1.6 +5.8%
1966 27.9 +1.1 +4.13%
1965 26.8 −0.3 −1.12%
1964 27.1 +0.6 +2.38%
1963 26.4 −0.3 −1.29%
1962 26.8 +1.7 +6.76%
1961 25.1 −0.1 −0.39%
1960 25.2

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.