Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Saint Lucia

Adolescent fertility rate in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 27.2 per 1,000. Ranked 110 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.1%.

2024 27.2 per 1,000 −2.38% vs 2023
World rank 110of 217
Period maximum 157.3 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 27.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Saint Lucia, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 151.8 per 1,0001962: 152.7 per 1,0001964: 156.7 per 1,0001966: 156.5 per 1,0001968: 157.2 per 1,0001970: 155 per 1,0001972: 152.4 per 1,0001974: 152.4 per 1,0001976: 151.5 per 1,0001978: 153.1 per 1,0001980: 152.8 per 1,0001982: 147.4 per 1,0001984: 144.2 per 1,0001986: 134.7 per 1,0001988: 114.6 per 1,0001990: 103.2 per 1,0001992: 92.6 per 1,0001994: 88.9 per 1,0001996: 75.6 per 1,0001998: 61 per 1,0002000: 58.5 per 1,0002002: 58.9 per 1,0002004: 55.5 per 1,0002006: 51 per 1,0002008: 45.7 per 1,0002010: 44 per 1,0002012: 38.4 per 1,0002014: 38.7 per 1,0002016: 35.2 per 1,0002018: 32.1 per 1,0002020: 29.3 per 1,0002022: 28.6 per 1,0002024: 27.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −124.6 (−82.1%) Average annual rate: -2.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saint Lucia 27.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Caribbean computed 44.2 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27.2 −0.7 −2.38%
2023 27.8 −0.7 −2.53%
2022 28.6 −0.3 −1%
2021 28.8 −0.5 −1.55%
2020 29.3 −1.5 −4.99%
2019 30.8 −1.3 −4.03%
2018 32.1 −1.7 −4.98%
2017 33.8 −1.4 −3.95%
2016 35.2 −1.7 −4.66%
2015 36.9 −1.8 −4.61%
2014 38.7 −0 −0.07%
2013 38.7 +0.3 +0.75%
2012 38.4 +0.2 +0.48%
2011 38.3 −5.8 −13.12%
2010 44 −2.3 −5.03%
2009 46.4 +0.7 +1.47%
2008 45.7 −2.4 −4.95%
2007 48.1 −2.9 −5.67%
2006 51 −2.4 −4.58%
2005 53.4 −2.1 −3.82%
2004 55.5 −1.8 −3.05%
2003 57.3 −1.6 −2.77%
2002 58.9 −2.9 −4.75%
2001 61.9 +3.3 +5.67%
2000 58.5 −4 −6.34%
1999 62.5 +1.5 +2.38%
1998 61 −11.8 −16.18%
1997 72.8 −2.8 −3.69%
1996 75.6 −13.2 −14.82%
1995 88.8 −0.1 −0.08%
1994 88.9 +2.1 +2.48%
1993 86.7 −5.9 −6.39%
1992 92.6 −5.3 −5.38%
1991 97.9 −5.3 −5.11%
1990 103.2 −4.9 −4.53%
1989 108.1 −6.6 −5.71%
1988 114.6 −9.6 −7.76%
1987 124.3 −10.5 −7.76%
1986 134.7 −8.9 −6.2%
1985 143.6 −0.6 −0.39%
1984 144.2 +0.2 +0.13%
1983 144 −3.4 −2.33%
1982 147.4 −0.3 −0.18%
1981 147.7 −5.2 −3.37%
1980 152.8 −0.3 −0.21%
1979 153.2 +0.1 +0.03%
1978 153.1 +1.3 +0.83%
1977 151.8 +0.4 +0.24%
1976 151.5 +0.2 +0.12%
1975 151.3 −1.1 −0.71%
1974 152.4 +0.1 +0.05%
1973 152.3 −0.1 −0.04%
1972 152.4 −1 −0.63%
1971 153.3 −1.7 −1.1%
1970 155 −1.6 −0.99%
1969 156.6 −0.7 −0.42%
1968 157.2 −0.1 −0.05%
1967 157.3 +0.8 +0.5%
1966 156.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1965 156.4 −0.3 −0.17%
1964 156.7 +1.2 +0.74%
1963 155.5 +2.8 +1.84%
1962 152.7 +3.8 +2.55%
1961 148.9 −2.8 −1.86%
1960 151.8

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.