Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Sao Tome and Principe

Adolescent fertility rate in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 85.2 per 1,000. Ranked 191 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.6%.

2024 85.2 per 1,000 −1.17% vs 2023
World rank 191of 217
Period maximum 153.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 85.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Sao Tome and Principe, 1960–20248010012014016019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 153.7 per 1,0001962: 144 per 1,0001964: 139.5 per 1,0001966: 141.7 per 1,0001968: 143.8 per 1,0001970: 145.8 per 1,0001972: 147.8 per 1,0001974: 148.8 per 1,0001976: 148.5 per 1,0001978: 146.9 per 1,0001980: 144.6 per 1,0001982: 141.5 per 1,0001984: 138.6 per 1,0001986: 140.2 per 1,0001988: 137.5 per 1,0001990: 131.2 per 1,0001992: 128.3 per 1,0001994: 125.1 per 1,0001996: 128 per 1,0001998: 129.9 per 1,0002000: 133.3 per 1,0002002: 136.1 per 1,0002004: 129.7 per 1,0002006: 123.1 per 1,0002008: 125.3 per 1,0002010: 125.9 per 1,0002012: 117.5 per 1,0002014: 105.2 per 1,0002016: 97.4 per 1,0002018: 91.1 per 1,0002020: 89 per 1,0002022: 86.8 per 1,0002024: 85.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −68.5 (−44.59%) Average annual rate: -0.92 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 85.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 115.6 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 85.2 −1 −1.17%
2023 86.2 −0.6 −0.67%
2022 86.8 −1.1 −1.28%
2021 87.9 −1.1 −1.22%
2020 89 −1 −1.08%
2019 90 −1.1 −1.25%
2018 91.1 −2.5 −2.69%
2017 93.6 −3.8 −3.93%
2016 97.4 −4.5 −4.41%
2015 101.9 −3.2 −3.07%
2014 105.2 −4.8 −4.37%
2013 110 −7.5 −6.4%
2012 117.5 −4.2 −3.42%
2011 121.7 −4.2 −3.37%
2010 125.9 −0.5 −0.42%
2009 126.4 +1.1 +0.88%
2008 125.3 +1.6 +1.26%
2007 123.8 +0.6 +0.51%
2006 123.1 −2.8 −2.23%
2005 126 −3.7 −2.88%
2004 129.7 −3.9 −2.92%
2003 133.6 −2.6 −1.87%
2002 136.1 +0.6 +0.43%
2001 135.6 +2.2 +1.66%
2000 133.3 +1.8 +1.33%
1999 131.6 +1.7 +1.3%
1998 129.9 +3.7 +2.97%
1997 126.2 −1.9 −1.45%
1996 128 +3 +2.38%
1995 125 −0.1 −0.04%
1994 125.1 −1.6 −1.28%
1993 126.7 −1.6 −1.24%
1992 128.3 −1.5 −1.17%
1991 129.8 −1.4 −1.07%
1990 131.2 −2.7 −2%
1989 133.9 −3.6 −2.6%
1988 137.5 −2.2 −1.6%
1987 139.7 −0.5 −0.35%
1986 140.2 +1.2 +0.85%
1985 139 +0.4 +0.3%
1984 138.6 −1.3 −0.96%
1983 140 −1.5 −1.09%
1982 141.5 −1.6 −1.12%
1981 143.1 −1.5 −1.01%
1980 144.6 −1.3 −0.87%
1979 145.8 −1.1 −0.72%
1978 146.9 −0.8 −0.57%
1977 147.7 −0.7 −0.5%
1976 148.5 −0.4 −0.25%
1975 148.8 +0 +0.01%
1974 148.8 +0.3 +0.22%
1973 148.5 +0.7 +0.47%
1972 147.8 +0.9 +0.63%
1971 146.9 +1.1 +0.73%
1970 145.8 +1.1 +0.79%
1969 144.7 +0.9 +0.6%
1968 143.8 +0.9 +0.65%
1967 142.9 +1.2 +0.86%
1966 141.7 +1.3 +0.92%
1965 140.4 +0.9 +0.62%
1964 139.5 −0.8 −0.54%
1963 140.3 −3.7 −2.56%
1962 144 −7 −4.61%
1961 150.9 −2.8 −1.83%
1960 153.7

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.