Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Sierra Leone

Adolescent fertility rate in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 91.2 per 1,000. Ranked 196 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 53.7%.

2024 91.2 per 1,000 −2.57% vs 2023
World rank 196of 217
Period maximum 207.1 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 91.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Sierra Leone, 1960–20245010015020025019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 197.1 per 1,0001962: 199.8 per 1,0001964: 204.9 per 1,0001966: 206.5 per 1,0001968: 206.2 per 1,0001970: 206.8 per 1,0001972: 204.7 per 1,0001974: 202.6 per 1,0001976: 195.6 per 1,0001978: 189.4 per 1,0001980: 185.2 per 1,0001982: 184.8 per 1,0001984: 181.8 per 1,0001986: 177.8 per 1,0001988: 167.8 per 1,0001990: 160.2 per 1,0001992: 161.3 per 1,0001994: 163.3 per 1,0001996: 159.2 per 1,0001998: 157.6 per 1,0002000: 160 per 1,0002002: 157.1 per 1,0002004: 146.8 per 1,0002006: 147 per 1,0002008: 138.7 per 1,0002010: 130.4 per 1,0002012: 128.8 per 1,0002014: 122.3 per 1,0002016: 111.2 per 1,0002018: 104.1 per 1,0002020: 100.2 per 1,0002022: 95.7 per 1,0002024: 91.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −106 (−53.75%) Average annual rate: -1.2 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 91.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 88.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 91.2 −2.4 −2.57%
2023 93.6 −2.2 −2.25%
2022 95.7 −2.3 −2.36%
2021 98.1 −2.1 −2.11%
2020 100.2 −2 −1.96%
2019 102.2 −2 −1.88%
2018 104.1 −2.9 −2.69%
2017 107 −4.1 −3.72%
2016 111.2 −5.1 −4.42%
2015 116.3 −6 −4.88%
2014 122.3 −3 −2.41%
2013 125.3 −3.5 −2.74%
2012 128.8 −1.1 −0.81%
2011 129.9 −0.5 −0.41%
2010 130.4 −5.3 −3.91%
2009 135.7 −3 −2.16%
2008 138.7 −3.1 −2.19%
2007 141.8 −5.2 −3.5%
2006 147 +0.1 +0.06%
2005 146.9 +0.1 +0.08%
2004 146.8 −9.2 −5.91%
2003 156 −1.2 −0.74%
2002 157.1 −0.3 −0.16%
2001 157.4 −2.6 −1.63%
2000 160 +1.2 +0.79%
1999 158.8 +1.1 +0.71%
1998 157.6 +0.3 +0.18%
1997 157.4 −1.8 −1.14%
1996 159.2 +0.8 +0.54%
1995 158.3 −5 −3.06%
1994 163.3 +0.4 +0.27%
1993 162.9 +1.6 +0.96%
1992 161.3 −0 −0.03%
1991 161.4 +1.2 +0.72%
1990 160.2 −0.4 −0.23%
1989 160.6 −7.2 −4.27%
1988 167.8 −5.4 −3.13%
1987 173.2 −4.6 −2.59%
1986 177.8 −2.1 −1.19%
1985 179.9 −1.9 −1.03%
1984 181.8 −1.3 −0.73%
1983 183.1 −1.7 −0.9%
1982 184.8 −0.5 −0.25%
1981 185.3 +0 +0.02%
1980 185.2 −0.3 −0.19%
1979 185.6 −3.8 −2.01%
1978 189.4 −2.9 −1.53%
1977 192.3 −3.2 −1.66%
1976 195.6 −3.5 −1.78%
1975 199.1 −3.5 −1.72%
1974 202.6 −0.4 −0.22%
1973 203.1 −1.7 −0.81%
1972 204.7 −1 −0.47%
1971 205.7 −1.1 −0.54%
1970 206.8 +0.3 +0.15%
1969 206.5 +0.3 +0.13%
1968 206.2 −0.9 −0.41%
1967 207.1 +0.6 +0.3%
1966 206.5 +0.4 +0.18%
1965 206.1 +1.2 +0.57%
1964 204.9 +2.8 +1.39%
1963 202.1 +2.4 +1.19%
1962 199.8 +1.1 +0.58%
1961 198.6 +1.5 +0.74%
1960 197.1

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.