Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand

Adolescent fertility rate in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.3%.

2024 7 per 1,000 −4.75% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 57.5 per 1,0001971
Period minimum 7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.8 per 1,0001962: 45 per 1,0001964: 47.4 per 1,0001966: 50.9 per 1,0001968: 51.7 per 1,0001970: 53.2 per 1,0001972: 56.2 per 1,0001974: 47.5 per 1,0001976: 37.6 per 1,0001978: 32.3 per 1,0001980: 29.8 per 1,0001982: 29 per 1,0001984: 24.8 per 1,0001986: 23 per 1,0001988: 22.4 per 1,0001990: 24.6 per 1,0001992: 24.2 per 1,0001994: 22.8 per 1,0001996: 22.4 per 1,0001998: 20.7 per 1,0002000: 19.6 per 1,0002002: 18.7 per 1,0002004: 18 per 1,0002006: 18.2 per 1,0002008: 20.6 per 1,0002010: 19.1 per 1,0002012: 17.5 per 1,0002014: 14.1 per 1,0002016: 11.8 per 1,0002018: 10.4 per 1,0002020: 8.4 per 1,0002022: 7.4 per 1,0002024: 7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −37.7 (−84.28%) Average annual rate: -2.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 7 −0.4 −4.75%
2023 7.4 −0 −0.5%
2022 7.4 −0.3 −3.75%
2021 7.7 −0.7 −8.19%
2020 8.4 −1.1 −11.22%
2019 9.5 −0.9 −8.63%
2018 10.4 −0.7 −6%
2017 11 −0.8 −6.77%
2016 11.8 −1.3 −9.97%
2015 13.1 −0.9 −6.69%
2014 14.1 −1.8 −11.25%
2013 15.9 −1.6 −9.2%
2012 17.5 −0.5 −2.79%
2011 18 −1.1 −5.88%
2010 19.1 −0.7 −3.75%
2009 19.8 −0.7 −3.64%
2008 20.6 +1 +5.16%
2007 19.6 +1.4 +7.7%
2006 18.2 −0.1 −0.71%
2005 18.3 +0.3 +1.6%
2004 18 +0 +0.12%
2003 18 −0.7 −3.76%
2002 18.7 −0.6 −3.21%
2001 19.3 −0.3 −1.51%
2000 19.6 −0.6 −3.19%
1999 20.3 −0.4 −2.05%
1998 20.7 −1.1 −5.25%
1997 21.8 −0.5 −2.3%
1996 22.4 −0.3 −1.13%
1995 22.6 −0.2 −0.84%
1994 22.8 −0.4 −1.68%
1993 23.2 −1 −4.06%
1992 24.2 −0.2 −0.62%
1991 24.3 −0.3 −1.11%
1990 24.6 +1.6 +6.74%
1989 23 +0.6 +2.71%
1988 22.4 −0 −0.02%
1987 22.4 −0.5 −2.32%
1986 23 −0.9 −3.79%
1985 23.9 −1 −3.9%
1984 24.8 −2.7 −9.73%
1983 27.5 −1.5 −5.05%
1982 29 −1.1 −3.78%
1981 30.1 +0.3 +1.08%
1980 29.8 −1.1 −3.41%
1979 30.9 −1.4 −4.47%
1978 32.3 −2.5 −7.21%
1977 34.8 −2.8 −7.37%
1976 37.6 −5.2 −12.25%
1975 42.8 −4.7 −9.81%
1974 47.5 −3.6 −7.09%
1973 51.1 −5.1 −9%
1972 56.2 −1.3 −2.33%
1971 57.5 +4.3 +8.14%
1970 53.2 +1.4 +2.64%
1969 51.8 +0.1 +0.18%
1968 51.7 +0.4 +0.7%
1967 51.4 +0.4 +0.86%
1966 50.9 +1.9 +3.92%
1965 49 +1.6 +3.3%
1964 47.4 +1.2 +2.54%
1963 46.3 +1.2 +2.72%
1962 45 −1.6 −3.42%
1961 46.6 +1.8 +4.12%
1960 44.8

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.