Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Caribbean

Adolescent fertility rate in the Caribbean in 2024 — 44.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 65.8%.

2024 44.2 per 1,000 −2.24% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 132 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 44.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Caribbean, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 129.4 per 1,0001962: 131.2 per 1,0001964: 131.4 per 1,0001966: 128.4 per 1,0001968: 123.5 per 1,0001970: 120.6 per 1,0001972: 118.5 per 1,0001974: 113.6 per 1,0001976: 102.6 per 1,0001978: 94.9 per 1,0001980: 92.5 per 1,0001982: 92.2 per 1,0001984: 89 per 1,0001986: 87.3 per 1,0001988: 87.4 per 1,0001990: 88.6 per 1,0001992: 84 per 1,0001994: 81.8 per 1,0001996: 78.2 per 1,0001998: 75.6 per 1,0002000: 73.6 per 1,0002002: 69.1 per 1,0002004: 64.8 per 1,0002006: 62.5 per 1,0002008: 64.1 per 1,0002010: 65.2 per 1,0002012: 63.3 per 1,0002014: 58.9 per 1,0002016: 55.1 per 1,0002018: 53.1 per 1,0002020: 48.2 per 1,0002022: 45.5 per 1,0002024: 44.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −85.1 (−65.8%) Average annual rate: -1.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Caribbean 44.2 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 44.2 −1 −2.24%
2023 45.3 −0.2 −0.45%
2022 45.5 −1.1 −2.29%
2021 46.5 −1.7 −3.45%
2020 48.2 −2.8 −5.41%
2019 50.9 −2.2 −4.06%
2018 53.1 −0.8 −1.43%
2017 53.9 −1.2 −2.16%
2016 55.1 −2.4 −4.09%
2015 57.4 −1.5 −2.6%
2014 58.9 −2 −3.3%
2013 61 −2.3 −3.71%
2012 63.3 −1.9 −2.97%
2011 65.2 +0 +0.06%
2010 65.2 +0 +0.01%
2009 65.2 +1.1 +1.66%
2008 64.1 +1.6 +2.64%
2007 62.5 +0 +0.04%
2006 62.5 −1 −1.57%
2005 63.5 −1.3 −2%
2004 64.8 −2 −2.99%
2003 66.8 −2.3 −3.33%
2002 69.1 −2.1 −2.91%
2001 71.1 −2.4 −3.32%
2000 73.6 −1.3 −1.73%
1999 74.9 −0.8 −1.03%
1998 75.6 −2.3 −2.96%
1997 78 −0.3 −0.35%
1996 78.2 −1.8 −2.21%
1995 80 −1.8 −2.2%
1994 81.8 −1.2 −1.41%
1993 83 −1.1 −1.28%
1992 84 −0.9 −1.04%
1991 84.9 −3.7 −4.14%
1990 88.6 −0.2 −0.25%
1989 88.8 +1.4 +1.59%
1988 87.4 +0.3 +0.3%
1987 87.2 −0.1 −0.11%
1986 87.3 −0.7 −0.75%
1985 87.9 −1.1 −1.2%
1984 89 −2 −2.24%
1983 91 −1.1 −1.23%
1982 92.2 +1.3 +1.46%
1981 90.8 −1.7 −1.81%
1980 92.5 −1.1 −1.13%
1979 93.6 −1.4 −1.43%
1978 94.9 −3.2 −3.28%
1977 98.1 −4.4 −4.33%
1976 102.6 −5.2 −4.86%
1975 107.8 −5.8 −5.08%
1974 113.6 −3.2 −2.75%
1973 116.8 −1.7 −1.44%
1972 118.5 −1.2 −0.99%
1971 119.7 −0.9 −0.77%
1970 120.6 −1.3 −1.07%
1969 121.9 −1.6 −1.27%
1968 123.5 −2.6 −2.04%
1967 126.1 −2.3 −1.78%
1966 128.4 −2.2 −1.68%
1965 130.6 −0.8 −0.62%
1964 131.4 −0.6 −0.48%
1963 132 +0.8 +0.58%
1962 131.2 +0.9 +0.71%
1961 130.3 +0.9 +0.73%
1960 129.4

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.