Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Central America

Adolescent fertility rate in Central America in 2024 — 61.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 54.1%.

2024 61.4 per 1,000 −1.19% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 133.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 61.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Central America, 1960–2024608010012014019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 133.9 per 1,0001962: 133.4 per 1,0001964: 130.5 per 1,0001966: 128.9 per 1,0001968: 128.1 per 1,0001970: 129.4 per 1,0001972: 130.2 per 1,0001974: 130 per 1,0001976: 128 per 1,0001978: 123 per 1,0001980: 116.7 per 1,0001982: 109.8 per 1,0001984: 102.5 per 1,0001986: 98.6 per 1,0001988: 95.8 per 1,0001990: 93.9 per 1,0001992: 92.1 per 1,0001994: 90.4 per 1,0001996: 87.3 per 1,0001998: 84.2 per 1,0002000: 82.1 per 1,0002002: 80.8 per 1,0002004: 79.6 per 1,0002006: 77.8 per 1,0002008: 79.4 per 1,0002010: 80.3 per 1,0002012: 81.3 per 1,0002014: 77.2 per 1,0002016: 70.3 per 1,0002018: 67.4 per 1,0002020: 65 per 1,0002022: 63.1 per 1,0002024: 61.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −72.5 (−54.12%) Average annual rate: -1.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 61.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 61.4 −0.7 −1.19%
2023 62.2 −0.9 −1.4%
2022 63.1 −0.9 −1.44%
2021 64 −1 −1.51%
2020 65 −1.5 −2.3%
2019 66.5 −0.9 −1.34%
2018 67.4 −1.3 −1.84%
2017 68.7 −1.7 −2.35%
2016 70.3 −2.8 −3.85%
2015 73.1 −4 −5.24%
2014 77.2 −2.9 −3.58%
2013 80 −1.3 −1.62%
2012 81.3 +0.4 +0.46%
2011 81 +0.7 +0.85%
2010 80.3 −0 −0.01%
2009 80.3 +0.9 +1.1%
2008 79.4 +1.1 +1.35%
2007 78.4 +0.5 +0.69%
2006 77.8 −1.1 −1.36%
2005 78.9 −0.7 −0.85%
2004 79.6 −0.5 −0.58%
2003 80 −0.8 −0.97%
2002 80.8 −0.7 −0.92%
2001 81.6 −0.6 −0.68%
2000 82.1 −0.8 −0.95%
1999 82.9 −1.2 −1.48%
1998 84.2 −1.3 −1.48%
1997 85.4 −1.9 −2.18%
1996 87.3 −1.6 −1.84%
1995 89 −1.5 −1.61%
1994 90.4 −0.9 −0.97%
1993 91.3 −0.8 −0.88%
1992 92.1 −1 −1.05%
1991 93.1 −0.8 −0.83%
1990 93.9 −1.1 −1.15%
1989 95 −0.8 −0.81%
1988 95.8 −1.2 −1.27%
1987 97 −1.7 −1.68%
1986 98.6 −0.8 −0.8%
1985 99.4 −3.1 −2.98%
1984 102.5 −3.5 −3.33%
1983 106 −3.7 −3.39%
1982 109.8 −3.5 −3.07%
1981 113.2 −3.5 −2.96%
1980 116.7 −4.1 −3.4%
1979 120.8 −2.2 −1.77%
1978 123 −2.1 −1.67%
1977 125.1 −2.9 −2.29%
1976 128 −0.8 −0.61%
1975 128.8 −1.2 −0.9%
1974 130 −0.1 −0.08%
1973 130.1 −0.1 −0.1%
1972 130.2 +0.2 +0.19%
1971 130 +0.6 +0.44%
1970 129.4 +0.8 +0.59%
1969 128.6 +0.5 +0.41%
1968 128.1 +0.9 +0.74%
1967 127.2 −1.7 −1.3%
1966 128.9 −0.5 −0.41%
1965 129.4 −1.1 −0.86%
1964 130.5 −2.3 −1.7%
1963 132.8 −0.7 −0.49%
1962 133.4 −0.2 −0.14%
1961 133.6 −0.3 −0.22%
1960 133.9

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.