Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Africa

Adolescent fertility rate in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 91.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.7%.

2024 91.8 per 1,000 −1.39% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 170.2 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 91.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Africa, 1960–20248010012014016018019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 147.3 per 1,0001962: 149.6 per 1,0001964: 151.9 per 1,0001966: 154.5 per 1,0001968: 156.7 per 1,0001970: 162.8 per 1,0001972: 169.7 per 1,0001974: 170.2 per 1,0001976: 168.3 per 1,0001978: 163.2 per 1,0001980: 158.2 per 1,0001982: 154.2 per 1,0001984: 150.4 per 1,0001986: 147.6 per 1,0001988: 145 per 1,0001990: 145.7 per 1,0001992: 138.7 per 1,0001994: 140.4 per 1,0001996: 142.9 per 1,0001998: 138.8 per 1,0002000: 137.7 per 1,0002002: 136.9 per 1,0002004: 132.5 per 1,0002006: 127.9 per 1,0002008: 121.7 per 1,0002010: 116.6 per 1,0002012: 111.8 per 1,0002014: 108.2 per 1,0002016: 102.7 per 1,0002018: 99.7 per 1,0002020: 96.9 per 1,0002022: 94.3 per 1,0002024: 91.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −55.6 (−37.72%) Average annual rate: -0.74 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 91.8 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 91.8 −1.3 −1.39%
2023 93 −1.3 −1.34%
2022 94.3 −1.3 −1.4%
2021 95.7 −1.2 −1.27%
2020 96.9 −1.6 −1.65%
2019 98.5 −1.2 −1.21%
2018 99.7 −1 −0.98%
2017 100.7 −2 −1.96%
2016 102.7 −2.5 −2.38%
2015 105.2 −2.9 −2.73%
2014 108.2 −1 −0.95%
2013 109.2 −2.6 −2.3%
2012 111.8 −3.5 −3.07%
2011 115.3 −1.3 −1.11%
2010 116.6 −1.2 −1.03%
2009 117.8 −3.9 −3.22%
2008 121.7 −3.1 −2.45%
2007 124.8 −3.1 −2.43%
2006 127.9 −3.7 −2.81%
2005 131.6 −0.9 −0.68%
2004 132.5 −0.6 −0.47%
2003 133.1 −3.8 −2.78%
2002 136.9 −2.3 −1.62%
2001 139.2 +1.5 +1.1%
2000 137.7 −3 −2.12%
1999 140.7 +1.9 +1.35%
1998 138.8 −1.1 −0.81%
1997 139.9 −3 −2.09%
1996 142.9 +3.2 +2.26%
1995 139.8 −0.6 −0.42%
1994 140.4 −0.2 −0.17%
1993 140.6 +1.9 +1.34%
1992 138.7 −5 −3.48%
1991 143.7 −2 −1.34%
1990 145.7 +1.8 +1.26%
1989 143.9 −1.1 −0.77%
1988 145 −1 −0.67%
1987 146 −1.6 −1.1%
1986 147.6 −2.4 −1.59%
1985 150 −0.5 −0.32%
1984 150.4 −1.7 −1.11%
1983 152.1 −2.1 −1.36%
1982 154.2 −2 −1.31%
1981 156.3 −1.9 −1.23%
1980 158.2 −3.1 −1.94%
1979 161.4 −1.8 −1.12%
1978 163.2 −3 −1.8%
1977 166.2 −2.1 −1.25%
1976 168.3 −1.4 −0.85%
1975 169.7 −0.5 −0.29%
1974 170.2 +1.1 +0.67%
1973 169.1 −0.6 −0.36%
1972 169.7 +2.1 +1.25%
1971 167.6 +4.8 +2.95%
1970 162.8 +3.4 +2.12%
1969 159.4 +2.7 +1.72%
1968 156.7 +1.1 +0.71%
1967 155.6 +1.1 +0.71%
1966 154.5 +1.4 +0.9%
1965 153.1 +1.2 +0.8%
1964 151.9 +1.1 +0.7%
1963 150.9 +1.3 +0.86%
1962 149.6 +0.9 +0.58%
1961 148.7 +1.4 +0.94%
1960 147.3

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.