Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Asia

Adolescent fertility rate in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 4.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 90.4%.

2024 4.7 per 1,000 −0.65% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 76.7 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 4.6 per 1,0001998

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Asia, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.9 per 1,0001962: 63 per 1,0001964: 65.5 per 1,0001966: 53.5 per 1,0001968: 48.8 per 1,0001970: 42.2 per 1,0001972: 32.5 per 1,0001974: 26.7 per 1,0001976: 22.8 per 1,0001978: 13.6 per 1,0001980: 10.9 per 1,0001982: 21.3 per 1,0001984: 23.8 per 1,0001986: 24.8 per 1,0001988: 25.3 per 1,0001990: 20.3 per 1,0001992: 14.4 per 1,0001994: 8.1 per 1,0001996: 6.8 per 1,0001998: 4.6 per 1,0002000: 6.2 per 1,0002002: 6 per 1,0002004: 5.5 per 1,0002006: 7.9 per 1,0002008: 10 per 1,0002010: 11 per 1,0002012: 11.3 per 1,0002014: 10.9 per 1,0002016: 9.7 per 1,0002018: 7.9 per 1,0002020: 6.1 per 1,0002022: 4.9 per 1,0002024: 4.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −44.2 (−90.4%) Average annual rate: -3.6 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 4.7 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.7 −0 −0.65%
2023 4.7 −0.2 −4.36%
2022 4.9 −0.5 −8.87%
2021 5.4 −0.7 −11.27%
2020 6.1 −1.4 −18.21%
2019 7.5 −0.4 −4.98%
2018 7.9 −1.4 −14.72%
2017 9.2 −0.5 −4.93%
2016 9.7 −0.1 −1.45%
2015 9.8 −1 −9.41%
2014 10.9 +0.1 +0.59%
2013 10.8 −0.5 −4.19%
2012 11.3 +0.6 +5.91%
2011 10.6 −0.3 −2.81%
2010 11 +0.1 +1.09%
2009 10.8 +0.8 +8.08%
2008 10 +1.6 +19.1%
2007 8.4 +0.5 +6.84%
2006 7.9 +1.6 +25.16%
2005 6.3 +0.8 +14.95%
2004 5.5 −0.7 −11.78%
2003 6.2 +0.3 +4.28%
2002 6 +0 +0.56%
2001 5.9 −0.3 −4.24%
2000 6.2 +0.3 +4.62%
1999 5.9 +1.3 +27.97%
1998 4.6 −1.5 −24.34%
1997 6.1 −0.7 −10.77%
1996 6.8 −1.1 −14.3%
1995 8 −0.1 −1.42%
1994 8.1 −4 −33.24%
1993 12.1 −2.2 −15.52%
1992 14.4 −2.3 −13.75%
1991 16.6 −3.7 −18.17%
1990 20.3 −3.7 −15.37%
1989 24 −1.2 −4.83%
1988 25.3 −0.8 −3.17%
1987 26.1 +1.2 +4.98%
1986 24.8 +0.5 +2.01%
1985 24.4 +0.5 +2.18%
1984 23.8 +1.4 +6.35%
1983 22.4 +1.1 +5.02%
1982 21.3 +6.8 +46.93%
1981 14.5 +3.6 +32.94%
1980 10.9 −0.3 −2.86%
1979 11.2 −2.4 −17.39%
1978 13.6 −4.9 −26.64%
1977 18.6 −4.3 −18.67%
1976 22.8 −1.2 −4.9%
1975 24 −2.7 −10.24%
1974 26.7 −2.5 −8.69%
1973 29.3 −3.3 −10.01%
1972 32.5 −4.6 −12.37%
1971 37.1 −5.1 −12.12%
1970 42.2 −1.9 −4.24%
1969 44.1 −4.7 −9.56%
1968 48.8 +5.1 +11.77%
1967 43.6 −9.8 −18.41%
1966 53.5 −7.4 −12.2%
1965 60.9 −4.5 −6.93%
1964 65.5 −11.2 −14.62%
1963 76.7 +13.7 +21.75%
1962 63 +21.3 +50.96%
1961 41.7 −7.2 −14.75%
1960 48.9

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.