Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Africa

Adolescent fertility rate in Northern Africa in 2024 — 35.1 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.3%.

2024 35.1 per 1,000 −1.79% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 147.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 35.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Africa, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 147.7 per 1,0001962: 144 per 1,0001964: 140.7 per 1,0001966: 139 per 1,0001968: 129.3 per 1,0001970: 121 per 1,0001972: 118.4 per 1,0001974: 111.8 per 1,0001976: 105.4 per 1,0001978: 98.5 per 1,0001980: 92.9 per 1,0001982: 87.7 per 1,0001984: 79.8 per 1,0001986: 72.2 per 1,0001988: 67.2 per 1,0001990: 60 per 1,0001992: 57.5 per 1,0001994: 54.6 per 1,0001996: 51.9 per 1,0001998: 49.9 per 1,0002000: 48.6 per 1,0002002: 46.5 per 1,0002004: 45.8 per 1,0002006: 45.8 per 1,0002008: 46.2 per 1,0002010: 46.2 per 1,0002012: 45.3 per 1,0002014: 45.1 per 1,0002016: 43.5 per 1,0002018: 39.7 per 1,0002020: 37.9 per 1,0002022: 36.1 per 1,0002024: 35.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −112.6 (−76.25%) Average annual rate: -2.22 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Africa 35.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 35.1 −0.6 −1.79%
2023 35.7 −0.4 −1.08%
2022 36.1 −0.4 −1.16%
2021 36.5 −1.3 −3.56%
2020 37.9 −0.4 −1.17%
2019 38.3 −1.4 −3.62%
2018 39.7 −3 −7%
2017 42.7 −0.7 −1.64%
2016 43.5 −1.6 −3.61%
2015 45.1 +0 +0.01%
2014 45.1 −0.5 −1.04%
2013 45.6 +0.2 +0.54%
2012 45.3 −0.2 −0.55%
2011 45.6 −0.7 −1.48%
2010 46.2 −0.2 −0.37%
2009 46.4 +0.2 +0.51%
2008 46.2 −0.3 −0.64%
2007 46.5 +0.7 +1.52%
2006 45.8 −0 −0.05%
2005 45.8 −0 −0.1%
2004 45.8 −0.3 −0.71%
2003 46.2 −0.3 −0.66%
2002 46.5 −1.2 −2.43%
2001 47.6 −1 −1.98%
2000 48.6 −0.7 −1.39%
1999 49.3 −0.6 −1.29%
1998 49.9 −1.2 −2.28%
1997 51.1 −0.8 −1.63%
1996 51.9 −1.2 −2.32%
1995 53.2 −1.4 −2.54%
1994 54.6 −1.4 −2.42%
1993 55.9 −1.6 −2.74%
1992 57.5 −1.5 −2.55%
1991 59 −1 −1.67%
1990 60 −3.9 −6.14%
1989 63.9 −3.3 −4.85%
1988 67.2 −1.8 −2.67%
1987 69 −3.2 −4.45%
1986 72.2 −4.4 −5.7%
1985 76.6 −3.2 −3.98%
1984 79.8 −6 −7.04%
1983 85.8 −1.8 −2.09%
1982 87.7 −2.6 −2.89%
1981 90.3 −2.6 −2.8%
1980 92.9 −1 −1.02%
1979 93.8 −4.7 −4.73%
1978 98.5 −2.5 −2.47%
1977 101 −4.4 −4.21%
1976 105.4 −4.4 −4.04%
1975 109.9 −1.9 −1.72%
1974 111.8 −2.7 −2.35%
1973 114.5 −4 −3.34%
1972 118.4 −1.8 −1.46%
1971 120.2 −0.8 −0.65%
1970 121 −5.2 −4.11%
1969 126.1 −3.2 −2.46%
1968 129.3 −5.4 −3.98%
1967 134.7 −4.3 −3.07%
1966 139 +1.3 +0.94%
1965 137.7 −3.1 −2.18%
1964 140.7 −2.8 −1.97%
1963 143.6 −0.5 −0.32%
1962 144 −1.7 −1.14%
1961 145.7 −2 −1.35%
1960 147.7

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.