Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern America

Adolescent fertility rate in Northern America in 2024 — 11.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.4%.

2024 11.5 per 1,000 −5.73% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 85.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 11.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern America, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.1 per 1,0001962: 77.4 per 1,0001964: 68.7 per 1,0001966: 69.9 per 1,0001968: 64.2 per 1,0001970: 64.6 per 1,0001972: 59.6 per 1,0001974: 56.1 per 1,0001976: 52.1 per 1,0001978: 50.8 per 1,0001980: 52.2 per 1,0001982: 51.8 per 1,0001984: 49.3 per 1,0001986: 47.8 per 1,0001988: 51.5 per 1,0001990: 57.9 per 1,0001992: 56.5 per 1,0001994: 53.8 per 1,0001996: 49.6 per 1,0001998: 46.9 per 1,0002000: 44.5 per 1,0002002: 39.9 per 1,0002004: 37.6 per 1,0002006: 37.7 per 1,0002008: 37.5 per 1,0002010: 32.7 per 1,0002012: 27.7 per 1,0002014: 22.8 per 1,0002016: 18.9 per 1,0002018: 16.1 per 1,0002020: 13.8 per 1,0002022: 12.7 per 1,0002024: 11.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −73.5 (−86.43%) Average annual rate: -3.07 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern America 11.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Northern America, by year Northern America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 11.5 −0.7 −5.73%
2023 12.2 −0.5 −3.59%
2022 12.7 −0.1 −1.05%
2021 12.8 −1 −6.9%
2020 13.8 −1.4 −9.22%
2019 15.2 −0.9 −5.77%
2018 16.1 −1.3 −7.43%
2017 17.4 −1.5 −7.98%
2016 18.9 −1.9 −8.95%
2015 20.8 −2 −8.95%
2014 22.8 −2.2 −8.75%
2013 25 −2.7 −9.6%
2012 27.7 −2.1 −7.2%
2011 29.8 −2.9 −8.89%
2010 32.7 −3 −8.47%
2009 35.8 −1.7 −4.63%
2008 37.5 −0.6 −1.68%
2007 38.1 +0.5 +1.22%
2006 37.7 +0.8 +2.18%
2005 36.9 −0.7 −1.82%
2004 37.6 −0.8 −2.11%
2003 38.4 −1.5 −3.81%
2002 39.9 −2.2 −5.29%
2001 42.1 −2.4 −5.37%
2000 44.5 −1.2 −2.63%
1999 45.7 −1.2 −2.5%
1998 46.9 −0.8 −1.65%
1997 47.7 −1.9 −3.83%
1996 49.6 −2.2 −4.24%
1995 51.8 −2 −3.78%
1994 53.8 −1.2 −2.24%
1993 55 −1.5 −2.59%
1992 56.5 −1.6 −2.82%
1991 58.1 +0.2 +0.33%
1990 57.9 +2.5 +4.48%
1989 55.4 +4 +7.74%
1988 51.5 +2.9 +6.02%
1987 48.5 +0.7 +1.51%
1986 47.8 −0.9 −1.88%
1985 48.7 −0.6 −1.12%
1984 49.3 −1.3 −2.56%
1983 50.6 −1.2 −2.38%
1982 51.8 +0.1 +0.21%
1981 51.7 −0.5 −0.96%
1980 52.2 +0.7 +1.4%
1979 51.5 +0.7 +1.43%
1978 50.8 −1.2 −2.22%
1977 51.9 −0.1 −0.28%
1976 52.1 −2.3 −4.23%
1975 54.4 −1.7 −3.09%
1974 56.1 −1.4 −2.49%
1973 57.5 −2.1 −3.51%
1972 59.6 −2.4 −3.85%
1971 62 −2.6 −3.98%
1970 64.6 +1.1 +1.66%
1969 63.5 −0.7 −1.12%
1968 64.2 −2.3 −3.49%
1967 66.6 −3.3 −4.77%
1966 69.9 +1 +1.4%
1965 68.9 +0.2 +0.29%
1964 68.7 −2.3 −3.29%
1963 71.1 −6.3 −8.17%
1962 77.4 −6.6 −7.87%
1961 84 −1.1 −1.28%
1960 85.1

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.