Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Europe

Adolescent fertility rate in Northern Europe in 2024 — 6 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80%.

2024 6 per 1,000 −6.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 45.5 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Europe, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30 per 1,0001962: 33.8 per 1,0001964: 38.2 per 1,0001966: 44.8 per 1,0001968: 44.4 per 1,0001970: 42.7 per 1,0001972: 40.5 per 1,0001974: 35.7 per 1,0001976: 29.9 per 1,0001978: 27.2 per 1,0001980: 27.3 per 1,0001982: 24.9 per 1,0001984: 24.5 per 1,0001986: 25.9 per 1,0001988: 27.8 per 1,0001990: 29.6 per 1,0001992: 28.4 per 1,0001994: 24.6 per 1,0001996: 23.6 per 1,0001998: 24.1 per 1,0002000: 22.9 per 1,0002002: 21 per 1,0002004: 21.3 per 1,0002006: 20.5 per 1,0002008: 20.1 per 1,0002010: 18.5 per 1,0002012: 15.9 per 1,0002014: 12.8 per 1,0002016: 11.2 per 1,0002018: 9.6 per 1,0002020: 7.6 per 1,0002022: 6.5 per 1,0002024: 6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −24 (−80.05%) Average annual rate: -2.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 6 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6 −0.4 −6.1%
2023 6.4 −0.1 −1.2%
2022 6.5 −0.3 −4.48%
2021 6.8 −0.9 −11.17%
2020 7.6 −1.1 −12.66%
2019 8.7 −0.9 −8.89%
2018 9.6 −0.8 −7.62%
2017 10.4 −0.9 −7.71%
2016 11.2 −0.7 −5.97%
2015 11.9 −0.9 −7.14%
2014 12.8 −1.3 −8.89%
2013 14.1 −1.8 −11.35%
2012 15.9 −1.2 −7.05%
2011 17.1 −1.4 −7.72%
2010 18.5 −1 −5.26%
2009 19.6 −0.5 −2.59%
2008 20.1 +0 +0.13%
2007 20.1 −0.4 −2.02%
2006 20.5 −0.3 −1.37%
2005 20.8 −0.5 −2.47%
2004 21.3 +0.1 +0.42%
2003 21.2 +0.2 +1.14%
2002 21 −0.7 −3.08%
2001 21.6 −1.3 −5.67%
2000 22.9 −1.1 −4.47%
1999 24 −0.1 −0.42%
1998 24.1 +0.3 +1.42%
1997 23.8 +0.1 +0.49%
1996 23.6 +0.2 +0.73%
1995 23.5 −1.1 −4.54%
1994 24.6 −1.9 −7.12%
1993 26.5 −1.9 −6.72%
1992 28.4 −1.2 −4%
1991 29.6 −0 −0.16%
1990 29.6 +1.4 +4.84%
1989 28.2 +0.5 +1.79%
1988 27.8 +1.2 +4.6%
1987 26.5 +0.7 +2.63%
1986 25.9 +0.5 +1.8%
1985 25.4 +0.9 +3.52%
1984 24.5 +0.1 +0.61%
1983 24.4 −0.5 −1.89%
1982 24.9 −0.7 −2.63%
1981 25.5 −1.8 −6.48%
1980 27.3 −0.1 −0.39%
1979 27.4 +0.2 +0.86%
1978 27.2 −0.5 −1.82%
1977 27.7 −2.2 −7.48%
1976 29.9 −3 −9.25%
1975 33 −2.8 −7.72%
1974 35.7 −2.2 −5.83%
1973 37.9 −2.6 −6.43%
1972 40.5 −1.5 −3.63%
1971 42.1 −0.6 −1.43%
1970 42.7 −0.7 −1.62%
1969 43.4 −1 −2.35%
1968 44.4 −1 −2.29%
1967 45.5 +0.7 +1.54%
1966 44.8 +3.2 +7.79%
1965 41.5 +3.4 +8.78%
1964 38.2 +2.8 +8.03%
1963 35.3 +1.5 +4.59%
1962 33.8 +1.6 +4.93%
1961 32.2 +2.2 +7.26%
1960 30

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.