Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Southern Europe

Adolescent fertility rate in Southern Europe in 2024 — 5.1 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77%.

2024 5.1 per 1,000 −1.69% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 33.9 per 1,0001976
Period minimum 5.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Southern Europe, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22.3 per 1,0001962: 22.1 per 1,0001964: 23.1 per 1,0001966: 26.6 per 1,0001968: 28 per 1,0001970: 28 per 1,0001972: 30 per 1,0001974: 32.9 per 1,0001976: 33.9 per 1,0001978: 31.9 per 1,0001980: 29 per 1,0001982: 25.7 per 1,0001984: 23.5 per 1,0001986: 20.3 per 1,0001988: 18.3 per 1,0001990: 15.9 per 1,0001992: 14 per 1,0001994: 12.7 per 1,0001996: 11.6 per 1,0001998: 11.1 per 1,0002000: 11.2 per 1,0002002: 11.1 per 1,0002004: 11.2 per 1,0002006: 11.1 per 1,0002008: 11.6 per 1,0002010: 10.5 per 1,0002012: 9.2 per 1,0002014: 8.2 per 1,0002016: 7.4 per 1,0002018: 6.5 per 1,0002020: 5.7 per 1,0002022: 5.3 per 1,0002024: 5.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −17.2 (−77.02%) Average annual rate: -2.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 5.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.1 −0.1 −1.69%
2023 5.2 −0.1 −1.1%
2022 5.3 −0 −0.9%
2021 5.3 −0.4 −7.1%
2020 5.7 −0.5 −7.71%
2019 6.2 −0.3 −5.01%
2018 6.5 −0.4 −6.33%
2017 7 −0.4 −5.29%
2016 7.4 −0.4 −4.57%
2015 7.7 −0.5 −5.6%
2014 8.2 −0.3 −3.84%
2013 8.5 −0.7 −8.01%
2012 9.2 −0.5 −4.88%
2011 9.7 −0.8 −7.19%
2010 10.5 −0.6 −5.49%
2009 11.1 −0.5 −4.25%
2008 11.6 +0.3 +3.06%
2007 11.2 +0.2 +1.56%
2006 11.1 −0 −0.35%
2005 11.1 −0.1 −1.22%
2004 11.2 +0 +0.29%
2003 11.2 +0.1 +0.53%
2002 11.1 +0.1 +0.7%
2001 11.1 −0.1 −1.03%
2000 11.2 +0 +0.19%
1999 11.2 +0.1 +0.63%
1998 11.1 −0.3 −2.68%
1997 11.4 −0.2 −1.52%
1996 11.6 −0.5 −4.1%
1995 12.1 −0.7 −5.35%
1994 12.7 −0.8 −5.6%
1993 13.5 −0.5 −3.89%
1992 14 −0.8 −5.68%
1991 14.9 −1 −6.2%
1990 15.9 −1.1 −6.42%
1989 17 −1.3 −7.31%
1988 18.3 −0.7 −3.88%
1987 19 −1.2 −6.09%
1986 20.3 −1.7 −7.74%
1985 22 −1.5 −6.34%
1984 23.5 −1 −4.09%
1983 24.5 −1.2 −4.84%
1982 25.7 −1 −3.91%
1981 26.8 −2.2 −7.61%
1980 29 −1.7 −5.54%
1979 30.7 −1.2 −3.81%
1978 31.9 −0.9 −2.72%
1977 32.8 −1.1 −3.27%
1976 33.9 +0.4 +1.05%
1975 33.5 +0.7 +1.98%
1974 32.9 +1.9 +5.97%
1973 31 +1 +3.48%
1972 30 +1.2 +4.03%
1971 28.8 +0.8 +2.91%
1970 28 +0.2 +0.71%
1969 27.8 −0.2 −0.56%
1968 28 +0.6 +2.35%
1967 27.3 +0.7 +2.78%
1966 26.6 +1.7 +6.82%
1965 24.9 +1.7 +7.5%
1964 23.1 +1.3 +5.85%
1963 21.9 −0.2 −0.84%
1962 22.1 +0.1 +0.32%
1961 22 −0.3 −1.48%
1960 22.3

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.