Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Western Asia

Adolescent fertility rate in Western Asia in 2024 — 30.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 75.2%.

2024 30.4 per 1,000 −1.93% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 122.3 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 30.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Western Asia, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 122.2 per 1,0001962: 121.2 per 1,0001964: 115.8 per 1,0001966: 112.2 per 1,0001968: 108.9 per 1,0001970: 106.5 per 1,0001972: 107.8 per 1,0001974: 105.9 per 1,0001976: 100.2 per 1,0001978: 97.9 per 1,0001980: 99.4 per 1,0001982: 96.5 per 1,0001984: 91.3 per 1,0001986: 82.4 per 1,0001988: 75.1 per 1,0001990: 73 per 1,0001992: 70.7 per 1,0001994: 68.4 per 1,0001996: 62.2 per 1,0001998: 58.7 per 1,0002000: 54.5 per 1,0002002: 50 per 1,0002004: 49.3 per 1,0002006: 49.9 per 1,0002008: 47.1 per 1,0002010: 45.4 per 1,0002012: 44.1 per 1,0002014: 42.1 per 1,0002016: 38.5 per 1,0002018: 35.4 per 1,0002020: 32.8 per 1,0002022: 31.1 per 1,0002024: 30.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −91.9 (−75.16%) Average annual rate: -2.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 30.4 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 30.4 −0.6 −1.93%
2023 31 −0.1 −0.38%
2022 31.1 −0.7 −2.33%
2021 31.8 −1 −3.05%
2020 32.8 −1.4 −4.02%
2019 34.2 −1.3 −3.55%
2018 35.4 −1.3 −3.64%
2017 36.8 −1.7 −4.47%
2016 38.5 −1.7 −4.24%
2015 40.2 −1.9 −4.59%
2014 42.1 −0.8 −1.93%
2013 43 −1.1 −2.52%
2012 44.1 −0.6 −1.28%
2011 44.7 −0.8 −1.68%
2010 45.4 −1.1 −2.27%
2009 46.5 −0.6 −1.3%
2008 47.1 −1.2 −2.58%
2007 48.3 −1.6 −3.15%
2006 49.9 +0.3 +0.6%
2005 49.6 +0.4 +0.72%
2004 49.3 +0 +0.01%
2003 49.2 −0.8 −1.5%
2002 50 −2.2 −4.19%
2001 52.2 −2.3 −4.22%
2000 54.5 −2.6 −4.58%
1999 57.1 −1.6 −2.65%
1998 58.7 −2 −3.3%
1997 60.7 −1.5 −2.49%
1996 62.2 −2.9 −4.41%
1995 65.1 −3.3 −4.84%
1994 68.4 −1.8 −2.61%
1993 70.2 −0.5 −0.73%
1992 70.7 −2.7 −3.67%
1991 73.4 +0.4 +0.6%
1990 73 +1.3 +1.75%
1989 71.7 −3.3 −4.44%
1988 75.1 −2 −2.6%
1987 77.1 −5.3 −6.45%
1986 82.4 −5.1 −5.79%
1985 87.5 −3.8 −4.16%
1984 91.3 −3.2 −3.36%
1983 94.4 −2.1 −2.14%
1982 96.5 −2.1 −2.16%
1981 98.6 −0.7 −0.73%
1980 99.4 +0.5 +0.5%
1979 98.9 +1 +1%
1978 97.9 −0.2 −0.2%
1977 98.1 −2.1 −2.12%
1976 100.2 −2.5 −2.46%
1975 102.7 −3.2 −3.03%
1974 105.9 −1.4 −1.27%
1973 107.3 −0.4 −0.42%
1972 107.8 −0.1 −0.06%
1971 107.8 +1.3 +1.2%
1970 106.5 −0.5 −0.47%
1969 107.1 −1.9 −1.7%
1968 108.9 −2 −1.8%
1967 110.9 −1.3 −1.16%
1966 112.2 −1.2 −1.08%
1965 113.4 −2.3 −2.01%
1964 115.8 −2.3 −1.93%
1963 118 −3.2 −2.62%
1962 121.2 −1.1 −0.91%
1961 122.3 +0.1 +0.09%
1960 122.2

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.