Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Timor-Leste

Adolescent fertility rate in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 26.8 per 1,000. Ranked 108 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.7%.

2024 26.8 per 1,000 −2.27% vs 2023
World rank 108of 217
Period maximum 66.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 26.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Timor-Leste, 1960–202420304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 66.5 per 1,0001962: 65.2 per 1,0001964: 64.5 per 1,0001966: 65.7 per 1,0001968: 64.7 per 1,0001970: 59.6 per 1,0001972: 57.8 per 1,0001974: 55.6 per 1,0001976: 54 per 1,0001978: 54.2 per 1,0001980: 55.9 per 1,0001982: 59.4 per 1,0001984: 60 per 1,0001986: 61.1 per 1,0001988: 62.1 per 1,0001990: 63.2 per 1,0001992: 63.2 per 1,0001994: 62.6 per 1,0001996: 61.6 per 1,0001998: 61.1 per 1,0002000: 61 per 1,0002002: 60.1 per 1,0002004: 53.4 per 1,0002006: 52 per 1,0002008: 49.1 per 1,0002010: 46 per 1,0002012: 43.2 per 1,0002014: 38.9 per 1,0002016: 34.9 per 1,0002018: 31.7 per 1,0002020: 29.4 per 1,0002022: 27.9 per 1,0002024: 26.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −39.7 (−59.74%) Average annual rate: -1.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 26.8 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 14.3 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 28.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 26.8 −0.6 −2.27%
2023 27.4 −0.5 −1.66%
2022 27.9 −0.4 −1.46%
2021 28.3 −1.1 −3.82%
2020 29.4 −1.1 −3.53%
2019 30.5 −1.2 −3.9%
2018 31.7 −1.5 −4.42%
2017 33.2 −1.7 −4.94%
2016 34.9 −1.9 −5.11%
2015 36.8 −2.2 −5.54%
2014 38.9 −2.2 −5.28%
2013 41.1 −2.1 −4.92%
2012 43.2 −1.5 −3.3%
2011 44.7 −1.3 −2.73%
2010 46 −3.1 −6.35%
2009 49.1 +0 +0.06%
2008 49.1 −1.4 −2.75%
2007 50.5 −1.5 −2.97%
2006 52 −0.8 −1.54%
2005 52.8 −0.6 −1.1%
2004 53.4 −2.8 −4.94%
2003 56.2 −3.9 −6.47%
2002 60.1 −0.4 −0.73%
2001 60.5 −0.5 −0.78%
2000 61 −0.2 −0.34%
1999 61.2 +0.1 +0.1%
1998 61.1 −0.2 −0.25%
1997 61.3 −0.3 −0.52%
1996 61.6 −0.6 −0.91%
1995 62.2 −0.4 −0.67%
1994 62.6 −0.2 −0.38%
1993 62.8 −0.3 −0.5%
1992 63.2 +0 +0.07%
1991 63.1 −0.1 −0.11%
1990 63.2 +0.4 +0.65%
1989 62.8 +0.6 +1.03%
1988 62.1 +0.7 +1.06%
1987 61.5 +0.4 +0.67%
1986 61.1 +0.5 +0.81%
1985 60.6 +0.5 +0.91%
1984 60 +0.4 +0.6%
1983 59.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1982 59.4 +0.2 +0.37%
1981 59.2 +3.3 +5.92%
1980 55.9 +0.9 +1.72%
1979 54.9 +0.7 +1.33%
1978 54.2 +0.3 +0.6%
1977 53.9 −0.1 −0.24%
1976 54 −0.5 −0.94%
1975 54.5 −1.1 −1.94%
1974 55.6 −1.1 −2.01%
1973 56.7 −1.1 −1.88%
1972 57.8 −1 −1.65%
1971 58.8 −0.8 −1.37%
1970 59.6 −2.5 −3.96%
1969 62.1 −2.6 −4.01%
1968 64.7 −0.9 −1.43%
1967 65.6 −0.1 −0.21%
1966 65.7 +1 +1.47%
1965 64.8 +0.3 +0.42%
1964 64.5 −0.4 −0.63%
1963 64.9 −0.3 −0.47%
1962 65.2 −0.7 −1.02%
1961 65.9 −0.6 −0.95%
1960 66.5

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.