Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — United Kingdom

Adolescent fertility rate in the United Kingdom in 2024 — 7.8 per 1,000. Ranked 52 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 75.1%.

2024 7.8 per 1,000 −6.48% vs 2023
World rank 52of 217
Period maximum 50 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 7.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — United Kingdom, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 31.4 per 1,0001962: 36.2 per 1,0001964: 40.5 per 1,0001966: 48.7 per 1,0001968: 49.4 per 1,0001970: 48.9 per 1,0001972: 46.1 per 1,0001974: 39.2 per 1,0001976: 31.6 per 1,0001978: 28.9 per 1,0001980: 30.1 per 1,0001982: 27.9 per 1,0001984: 28.1 per 1,0001986: 30.4 per 1,0001988: 33 per 1,0001990: 34.4 per 1,0001992: 32.6 per 1,0001994: 28.7 per 1,0001996: 28.4 per 1,0001998: 30.4 per 1,0002000: 28.7 per 1,0002002: 26.2 per 1,0002004: 27.3 per 1,0002006: 26 per 1,0002008: 25.3 per 1,0002010: 23.6 per 1,0002012: 20 per 1,0002014: 15.8 per 1,0002016: 14 per 1,0002018: 12.1 per 1,0002020: 9.7 per 1,0002022: 8.4 per 1,0002024: 7.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −23.5 (−75.07%) Average annual rate: -2.15 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom

United Kingdom 7.8 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 6 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 7.8 −0.5 −6.48%
2023 8.4 −0 −0.24%
2022 8.4 −0.2 −2.32%
2021 8.6 −1.1 −11.58%
2020 9.7 −1.4 −12.32%
2019 11.1 −1 −8.32%
2018 12.1 −0.9 −7.01%
2017 13 −1 −6.98%
2016 14 −0.8 −5.17%
2015 14.7 −1.1 −6.9%
2014 15.8 −1.7 −9.67%
2013 17.5 −2.5 −12.71%
2012 20 −1.7 −7.76%
2011 21.7 −1.9 −8.12%
2010 23.6 −1.2 −4.75%
2009 24.8 −0.5 −1.91%
2008 25.3 +0 +0.13%
2007 25.3 −0.7 −2.81%
2006 26 −0.5 −2.01%
2005 26.5 −0.7 −2.7%
2004 27.3 +0.4 +1.56%
2003 26.9 +0.6 +2.35%
2002 26.2 −0.8 −2.99%
2001 27.1 −1.7 −5.85%
2000 28.7 −1.6 −5.35%
1999 30.4 +0 +0%
1998 30.4 +1 +3.43%
1997 29.3 +0.9 +3.23%
1996 28.4 +0.8 +3.04%
1995 27.6 −1.1 −3.77%
1994 28.7 −2 −6.61%
1993 30.7 −1.9 −5.83%
1992 32.6 −1.5 −4.45%
1991 34.1 −0.3 −0.81%
1990 34.4 +1.3 +3.96%
1989 33.1 +0.1 +0.22%
1988 33 +1.4 +4.49%
1987 31.6 +1.2 +3.95%
1986 30.4 +0.7 +2.41%
1985 29.7 +1.6 +5.63%
1984 28.1 +0.4 +1.5%
1983 27.7 −0.2 −0.72%
1982 27.9 −0.5 −1.62%
1981 28.3 −1.7 −5.78%
1980 30.1 +0.2 +0.66%
1979 29.9 +0.9 +3.24%
1978 28.9 −0 −0.07%
1977 29 −2.7 −8.48%
1976 31.6 −3.7 −10.4%
1975 35.3 −3.8 −9.81%
1974 39.2 −3.6 −8.47%
1973 42.8 −3.3 −7.23%
1972 46.1 −2.1 −4.28%
1971 48.2 −0.7 −1.45%
1970 48.9 −0.4 −0.71%
1969 49.2 −0.2 −0.36%
1968 49.4 −0.6 −1.23%
1967 50 +1.3 +2.69%
1966 48.7 +4.1 +9.22%
1965 44.6 +4.1 +10.14%
1964 40.5 +2.7 +7.13%
1963 37.8 +1.6 +4.47%
1962 36.2 +2 +5.84%
1961 34.2 +2.8 +9.05%
1960 31.4

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.