Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — United States Virgin Islands

Adolescent fertility rate in the United States Virgin Islands in 2024 — 31.1 per 1,000. Ranked 115 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 81.4%.

2024 31.1 per 1,000 −2% vs 2023
World rank 115of 217
Period maximum 194.6 per 1,0001962
Period minimum 31.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — United States Virgin Islands, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 167 per 1,0001962: 194.6 per 1,0001964: 191.7 per 1,0001966: 164.2 per 1,0001968: 159.7 per 1,0001970: 185.6 per 1,0001972: 152.3 per 1,0001974: 126.4 per 1,0001976: 111.5 per 1,0001978: 102.4 per 1,0001980: 82.9 per 1,0001982: 84.4 per 1,0001984: 79.7 per 1,0001986: 74.6 per 1,0001988: 84.5 per 1,0001990: 94 per 1,0001992: 111.7 per 1,0001994: 108.4 per 1,0001996: 78.7 per 1,0001998: 71.6 per 1,0002000: 57 per 1,0002002: 55.5 per 1,0002004: 54.7 per 1,0002006: 54.5 per 1,0002008: 55.9 per 1,0002010: 52.2 per 1,0002012: 45.5 per 1,0002014: 40.5 per 1,0002016: 34 per 1,0002018: 32.6 per 1,0002020: 31.8 per 1,0002022: 31.7 per 1,0002024: 31.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −135.8 (−81.35%) Average annual rate: -2.59 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands 31.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
Caribbean computed 44.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — United States Virgin Islands, by year United States Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 31.1 −0.6 −2%
2023 31.8 +0.1 +0.24%
2022 31.7 −0.1 −0.27%
2021 31.8 +0 +0.09%
2020 31.8 −0.4 −1.28%
2019 32.2 −0.4 −1.27%
2018 32.6 −0.6 −1.74%
2017 33.2 −0.8 −2.37%
2016 34 −4 −10.55%
2015 38 −2.5 −6.17%
2014 40.5 −2.4 −5.53%
2013 42.8 −2.7 −5.83%
2012 45.5 −5.5 −10.86%
2011 51 −1.2 −2.29%
2010 52.2 −2.2 −3.98%
2009 54.4 −1.5 −2.67%
2008 55.9 +1.5 +2.7%
2007 54.4 −0.1 −0.21%
2006 54.5 +1.5 +2.83%
2005 53 −1.6 −2.99%
2004 54.7 +1.7 +3.21%
2003 53 −2.6 −4.6%
2002 55.5 −2.5 −4.36%
2001 58.1 +1.1 +1.93%
2000 57 −5.6 −8.92%
1999 62.5 −9 −12.64%
1998 71.6 −9.9 −12.1%
1997 81.5 +2.7 +3.49%
1996 78.7 −12.3 −13.56%
1995 91 −17.3 −15.98%
1994 108.4 −5 −4.44%
1993 113.4 +1.7 +1.51%
1992 111.7 +7.9 +7.61%
1991 103.8 +9.8 +10.38%
1990 94 +3.6 +3.93%
1989 90.5 +6 +7.12%
1988 84.5 +3.6 +4.49%
1987 80.8 +6.2 +8.34%
1986 74.6 −2.5 −3.18%
1985 77.1 −2.7 −3.33%
1984 79.7 −5.7 −6.64%
1983 85.4 +1 +1.13%
1982 84.4 +1.2 +1.42%
1981 83.3 +0.4 +0.49%
1980 82.9 −5.3 −6.02%
1979 88.2 −14.2 −13.87%
1978 102.4 −3 −2.88%
1977 105.4 −6.1 −5.46%
1976 111.5 −6.6 −5.61%
1975 118.1 −8.3 −6.54%
1974 126.4 −9.4 −6.93%
1973 135.8 −16.5 −10.81%
1972 152.3 −11.2 −6.88%
1971 163.5 −22.1 −11.92%
1970 185.6 +30.7 +19.83%
1969 154.9 −4.8 −2.98%
1968 159.7 −6.7 −4.04%
1967 166.4 +2.2 +1.35%
1966 164.2 −24.7 −13.09%
1965 188.9 −2.9 −1.49%
1964 191.7 +8.8 +4.8%
1963 183 −11.7 −6.01%
1962 194.6 +20.9 +12.02%
1961 173.8 +6.8 +4.06%
1960 167

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.