Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Uruguay

Adolescent fertility rate in Uruguay in 2024 — 25.1 per 1,000. Ranked 103 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 60.5%.

2024 25.1 per 1,000 −4.17% vs 2023
World rank 103of 217
Period maximum 70.3 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 25.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Uruguay, 1960–20242040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.5 per 1,0001962: 63.9 per 1,0001964: 63.9 per 1,0001966: 63 per 1,0001968: 61.1 per 1,0001970: 62 per 1,0001972: 63.4 per 1,0001974: 67.5 per 1,0001976: 69 per 1,0001978: 67.6 per 1,0001980: 63.7 per 1,0001982: 59.8 per 1,0001984: 56.2 per 1,0001986: 56.8 per 1,0001988: 62.6 per 1,0001990: 62.3 per 1,0001992: 62.8 per 1,0001994: 65.6 per 1,0001996: 66.4 per 1,0001998: 65 per 1,0002000: 67.1 per 1,0002002: 65.5 per 1,0002004: 59.8 per 1,0002006: 60 per 1,0002008: 59.7 per 1,0002010: 59.5 per 1,0002012: 60.4 per 1,0002014: 58.2 per 1,0002016: 50.8 per 1,0002018: 37.8 per 1,0002020: 29.6 per 1,0002022: 26.5 per 1,0002024: 25.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −38.4 (−60.46%) Average annual rate: -1.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 25.1 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 50.4 per 1,000
South America computed 44 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 25.1 −1.1 −4.17%
2023 26.2 −0.3 −1.13%
2022 26.5 −0.9 −3.18%
2021 27.4 −2.2 −7.55%
2020 29.6 −3.5 −10.51%
2019 33.1 −4.7 −12.44%
2018 37.8 −6.5 −14.72%
2017 44.3 −6.6 −12.91%
2016 50.8 −5.1 −9.05%
2015 55.9 −2.3 −3.99%
2014 58.2 −2.3 −3.82%
2013 60.5 +0.2 +0.32%
2012 60.4 +1.2 +2.11%
2011 59.1 −0.4 −0.72%
2010 59.5 −0 −0.06%
2009 59.6 −0.1 −0.22%
2008 59.7 −0.1 −0.15%
2007 59.8 −0.2 −0.33%
2006 60 −0.3 −0.43%
2005 60.3 +0.5 +0.84%
2004 59.8 −1.9 −3.02%
2003 61.6 −3.9 −5.96%
2002 65.5 −1.3 −2.01%
2001 66.9 −0.2 −0.32%
2000 67.1 −1.4 −2.07%
1999 68.5 +3.5 +5.37%
1998 65 −1.1 −1.67%
1997 66.1 −0.3 −0.48%
1996 66.4 +0 +0.06%
1995 66.4 +0.8 +1.17%
1994 65.6 +2.1 +3.27%
1993 63.5 +0.8 +1.22%
1992 62.8 +0.5 +0.84%
1991 62.3 −0.1 −0.09%
1990 62.3 −0.3 −0.51%
1989 62.6 +0.1 +0.08%
1988 62.6 +2.9 +4.89%
1987 59.7 +2.9 +5.08%
1986 56.8 +1.5 +2.75%
1985 55.3 −0.9 −1.68%
1984 56.2 −2.4 −4.18%
1983 58.7 −1.1 −1.88%
1982 59.8 −2 −3.21%
1981 61.8 −1.9 −3%
1980 63.7 −2.3 −3.5%
1979 66 −1.6 −2.37%
1978 67.6 −1.2 −1.69%
1977 68.7 −0.3 −0.4%
1976 69 −1.3 −1.82%
1975 70.3 +2.8 +4.09%
1974 67.5 +3.7 +5.72%
1973 63.9 +0.5 +0.78%
1972 63.4 +0.4 +0.63%
1971 63 +1 +1.58%
1970 62 +1.1 +1.85%
1969 60.9 −0.3 −0.43%
1968 61.1 −0.7 −1.2%
1967 61.9 −1.1 −1.74%
1966 63 −0.5 −0.81%
1965 63.5 −0.4 −0.6%
1964 63.9 −0.3 −0.5%
1963 64.2 +0.3 +0.54%
1962 63.9 +0.2 +0.35%
1961 63.6 +0.2 +0.26%
1960 63.5

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.