Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Zimbabwe

Adolescent fertility rate in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 95.5 per 1,000. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43.1%.

2024 95.5 per 1,000 −2.58% vs 2023
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 167.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 95.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Zimbabwe, 1960–20248010012014016018019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 167.8 per 1,0001962: 165 per 1,0001964: 157.1 per 1,0001966: 143.2 per 1,0001968: 140 per 1,0001970: 141 per 1,0001972: 141.7 per 1,0001974: 142.3 per 1,0001976: 143.7 per 1,0001978: 140 per 1,0001980: 139 per 1,0001982: 137.6 per 1,0001984: 122.6 per 1,0001986: 108 per 1,0001988: 103.6 per 1,0001990: 102.5 per 1,0001992: 99.3 per 1,0001994: 97.5 per 1,0001996: 97.8 per 1,0001998: 100.8 per 1,0002000: 102.2 per 1,0002002: 102.6 per 1,0002004: 106.2 per 1,0002006: 105.3 per 1,0002008: 107.8 per 1,0002010: 111.7 per 1,0002012: 110.4 per 1,0002014: 105.6 per 1,0002016: 100.8 per 1,0002018: 98.6 per 1,0002020: 98.9 per 1,0002022: 99.5 per 1,0002024: 95.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −72.3 (−43.09%) Average annual rate: -0.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 95.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 91.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 95.5 −2.5 −2.58%
2023 98.1 −1.4 −1.43%
2022 99.5 +0.3 +0.29%
2021 99.2 +0.3 +0.31%
2020 98.9 +0.2 +0.16%
2019 98.7 +0.1 +0.12%
2018 98.6 −0.4 −0.45%
2017 99.1 −1.8 −1.78%
2016 100.8 −1.9 −1.8%
2015 102.7 −2.9 −2.77%
2014 105.6 −2.4 −2.23%
2013 108 −2.3 −2.12%
2012 110.4 −2 −1.79%
2011 112.4 +0.7 +0.6%
2010 111.7 +1.3 +1.15%
2009 110.5 +2.6 +2.42%
2008 107.8 +3.4 +3.24%
2007 104.5 −0.8 −0.76%
2006 105.3 −3.2 −2.94%
2005 108.4 +2.2 +2.11%
2004 106.2 +1.1 +1.09%
2003 105.1 +2.5 +2.4%
2002 102.6 −0.2 −0.22%
2001 102.8 +0.6 +0.58%
2000 102.2 −0.2 −0.16%
1999 102.4 +1.6 +1.58%
1998 100.8 +1.5 +1.56%
1997 99.2 +1.4 +1.45%
1996 97.8 +0.3 +0.31%
1995 97.5 −0 −0.01%
1994 97.5 −0.4 −0.45%
1993 98 −1.4 −1.39%
1992 99.3 −2.2 −2.16%
1991 101.5 −1 −0.93%
1990 102.5 −0.8 −0.81%
1989 103.3 −0.2 −0.22%
1988 103.6 −0.2 −0.16%
1987 103.7 −4.3 −4%
1986 108 −7.2 −6.22%
1985 115.2 −7.4 −6%
1984 122.6 −8.1 −6.2%
1983 130.7 −6.9 −5.05%
1982 137.6 +0 +0.03%
1981 137.6 −1.4 −1%
1980 139 −0.6 −0.42%
1979 139.5 −0.4 −0.32%
1978 140 +2.4 +1.77%
1977 137.6 −6.1 −4.26%
1976 143.7 −1.1 −0.74%
1975 144.7 +2.4 +1.71%
1974 142.3 −0.3 −0.2%
1973 142.6 +0.9 +0.61%
1972 141.7 +1.8 +1.27%
1971 140 −1.1 −0.76%
1970 141 −1.2 −0.84%
1969 142.2 +2.2 +1.6%
1968 140 −0.5 −0.36%
1967 140.5 −2.7 −1.88%
1966 143.2 −6.3 −4.21%
1965 149.5 −7.6 −4.83%
1964 157.1 −5.8 −3.58%
1963 162.9 −2.1 −1.27%
1962 165 −1.9 −1.14%
1961 166.9 −0.9 −0.56%
1960 167.8

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.