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Adolescent fertility rate
Compare adolescent fertility rate across 215 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
39.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
Median: 27.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Central African Republic
161.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
Lowest
Macao
0.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
Top 5 Countries
1Central African Republic161.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
2Equatorial Guinea152.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
3Mozambique151.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
4Niger141.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
5Angola139.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19
By Region
Key Findings
- •215 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
- •Central African Republic has the highest published value (161.348 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19).
- •Macao has the lowest published value (0.478 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)High (161.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 39.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
About This Statistic
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 161.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 152.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 151.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 4 | Niger | 141.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 5 | Angola | 139.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 6 | Mali | 135.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 7 | Chad | 132.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 8 | Madagascar | 128.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 9 | Liberia | 124.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 10 | Guinea | 116.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 11 | Zambia | 115.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 12 | Somalia | 115.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 13 | Malawi | 113.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 112.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 15 | Republic of the Congo | 108.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 105.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 105.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 18 | Uganda | 104.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 19 | South Sudan | 96.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 95.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 93.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 91.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 90.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 24 | Gabon | 89.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 25 | Mauritania | 87.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 85.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 27 | Sao Tome and Principe | 85.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 28 | Nigeria | 84.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 29 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 30 | Honduras | 81.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 80.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 32 | Benin | 76.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 33 | Togo | 76.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 34 | Nauru | 75.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 35 | Yemen | 73.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 36 | Venezuela | 73.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 37 | Marshall Islands | 71.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 70.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 39 | Paraguay | 70.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 69.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 41 | Guyana | 68.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 68.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 43 | Eswatini | 68.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 44 | Guatemala | 67.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 45 | Nepal | 66.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 46 | Namibia | 65.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 65.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 48 | Eritrea | 65.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 49 | Sudan | 64.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 50 | Bolivia | 64.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 61.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 52 | Mexico | 59.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 53 | Senegal | 59.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 54 | Colombia | 58.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 55 | Ghana | 57.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 56 | Iraq | 57.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 57 | Republic of The Gambia | 56.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 58 | Panama | 55.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 59 | Belize | 55.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 60 | Kenya | 54.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 54.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 62 | Comoros | 53.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 53.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 64 | Seychelles | 53.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 65 | El Salvador | 53.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 66 | Botswana | 53.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 67 | Burundi | 52.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 68 | South Africa | 51.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 50.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 70 | Solomon Islands | 49.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 71 | Haiti | 49.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 72 | Cuba | 48.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 73 | Cambodia | 47.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 74 | Suriname | 46.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 75 | Barbados | 45.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 76 | Kiribati | 44.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 77 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 43.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 78 | Samoa | 43.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 79 | Peru | 42.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 80 | Brazil | 41.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 81 | Egypt | 41.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 40.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 83 | Pakistan | 39.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 39.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 85 | Syrian Arab Republic | 38.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 38.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 37.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 89 | Jamaica | 36.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 91 | State of Palestine | 35.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 92 | Greenland | 35.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 34.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 94 | American Samoa | 34.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 34.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 96 | Dominica | 34.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 97 | Vietnam | 33.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 98 | Myanmar | 33.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 99 | Romania | 32.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 101 | Guam | 31.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 102 | Philippines | 31.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 103 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 31.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 104 | Rwanda | 30.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 105 | Palau | 30.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 106 | Grenada | 28.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 27.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 26.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 110 | Timor-Leste | 26.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 111 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 25.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 112 | Indonesia | 25.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 113 | Argentina | 25.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 114 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 115 | Uruguay | 25.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 116 | Tonga | 25.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 117 | Thailand | 25.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 24.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 119 | Morocco | 24.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 120 | Bahamas | 24.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 121 | Slovakia | 24.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 23.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 123 | Moldova, Republic of | 22.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 124 | Fiji | 20.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 125 | Lebanon | 20.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 126 | Turkmenistan | 20.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 127 | Georgia | 19.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 128 | Mauritius | 19.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 129 | Djibouti | 19.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 130 | Mongolia | 19.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 131 | Aruba | 18.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 132 | Jordan | 17.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 17.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 134 | Hungary | 17.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 135 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 16.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 137 | Virgin Islands, British | 15.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 14.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 13.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 140 | Saint Martin (French part) | 13.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 141 | Serbia | 13.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 142 | India | 13.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 143 | Armenia | 12.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 144 | Curaçao | 12.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 145 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 12.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 146 | United States of America | 12.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 147 | Albania | 12.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 148 | Russian Federation | 12.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 11.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 150 | Türkiye | 11.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 11.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 152 | Ukraine | 10.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 10.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 155 | New Zealand | 10.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 156 | Malta | 10.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 157 | Monaco | 9.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 158 | Bhutan | 8.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 159 | Montenegro | 8.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 160 | Algeria | 8.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 161 | Gibraltar | 8.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 162 | Isle of Man | 8.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 163 | Belarus | 8.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 7.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 166 | Latvia | 7.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 167 | Bahrain | 7.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 168 | Cyprus | 7.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 169 | Greece | 6.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 170 | Portugal | 6.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 171 | Australia | 6.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 172 | Croatia | 6.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 173 | Poland | 5.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 174 | Libya | 5.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 175 | Czech Republic | 5.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 176 | Malaysia | 5.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 177 | Israel | 5.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 178 | Oman | 5.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 179 | Chile | 5.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 180 | Lithuania | 5.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 181 | Qatar | 5.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 182 | Germany | 5.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 183 | People's Republic of China | 5.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 184 | Maldives | 5.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 185 | Spain | 4.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 186 | Estonia | 4.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 187 | Canada | 4.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 188 | Faroe Islands | 4.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 189 | Tunisia | 4.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 190 | Ireland | 4.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 4.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 192 | Austria | 3.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 193 | Belgium | 3.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 194 | Andorra | 3.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 195 | Slovenia | 3.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 196 | France | 3.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 197 | Iceland | 3.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 198 | Finland | 3.0births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 199 | Italy | 2.9births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 2.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 201 | Singapore | 2.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 202 | Liechtenstein | 1.8births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 203 | Netherlands | 1.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 204 | Sweden | 1.7births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 205 | Japan | 1.6births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 206 | Bermuda | 1.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 207 | Switzerland | 1.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 208 | Kuwait | 1.4births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 209 | Norway | 1.3births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 210 | San Marino | 1.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 211 | Hong Kong | 1.2births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 212 | Denmark | 1.1births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 213 | South Korea | 0.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 214 | North Korea | 0.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
| 215 | Macao | 0.5births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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