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3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women by country

Countries reporting
189
Highest
184
Central African Republic
Lowest
1
San Marino
Median
34
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,954

What the numbers show

3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 184 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 1 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 34, and the mean is 44.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 184.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 168.9%), and the largest decrease in India (down 86.2%).

3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 184 2018 down 19.6% falling
2 Mozambique 180 2016 down 2.5% flat
3 Mali 164 2017 down 13.5% falling
4 Angola 163 2014 up 3.3% rising
5 Madagascar 143 2019 down 14.7% falling
6 Chad 139 2018 down 37.3% falling
6 Tanzania 139 2016 down 1.9% falling
8 Malawi 136 2018 down 12.2% falling
9 Zambia 135 2017 down 8.5% falling
10 Niger 132 2020 up 1.5% falling
11 Liberia 128 2018 down 15.0% flat
11 Uganda 128 2018 down 15.5% falling
13 Burkina Faso 127 2018 down 6.7% falling
14 Cameroon 122 2017 down 9.3% falling
15 Guinea 120 2016 down 22.1% falling
16 Cote d'Ivoire 119 2017 down 1.1% falling
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 109 2016 down 23.0% falling
18 Benin 108 2016 down 6.1% falling
18 Zimbabwe 108 2017 up 5.3% rising
20 Nicaragua 106 2017 up 7.3% falling
21 Sierra Leone 102 2018 down 13.8% falling
22 Honduras 97 2018 up 24.3% rising
23 Nauru 94 2015 up 42.2% rising
24 Mauritania 90 2019 down 5.4% flat
25 Sudan 87 2013 down 28.6% falling
25 Eswatini 87 2013 down 20.4% falling
27 Sao Tome and Principe 86 2018 down 41.4% falling
28 Lesotho 85 2016 up 4.0% falling
29 Guinea-Bissau 84 2017 down 28.4% falling
30 Laos 83 2016 down 18.9% falling
31 Marshall Islands 82 2010 up 0.5% flat
32 Venezuela 81 2017 down 20.0% flat
32 Vanuatu 81 2012 up 1.2% rising
34 Togo 79 2016 down 19.2% falling
35 Ghana 78 2018 up 9.5% flat
35 Solomon Islands 78 2013 up 11.3% flat
37 Nigeria 75 2020 down 39.1% falling
38 Bangladesh 74 2020 down 46.2% falling
39 Ethiopia 73 2018 down 22.8% falling
39 Kenya 73 2020 down 34.1% falling
41 Congo 72 2014 down 44.1% falling
42 Bolivia 71 2015 down 20.0% falling
42 Senegal 71 2018 down 14.5% falling
44 Iraq 70 2016 down 14.0% rising
45 Yemen 67 2012 down 30.9% falling
46 Gambia 65 2018 down 29.9% falling
46 Guyana 65 2018 down 22.6% falling
48 Namibia 64 2016 down 21.2% rising
49 Nepal 63 2018 down 27.5% falling
50 Afghanistan 62 2017 down 47.8% falling
50 Panama 62 2020 down 26.5% falling
52 Seychelles 61 2021 up 3.7% rising
53 Guatemala 59 2021 down 33.6% falling
54 Burundi 58 2015 down 21.1% falling
54 Ecuador 58 2020 down 36.4% falling
56 Cambodia 57 2013 up 8.9% rising
57 Haiti 55 2015 down 19.2% falling
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55 2019 down 16.4% falling
57 Samoa 55 2018 up 25.0% rising
60 Pakistan 54 2018 down 4.0% falling
60 Syria 54 2007 down 30.9% falling
62 Colombia 53 2021 down 25.5% falling
63 Paraguay 52 2016 down 16.9% rising
64 Belize 51 2021 down 27.7% falling
64 Kiribati 51 2017 up 35.0% rising
64 Mexico 51 2019 down 37.2% falling
67 Botswana 50 2019 up 37.7% falling
67 Dominica 50 2006 down 3.1% falling
67 El Salvador 50 2018 down 29.3% falling
70 Suriname 49 2020 down 12.1% falling
71 Barbados 48 2007 down 22.8% falling
71 Cuba 48 2021 down 6.7% flat
73 Egypt 47 2019 up 44.4% falling
74 Brazil 43 2021 down 31.8% falling
74 Palestine 43 2018 down 12.2% falling
76 Argentina 42 2019 down 37.3% falling
76 Azerbaijan 42 2020 down 13.5% rising
76 Dominican Republic 42 2021 down 46.0% falling
76 Tajikistan 42 2019 up 23.9% rising
76 East Timor 42 2015 down 29.1% falling
76 Cook Islands 42 2017 down 2.2% falling
82 South Africa 41 2020 up 2.1% falling
83 Cape Verde 40 2020 down 43.6% falling
83 Tuvalu 40 2017 up 40.3% falling
85 Bulgaria 38 2020 down 9.6% falling
85 Comoros 38 2017 down 49.1% falling
87 Saint Lucia 37 2015 down 24.2% falling
87 Anguilla 37 2015 down 15.0% falling
89 Indonesia 36 2016 unchanged flat
89 Jamaica 36 2018 down 34.2% falling
89 Trinidad and Tobago 36 2009 down 2.3% flat
92 Philippines 35 2019 down 15.6% flat
92 Romania 35 2020 down 12.4% flat
94 Peru 34 2021 — falling
94 Palau 34 2019 up 11.0% rising
94 Uzbekistan 34 2021 up 40.8% rising
97 Antigua and Barbuda 33 2020 down 20.3% falling
97 Micronesia (country) 33 2009 down 41.8% falling
97 Kyrgyzstan 33 2020 up 1.0% rising
100 Fiji 31 2019 down 4.6% falling
100 Rwanda 31 2021 down 36.1% falling
102 Bahamas 29 2013 down 31.9% falling
102 Uruguay 29 2020 down 52.7% falling
102 Vietnam 29 2020 down 20.7% rising
105 Costa Rica 27 2021 down 58.9% falling
105 Georgia 27 2020 down 44.2% flat
105 Jordan 27 2016 down 4.3% falling
105 Mongolia 27 2020 up 32.9% rising
105 Slovakia 27 2019 up 23.7% rising
105 Thailand 27 2020 down 44.9% falling
105 Turkmenistan 27 2017 up 19.9% rising
112 Moldova 25 2021 down 2.6% falling
112 Myanmar 25 2019 down 37.1% rising
114 Iran 24 2020 down 26.8% falling
115 Kazakhstan 23 2021 down 21.7% falling
116 Morocco 22 2018 down 31.2% falling
117 Djibouti 21 2011 down 21.3% falling
117 Hungary 21 2020 up 7.9% flat
117 Sri Lanka 21 2015 down 22.4% falling
117 Mauritius 21 2021 down 30.6% falling
117 Tonga 21 2011 up 14.6% rising
117 British Virgin Islands 21 2015 down 27.2% falling
123 Chile 19 2019 down 66.3% falling
124 Montserrat 18 2018 down 58.0% falling
125 North Macedonia 16 2020 down 18.2% falling
125 Russia 16 2018 down 45.3% falling
125 Turks and Caicos Islands 16 2019 down 45.9% falling
128 Turkey 15 2020 down 52.0% falling
128 United States 15 2020 down 56.4% falling
130 Armenia 14 2020 down 48.4% falling
130 Serbia 14 2020 down 30.0% falling
130 Ukraine 14 2020 down 50.1% falling
133 Albania 13 2020 down 33.1% falling
134 Belarus 12 2018 down 46.2% falling
134 Algeria 12 2017 up 33.3% rising
136 India 11 2019 down 86.2% falling
136 Libya 11 2013 up 168.9% volatile
136 Malta 11 2020 down 41.7% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 2019 down 30.9% falling
139 United Kingdom 10 2020 down 52.6% falling
139 Latvia 10 2021 down 34.7% falling
139 New Zealand 10 2021 down 61.2% falling
143 Bahrain 9 2019 down 38.1% falling
143 Czechia 9 2021 down 19.9% falling
143 Greece 9 2020 down 6.0% falling
143 Montenegro 9 2021 down 36.9% falling
147 Australia 8 2020 down 49.5% falling
147 Brunei 8 2020 down 43.7% falling
147 Bhutan 8 2020 down 77.7% volatile
147 Cyprus 8 2020 up 46.8% falling
147 Estonia 8 2020 down 62.0% falling
147 Croatia 8 2020 down 35.6% falling
147 Lithuania 8 2020 down 50.6% falling
147 Malaysia 8 2020 down 42.9% falling
147 Poland 8 2020 down 47.0% falling
147 Qatar 8 2020 down 46.7% falling
147 Saudi Arabia 8 2010 down 72.0% volatile
158 Germany 7 2020 down 25.3% falling
158 Israel 7 2020 down 40.1% falling
158 Oman 7 2021 down 38.2% falling
161 Canada 6 2020 down 54.8% falling
161 China 6 2020 down 2.6% rising
161 France 6 2020 down 38.9% falling
161 Portugal 6 2021 down 54.2% falling
165 United Arab Emirates 5 2019 down 85.4% volatile
165 Austria 5 2020 down 51.8% falling
165 Belgium 5 2020 down 46.6% falling
165 Spain 5 2020 down 52.9% falling
165 Ireland 5 2020 down 58.4% volatile
165 Kuwait 5 2018 down 62.1% falling
165 Maldives 5 2019 down 65.3% falling
172 Finland 4 2021 down 48.1% falling
172 Luxembourg 4 2020 down 46.6% falling
172 Slovenia 4 2020 down 19.0% falling
172 Tunisia 4 2021 down 37.4% flat
176 Iceland 3 2021 down 72.7% volatile
176 Italy 3 2020 down 54.7% falling
176 Japan 3 2020 down 34.9% falling
179 Liechtenstein 2 2020 up 112.8% volatile
179 Netherlands 2 2020 down 61.2% falling
179 Norway 2 2020 down 71.9% volatile
179 Singapore 2 2020 down 55.6% falling
179 Sweden 2 2021 down 62.5% falling
184 Andorra 1 2020 down 81.2% volatile
184 Switzerland 1 2021 down 74.5% falling
184 Denmark 1 2021 down 78.1% falling
184 South Korea 1 2020 down 43.5% falling
184 North Korea 1 2017 — volatile
184 San Marino 1 2017 down 65.8% volatile

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Indicator
3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
189 places, 1,954 data points, 2000–2021
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