Adolescent birth rate (per 1000 women) by country
Countries reporting
172
Highest
18
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
0.3357
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,707
What the numbers show
Adolescent birth rate (per 1000 women) is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 18 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3357, and the mean is 1.18.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 1,291.3%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
Adolescent birth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 18 | 2021 | up 715.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Angola | 10.66 | 2014 | up 60.9% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 7.97 | 2018 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 7.08 | 2019 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 7 | 2021 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 6 | Mauritania | 6.27 | 2019 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 7 | Congo | 6.17 | 2013 | up 78.3% | flat |
| 8 | Liberia | 6.06 | 2021 | up 102.0% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 5.04 | 2020 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 4.69 | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Senegal | 4.25 | 2019 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 3.94 | 2018 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 3.87 | 2018 | down 86.5% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 3.59 | 2018 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.38 | 2016 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea | 3.32 | 2020 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 3.24 | 2015 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Niger | 3.05 | 2020 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 3 | 2016 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 2.9 | 2017 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 21 | Gabon | 2.78 | 2019 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.57 | 2016 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 23 | Honduras | 2.5 | 2018 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.47 | 2019 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 25 | Ecuador | 2.45 | 2022 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 2.36 | 2021 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 27 | Sudan | 2.27 | 2013 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 2.1 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 2.1 | 2018 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 2.05 | 2018 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 2.03 | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | 2.03 | 2022 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 33 | Brazil | 2.01 | 2022 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 2 | 2021 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.96 | 2021 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 36 | Nigeria | 1.87 | 2020 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.83 | 2021 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 38 | Kiribati | 1.82 | 2017 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 39 | Comoros | 1.73 | 2011 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.63 | 2017 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Iraq | 1.59 | 2016 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 1.52 | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 1.41 | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 44 | Belize | 1.39 | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 45 | Haiti | 1.34 | 2015 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 46 | South Africa | 1.34 | 2022 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 47 | Cuba | 1.32 | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 48 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.3 | 2006 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 49 | Guyana | 1.29 | 2018 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Eswatini | 1.21 | 2013 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 1.21 | 2020 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Grenada | 1.21 | 2018 | up 154.1% | falling |
| 53 | Somalia | 1.18 | 2017 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.16 | 2020 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 | 2017 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 1.13 | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 1.11 | 2016 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Barbados | 1.1 | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2017 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Gambia | 1.06 | 2018 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Yemen | 0.9949 | 2012 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Peru | 0.9753 | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 0.9009 | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Lesotho | 0.8521 | 2022 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | 0.8357 | 2020 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Mexico | 0.8182 | 2021 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 67 | Myanmar | 0.7954 | 2014 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 68 | Benin | 0.7945 | 2020 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 0.7836 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Burundi | 0.7291 | 2015 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Seychelles | 0.728 | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 72 | Kenya | 0.6189 | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Philippines | 0.5427 | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 0.5282 | 2017 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5087 | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 0.49 | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 77 | Cape Verde | 0.4676 | 2020 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 78 | Egypt | 0.464 | 2012 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.4477 | 2018 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Mauritius | 0.4464 | 2023 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 81 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.4237 | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 82 | Pakistan | 0.3995 | 2016 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Jordan | 0.3809 | 2016 | up 1,291.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3744 | 2018 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Bahamas | 0.3585 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | 0.336 | 2022 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 87 | Botswana | 0.3354 | 2019 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.33 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 89 | Slovak Republic | 0.31 | 2022 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.308 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Namibia | 0.2911 | 2021 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.28 | 2016 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2659 | 2022 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 94 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2604 | 2022 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Hungary | 0.24 | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 96 | Albania | 0.21 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 97 | United States | 0.2 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 98 | India | 0.1901 | 2018 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.18 | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Viet Nam | 0.1611 | 2019 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1281 | 2022 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Mongolia | 0.1149 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 0.1099 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.107 | 2022 | up 169.3% | falling |
| 105 | Djibouti | 0.1005 | 2011 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Russia | 0.1 | 2022 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Rwanda | 0.0928 | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Portugal | 0.09 | 2022 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 109 | Cambodia | 0.0811 | 2020 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 110 | France | 0.08 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 110 | Ukraine | 0.08 | 2021 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 0.07 | 2022 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 113 | Chile | 0.0642 | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Germany | 0.06 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Spain | 0.06 | 2022 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 114 | Georgia | 0.06 | 2022 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Maldives | 0.059 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Australia | 0.0564 | 2022 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 0.0506 | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Türkiye | 0.05 | 2022 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Canada | 0.0484 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.0436 | 2015 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Cyprus | 0.04 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Latvia | 0.04 | 2022 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Poland | 0.04 | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 126 | United Kingdom | 0.0399 | 2022 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 0.0301 | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 128 | Belarus | 0.03 | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.03 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Singapore | 0.0274 | 2022 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 0.0271 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Bahrain | 0.0223 | 2019 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Sweden | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.0179 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 0.0175 | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0142 | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Morocco | 0.0121 | 2018 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | 0.01 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Ireland | 0.01 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Italy | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Korea | 0.0089 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Nepal | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 143 | Algeria | 0 | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Fiji | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Palestine, State of | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 147 | Armenia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Belgium | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Switzerland | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Denmark | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Finland | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Hong Kong, China | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Iceland | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Israel | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Jamaica | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Lithuania | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Macau, China | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Malta | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Montenegro | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Malaysia | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Netherlands | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Norway | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Palau | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa (WHO region) 2.88
- Americas (WHO region) 1.15
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 0.672
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 0.287
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 0.111
- Europe (WHO region) 0.081