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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
Adolescent birth rate (per 1000 women)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
207 places, 3,707 data points, 2000–2025
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