Adolescent fertility by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
18
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.31
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,422
What the numbers show
Adolescent fertility is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 18 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.31, and the mean is 1.11.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 1,166.7%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Adolescent fertility: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 18 | 2021 | up 714.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Angola | 10.66 | 2014 | up 60.8% | 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 17.5% | 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 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Senegal | 4.25 | 2019 | up 15.2% | 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 28.2% | falling |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 36.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 2.9 | 2017 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 21 | Gabon | 2.78 | 2019 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 22 | Laos | 2.57 | 2016 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 23 | Honduras | 2.5 | 2018 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 24 | Venezuela | 2.47 | 2019 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 25 | Ecuador | 2.45 | 2022 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 26 | Anguilla | 2.4 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 27 | Cameroon | 2.36 | 2021 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 2.27 | 2013 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Colombia | 2.1 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 2.1 | 2018 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 2.05 | 2018 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Guatemala | 2.03 | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | 2.03 | 2022 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 2.01 | 2022 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 2 | 2021 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.96 | 2021 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 1.87 | 2020 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.83 | 2021 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 39 | Kiribati | 1.82 | 2017 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 40 | Comoros | 1.73 | 2011 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.63 | 2017 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Iraq | 1.59 | 2016 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 43 | French Guiana | 1.56 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Suriname | 1.55 | 2022 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.52 | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 46 | Romania | 1.41 | 2022 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 1.39 | 2022 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 48 | Haiti | 1.34 | 2015 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 1.34 | 2022 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 1.32 | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 51 | Micronesia (country) | 1.3 | 2006 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 52 | Guyana | 1.29 | 2018 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 53 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.25 | 2012 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 1.21 | 2020 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Grenada | 1.21 | 2018 | up 157.4% | falling |
| 54 | Eswatini | 1.21 | 2013 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 57 | Somalia | 1.18 | 2017 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Tanzania | 1.16 | 2020 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 | 2017 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 1.13 | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 1.11 | 2016 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Barbados | 1.1 | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2017 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Gambia | 1.06 | 2018 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Yemen | 0.99 | 2012 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Peru | 0.98 | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 67 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.93 | 2012 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 68 | Dominica | 0.9 | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Lesotho | 0.85 | 2022 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 0.84 | 2020 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Mexico | 0.82 | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 72 | Myanmar | 0.8 | 2014 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 73 | Benin | 0.79 | 2020 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Thailand | 0.78 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 0.73 | 2015 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Seychelles | 0.73 | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 77 | Mayotte | 0.72 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.62 | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Aruba | 0.59 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Philippines | 0.54 | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 0.53 | 2017 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.51 | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Greece | 0.49 | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 0.47 | 2020 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 0.46 | 2012 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 0.45 | 2023 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 86 | Samoa | 0.45 | 2018 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Iran | 0.42 | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 89 | Pakistan | 0.4 | 2016 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.38 | 2016 | up 1,166.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.37 | 2018 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Bahamas | 0.36 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 0.34 | 2019 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.34 | 2022 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0.33 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.31 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.31 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.31 | 2022 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 99 | Guam | 0.3 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Martinique | 0.3 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Namibia | 0.29 | 2021 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Indonesia | 0.28 | 2016 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 0.28 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Brunei | 0.27 | 2022 | down 35.7% | flat |
| 105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.26 | 2022 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Hungary | 0.24 | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 107 | Albania | 0.21 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 108 | United States | 0.2 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.19 | 2018 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Cayman Islands | 0.18 | 2019 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Serbia | 0.18 | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Vietnam | 0.16 | 2019 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 113 | American Samoa | 0.14 | 2022 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 0.13 | 2022 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.11 | 2022 | up 175.0% | falling |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.11 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | New Zealand | 0.11 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 118 | Djibouti | 0.1 | 2011 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Russia | 0.1 | 2022 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Portugal | 0.09 | 2022 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 120 | Rwanda | 0.09 | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 122 | France | 0.08 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.08 | 2020 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Ukraine | 0.08 | 2021 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Guadeloupe | 0.08 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Czechia | 0.07 | 2022 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 127 | Australia | 0.06 | 2022 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 127 | Chile | 0.06 | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Germany | 0.06 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Spain | 0.06 | 2022 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 127 | Georgia | 0.06 | 2022 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Maldives | 0.06 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Canada | 0.05 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 0.05 | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Turkey | 0.05 | 2022 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 0.04 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | United Kingdom | 0.04 | 2022 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 0.04 | 2015 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Latvia | 0.04 | 2022 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Poland | 0.04 | 2022 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.03 | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Estonia | 0.03 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Croatia | 0.03 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 141 | Oman | 0.03 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Singapore | 0.03 | 2022 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 141 | Reunion | 0.03 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Bahrain | 0.02 | 2019 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0.02 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Sweden | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 0.02 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Austria | 0.01 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Ireland | 0.01 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Italy | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.01 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 151 | South Korea | 0.01 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Morocco | 0.01 | 2018 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Argentina | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 157 | Armenia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Belgium | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bermuda | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Switzerland | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Curacao | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Denmark | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Algeria | 0 | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Fiji | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Greenland | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Iceland | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Israel | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Lithuania | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Macao | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Malaysia | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Netherlands | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Norway | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Nepal | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 157 | Palau | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Palestine | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | East Timor | 0 | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Montserrat | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |