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Adolescent population as proportion of total population (%) by country

Countries reporting
20
Highest
14.28
Sudan
Lowest
8.74
Iran
Median
10.86
Years covered
151
1950–2100
Data points
3,473

What the numbers show

Adolescent population as proportion of total population (%) is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 14.28 in Sudan; the lowest is 8.74 in Iran.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.86, and the mean is 10.92.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 0.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 8.3%).

Adolescent population as proportion of total population (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sudan 14.28 2100 down 5.2% falling
2 Yemen 13.18 2100 down 6.8% falling
3 Iraq 12.39 2100 down 5.8% falling
4 Djibouti 12.01 2100 down 4.0% falling
5 Egypt 11.46 2100 down 6.5% falling
6 Kuwait 11.17 2100 up 0.2% falling
7 Palestine 11.04 2100 down 8.3% falling
8 United Arab Emirates 10.91 2100 up 0.3% falling
9 Qatar 10.91 2100 up 0.6% falling
10 Syria 10.87 2100 down 1.0% falling
11 Saudi Arabia 10.86 2100 down 1.5% falling
12 Oman 10.79 2100 down 0.7% falling
13 Jordan 10.67 2100 down 6.5% falling
14 Algeria 10.3 2100 down 5.5% falling
15 Libya 10.1 2100 down 4.5% falling
16 Bahrain 9.97 2100 down 0.1% falling
17 Lebanon 9.78 2100 down 5.5% falling
18 Morocco 9.73 2100 down 4.4% falling
19 Tunisia 9.3 2100 down 3.1% falling
20 Iran 8.74 2100 down 3.5% falling

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 population as proportion of total population (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
23 places, 3,473 data points, 1950–2100
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