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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The adolescent birth rate is the number of babies born to girls and young women aged 15 to 19 for every 1,000 women of that age. Early childbearing carries higher risks for mother and child and often ends a girl's schooling, which is why reducing it is one of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1997 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 207.981; North Korea is lowest, at 1.450. The middle country reads 54.122. Against 1996, 221 values changed (56 up, 165 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 1997

HighestNiger

207.981

LowestNorth Korea

1.450

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1997, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NigerNERWestern Africa207.981
2ChadTCDMiddle Africa193.822
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa189.295
4UgandaUGAEastern Africa183.138
5MaliMLIWestern Africa165.752
6MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa164.235
7GuineaGINWestern Africa162.988
8AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia158.761
9Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa157.360
10South SudanSSDEastern Africa155.945
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa154.574
12BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia154.369
13ZambiaZMBEastern Africa151.322
14AngolaAGOMiddle Africa151.065
15LiberiaLBRWestern Africa151.001
16MalawiMWIEastern Africa150.588
17MadagascarMDGEastern Africa146.593
18CameroonCMRMiddle Africa139.537
19Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa138.890
20GabonGABMiddle Africa138.179
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa135.680
22Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa135.225
23TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa134.212
24HondurasHNDCentral America132.622
25GambiaGMBWestern Africa130.023

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Niger207.981
  2. 2Chad193.822
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea189.295
  4. 4Uganda183.138
  5. 5Mali165.752

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea1.450
  2. 221South Korea3.099
  3. 220San Marino4.342
  4. 219Japan4.459
  5. 218Macau5.386

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 54.122. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 56 · 165rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1997). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/1997

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