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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2016

2016, 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), 2016 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 177.529; North Korea is lowest, at 0.592. The middle country reads 35.200. Against 2015, 222 values changed (27 up, 195 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2016

HighestNiger

177.529

LowestNorth Korea

0.592

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), 2016, 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), 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NigerNERWestern Africa177.529
2MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa167.354
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa167.303
4Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa164.342
5MaliMLIWestern Africa156.879
6ChadTCDMiddle Africa155.838
7AngolaAGOMiddle Africa148.905
8LiberiaLBRWestern Africa137.803
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa135.171
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa130.624
11ZambiaZMBEastern Africa127.286
12GuineaGINWestern Africa126.677
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa125.062
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa122.395
15UgandaUGAEastern Africa121.568
16CameroonCMRMiddle Africa119.352
17Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa118.945
18Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa114.519
19DR CongoCODMiddle Africa113.478
20Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa113.001
21Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa111.154
22NigeriaNGAWestern Africa106.944
23South SudanSSDEastern Africa104.704
24NicaraguaNICCentral America100.938
25ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa100.849

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Niger177.529
  2. 2Mozambique167.354
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea167.303
  4. 4Central African Republic164.342
  5. 5Mali156.879

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea0.592
  2. 221San Marino1.160
  3. 220South Korea1.478
  4. 219Macau2.011
  5. 218Singapore2.405

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 35.200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 27 · 195rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kenya81.864 → 73.781−8.083
  • Nigeria114.881 → 106.944−7.937
  • Niue30.963 → 23.787−7.176
  • South Africa67.979 → 61.613−6.366
  • Chad162.090 → 155.838−6.252

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 2016.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 14.535. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2016). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2016

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