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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2017

2017, 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), 2017 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 170.649; North Korea is lowest, at 0.581. The middle country reads 33.174. Against 2016, 222 values changed (19 up, 203 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2017

HighestNiger

170.649

LowestNorth Korea

0.581

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), 2017, 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), 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NigerNERWestern Africa170.649
2MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa165.462
3Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa165.118
4Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa164.344
5MaliMLIWestern Africa154.893
6ChadTCDMiddle Africa149.618
7AngolaAGOMiddle Africa147.407
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa135.916
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa135.260
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa128.549
11GuineaGINWestern Africa126.320
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa126.058
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa123.466
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa122.023
15CameroonCMRMiddle Africa118.815
16UgandaUGAEastern Africa118.530
17Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa117.227
18DR CongoCODMiddle Africa112.484
19Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa109.182
20Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa107.017
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa106.786
22South SudanSSDEastern Africa102.781
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa100.798
24NicaraguaNICCentral America99.952
25ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa99.053

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Niger170.649
  2. 2Mozambique165.462
  3. 3Central African Republic165.118
  4. 4Equatorial Guinea164.344
  5. 5Mali154.893

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea0.581
  2. 221San Marino1.062
  3. 220South Korea1.126
  4. 219Macau1.616
  5. 218Liechtenstein2.096

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.174. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 19 · 203rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2017.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2017). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2017

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