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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2018

2018, 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), 2018 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 165.544; North Korea is lowest, at 0.570. The middle country reads 32.091. Against 2017, 222 values changed (26 up, 196 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2018

HighestCentral African Republic

165.544

LowestNorth Korea

0.570

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), 2018, 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), 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa165.544
2NigerNERWestern Africa163.784
3MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa163.386
4Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa161.597
5MaliMLIWestern Africa150.828
6AngolaAGOMiddle Africa146.305
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa145.220
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa136.257
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa133.418
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa126.568
11GuineaGINWestern Africa126.102
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa124.398
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa122.398
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa120.641
15UgandaUGAEastern Africa117.279
16CameroonCMRMiddle Africa117.067
17Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa115.695
18DR CongoCODMiddle Africa111.807
19Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa104.185
20Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa104.136
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa102.061
22South SudanSSDEastern Africa101.209
23NicaraguaNICCentral America98.740
24ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa98.612
25GabonGABMiddle Africa98.055

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Central African Republic165.544
  2. 2Niger163.784
  3. 3Mozambique163.386
  4. 4Equatorial Guinea161.597
  5. 5Mali150.828

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea0.570
  2. 221San Marino1.088
  3. 220South Korea1.179
  4. 219Macau1.349
  5. 218Liechtenstein2.240

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.091. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 26 · 196rose · 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 2018.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 42.908. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2018). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2018

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