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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2019

2019, 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), 2019 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 164.921; North Korea is lowest, at 0.560. The middle country reads 30.657. Against 2018, 222 values changed (25 up, 197 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2019

HighestCentral African Republic

164.921

LowestNorth Korea

0.560

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), 2019, 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), 2019: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa164.921
2MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa161.320
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa158.817
4NigerNERWestern Africa157.051
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa145.094
6MaliMLIWestern Africa144.648
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa143.291
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa136.380
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa132.002
10GuineaGINWestern Africa126.258
11SomaliaSOMEastern Africa124.669
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa122.903
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa120.579
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa118.798
15UgandaUGAEastern Africa114.989
16CameroonCMRMiddle Africa114.634
17Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa114.540
18DR CongoCODMiddle Africa111.141
19Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa102.178
20South SudanSSDEastern Africa101.054
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa99.014
22ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa98.733
23NicaraguaNICCentral America97.665
24GabonGABMiddle Africa97.632
25Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa96.659

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Central African Republic164.921
  2. 2Mozambique161.320
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea158.817
  4. 4Niger157.051
  5. 5Angola145.094

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea0.560
  2. 221South Korea0.925
  3. 220San Marino1.120
  4. 219Macau1.318
  5. 217Liechtensteinshared1.992

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.657. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 25 · 197rose · 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 2019.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.992. 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 (2019). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2019

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