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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023

2023, 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), 2023 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 163.093; Macau is lowest, at 0.465. The middle country reads 27.457. Against 2022, 221 values changed (37 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19) · Data for 2023

HighestCentral African Republic

163.093

LowestMacau

0.465

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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa163.093
2MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa153.450
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa150.442
4NigerNERWestern Africa145.324
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa140.840
6MaliMLIWestern Africa138.564
7ChadTCDMiddle Africa134.738
8MadagascarMDGEastern Africa129.802
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa126.012
10GuineaGINWestern Africa118.577
11SomaliaSOMEastern Africa117.100
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa115.907
13MalawiMWIEastern Africa113.577
14TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa113.209
15Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa109.880
16UgandaUGAEastern Africa106.954
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa106.884
18CameroonCMRMiddle Africa106.661
19ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa98.057
20South SudanSSDEastern Africa97.132
21Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa93.592
22NicaraguaNICCentral America93.452
23Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa92.085
24GabonGABMiddle Africa91.707
25MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa88.903

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Central African Republic163.093
  2. 2Mozambique153.450
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea150.442
  4. 4Niger145.324
  5. 5Angola140.840

Lowest

  1. 222Macau0.465
  2. 221North Korea0.512
  3. 220South Korea0.537
  4. 219Hong Kong1.120
  5. 218Denmark1.140

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 37 · 184rose · 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 2023.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2023). Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adolescent-birth-rate/2023

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