Adolescent birth rate in Maldives

The adolescent birth rate in Maldives was 5.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Adolescent birth rate Unit: Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Maldives, 2024 5.0 Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2023: 5.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
World, 2024 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Official aggregate
Position in 2024 186th of 217 See the full ranking

Adolescent birth rate in Maldives over time

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Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19), 2000 to 2024
Period MaldivesWorld
2024 5.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2023 5.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2022 5.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2021 6.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2020 6.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 40.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2019 6.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 41.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2018 7.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 42.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2017 9.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 43.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2016 10.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 44.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2015 11.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 46.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2014 13.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 49.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2013 14.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 51.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2012 15.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2011 16.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2010 17.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2009 18.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2008 16.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2007 14.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2006 13.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2005 14.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2004 16.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 57.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2003 17.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 61.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2002 20.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 63.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2001 26.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 65.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2000 30.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 66.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 5.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the figure has changed by −8.0.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Maldives has the 186th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.ADO.TFRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Maldives
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects