Adolescent birth rate in OECD members
The adolescent birth rate in OECD member countries was 16.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
16.9
Change from 2023
−0.7per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
World, 2024
38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
Adolescent birth rate in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2023 | 17.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 39.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2022 | 18.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 39.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2021 | 18.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 39.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2020 | 19.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 40.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2019 | 20.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 41.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2018 | 21.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 42.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2017 | 22.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 43.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2016 | 23.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 44.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2015 | 24.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 46.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2014 | 26.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 49.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2013 | 28.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 51.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2012 | 29.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2011 | 30.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2010 | 31.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2009 | 32.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2008 | 33.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 53.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2007 | 33.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2006 | 32.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 52.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2005 | 32.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 53.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2004 | 33.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 57.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2003 | 33.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 61.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2002 | 34.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 63.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2001 | 34.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 | 65.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
| 2000 | 35.6 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 −0.7 from 17.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 26.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the figure has changed by −9.9.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19.
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