Adolescent birth rate in Romania

The adolescent birth rate in Romania was 32.8 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
Romania, 2024 32.8 Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
Change from 2023 −1.0per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2023: 33.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
European Union, 2024 6.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 5.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 99th of 217 See the full ranking

Adolescent birth rate in Romania 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 RomaniaEuropean Union
2024 32.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 6.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2023 33.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 6.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2022 33.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 6.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2021 33.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 7.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2020 34.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 7.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2019 35.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 8.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2018 36.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 8.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2017 38.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 9.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2016 37.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 10.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2015 36.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 10.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2014 36.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 10.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2013 34.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 10.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2012 37.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 11.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2011 37.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 11.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2010 41.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 12.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2009 47.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2008 46.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 14.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2007 41.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2006 39.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2005 37.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2004 35.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2003 34.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 13.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2002 32.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 14.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2001 35.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 14.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2000 39.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 15.1 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 −1.0 from 33.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 36.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the figure has changed by −3.5.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Romania has the 99th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 6.5 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 Romania
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