Adolescent birth rate in Zimbabwe

The adolescent birth rate in Zimbabwe was 95.5 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
Zimbabwe, 2024 95.5 Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
Change from 2023 −2.5per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2023: 98.1 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 20th of 217 See the full ranking

Adolescent birth rate in Zimbabwe 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 ZimbabweWorld
2024 95.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 38.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2023 98.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2022 99.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2021 99.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 39.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2020 98.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 40.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2019 98.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 41.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2018 98.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 42.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2017 99.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 43.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2016 100.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 44.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2015 102.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 46.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2014 105.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 49.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2013 108.0 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 51.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2012 110.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2011 112.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2010 111.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2009 110.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2008 107.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.7 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2007 104.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2006 105.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 52.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2005 108.4 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 53.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2004 106.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 57.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2003 105.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 61.2 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2002 102.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 63.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2001 102.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 65.3 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2000 102.2 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 −2.5 from 98.1 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 105.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, the figure has changed by −10.1.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 20th 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 Zimbabwe
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