# Adolescent birth rate in New Zealand

Adolescent birth rate in New Zealand was 10.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `adolescent_fertility_rate`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
- Definition: Births to women aged 15 to 19 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in the year. World Bank series from the UN World Population Prospects.
- Note: UN estimates fitted to registration, census and survey data, so they can differ from national birth counts. Years after the last WPP estimate year are projections and are not stored.
- Source: World Bank, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/adolescent-birth-rate/new-zealand
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=adolescent_fertility_rate&place=nz

| Period | births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | 10.9 |
| 2021 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | 11.9 |
| 2019 | 13.1 |
| 2018 | 13.5 |
| 2017 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | 16.4 |
| 2015 | 18.8 |
| 2014 | 19.2 |
| 2013 | 21.8 |
| 2012 | 24.7 |
| 2011 | 26.3 |
| 2010 | 29.2 |
| 2009 | 29.9 |
| 2008 | 32.4 |
| 2007 | 31.5 |
| 2006 | 28.1 |
| 2005 | 27.1 |
| 2004 | 27.1 |
| 2003 | 26 |
| 2002 | 25.8 |
| 2001 | 27.7 |
| 2000 | 28.5 |
| 1999 | 29.4 |
| 1998 | 29.6 |
| 1997 | 32.5 |
| 1996 | 32.9 |
| 1995 | 33.1 |
| 1994 | 31.7 |
| 1993 | 32.7 |
| 1992 | 33.3 |
| 1991 | 34.3 |
| 1990 | 35.6 |
| 1989 | 34.3 |
| 1988 | 32.8 |
| 1987 | 31.8 |
| 1986 | 30.4 |
| 1985 | 30.5 |
| 1984 | 31 |
| 1983 | 32.8 |
| 1982 | 35.1 |
| 1981 | 38.2 |
| 1980 | 38.8 |
| 1979 | 41.6 |
| 1978 | 42.7 |
| 1977 | 46.8 |
| 1976 | 49.6 |
| 1975 | 53.6 |
| 1974 | 59.2 |
| 1973 | 62.5 |
| 1972 | 67.3 |
| 1971 | 67.3 |
| 1970 | 63.9 |
| 1969 | 64.2 |
| 1968 | 65.7 |
| 1967 | 65.8 |
| 1966 | 63.4 |
| 1965 | 58.2 |
| 1964 | 55.7 |
| 1963 | 54.6 |
| 1962 | 52.4 |
| 1961 | 53.9 |
| 1960 | 51.9 |