Countries by adolescent birth rate
The Central African Republic had the highest adolescent birth rate of 215 countries in 2021, at 163.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. South Korea had the lowest, at 0.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. The median was 28.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 and the figure for the World was 39.7 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19. Source: the World Bank.
Map of countries, 2021
- Under 6
- 6 to 14
- 14 to 31
- 31 to 55
- 55 to 80
- 80 and over
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Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 163.6 | -0.2% |
| 2 | Mozambique | 156.8 | -1.4% |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 154.1 | -1.2% |
| 4 | Niger | 148.2 | -2.5% |
| 5 | Angola | 143.4 | -0.7% |
| 6 | Mali | 141.9 | -1.1% |
| 7 | Chad | 137.9 | -2% |
| 8 | Madagascar | 133.2 | -1.3% |
| 9 | Liberia | 129 | -1.1% |
| 10 | Guinea | 122.7 | -1.9% |
| 11 | Somalia | 121 | -1.4% |
| 12 | Zambia | 118.7 | -1.6% |
| 13 | Malawi | 116.5 | -1.9% |
| 14 | Tanzania | 115.5 | -1.4% |
| 15 | Republic of the Congo | 112.7 | -0.8% |
| 16 | Uganda | 111 | -1.7% |
| 17 | Cameroon | 109.9 | -1.9% |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 109.2 | -1% |
| 19 | South Sudan | 99.5 | -1.1% |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 99.2 | +0.3% |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 98.1 | -2.1% |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 95.1 | -1.5% |
| 23 | Gabon | 94.9 | -1.4% |
| 24 | Côte d’Ivoire | 94.6 | -2.4% |
| 25 | Mauritania | 91.7 | -1.3% |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 90.1 | -1.5% |
| 27 | Nigeria | 88.5 | -0.7% |
| 28 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 87.9 | -1.2% |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 84.6 | -1.5% |
| 30 | Honduras | 83.5 | -1% |
| 31 | Laos | 82.8 | -0.9% |
| 32 | Nauru | 80.6 | +1.1% |
| 33 | Benin | 79.8 | -1.6% |
| 34 | Togo | 79.7 | -1.4% |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 76 | -4.1% |
| 36 | Yemen | 74.5 | +0.3% |
| 37 | Venezuela | 73.4 | -0.5% |
| 38 | Lesotho | 73 | -1.5% |
| 39 | Guyana | 72.8 | -1.9% |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 72.4 | -1.7% |
| 41 | Paraguay | 71.9 | -1.4% |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 71.1 | -0.6% |
| 43 | Eswatini | 70.7 | -1.9% |
| 44 | Guatemala | 70.3 | -3% |
| 45 | Sudan | 69.1 | -2.8% |
| 46 | Nepal | 68.8 | -2.1% |
| 47 | Namibia | 68.4 | -2.4% |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 68.2 | -1.3% |
| 49 | Bolivia | 66.6 | -1.3% |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 66.6 | -3.3% |
| 51 | Eritrea | 66.4 | -1.1% |
| 52 | Senegal | 62.2 | -1.5% |
| 53 | Mexico | 62 | -0.9% |
| 54 | Colombia | 62 | -1.4% |
| 55 | Gambia | 60.5 | -2.2% |
| 56 | Iraq | 60.4 | -2.2% |
| 57 | Ghana | 59.8 | -3.7% |
| 58 | Kenya | 59.5 | +0.2% |
| 59 | Ecuador | 58.6 | -6.4% |
| 60 | Panama | 58 | -7.2% |
| 61 | Comoros | 57.4 | -2% |
| 62 | Seychelles | 56.4 | -1.7% |
| 63 | El Salvador | 56.1 | -1.3% |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 56.1 | -4.7% |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 55.7 | -1.4% |
| 66 | Botswana | 55.1 | -0.8% |
| 67 | Burundi | 54.8 | -1.5% |
| 68 | South Africa | 52.5 | +1.8% |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 51.8 | -0.8% |
| 70 | Haiti | 51.5 | -2% |
| 71 | Belize | 51.3 | -12.3% |
| 72 | Suriname | 49.6 | -4.8% |
| 73 | Cuba | 48.3 | -4.3% |
| 74 | Cambodia | 47.8 | -1.5% |
| 75 | Kiribati | 46.4 | -3.1% |
| 76 | Barbados | 45.9 | 0% |
| 77 | Brazil | 45.7 | -3.8% |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.5 | -11.4% |
| 79 | Peru | 44.4 | -2.2% |
| 80 | Micronesia | 44 | -1.4% |
| 81 | Samoa | 44 | -3.2% |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 44 | -3.7% |
| 83 | Pakistan | 43.4 | -2.7% |
| 84 | Egypt | 41.9 | -4.4% |
| 85 | Syria | 40.7 | -1.2% |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 38.9 | -2.5% |
| 87 | Palestine | 37.9 | -2.6% |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.2 | -1.2% |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37 | -4.4% |
| 90 | Greenland | 36.9 | -0.7% |
| 91 | Jamaica | 36.8 | -0% |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 36.4 | -2.9% |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 34.8 | -16.2% |
| 94 | Dominica | 34.7 | -3.2% |
| 95 | Vietnam | 34.7 | -1% |
| 96 | Guam | 34.3 | -1.2% |
| 97 | American Samoa | 34.2 | +0.2% |
| 98 | Myanmar | 34.1 | -0.3% |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.8 | -0.5% |
| 100 | Romania | 33.2 | -2.7% |
| 101 | Philippines | 32.5 | -5.9% |
| 102 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 31.8 | +0.1% |
| 103 | Rwanda | 31.2 | -1.1% |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 31.1 | +46% |
| 105 | Palau | 30 | -0.6% |
| 106 | Grenada | 29.7 | -2.4% |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.6 | -8.9% |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 28.8 | -1.5% |
| 109 | Argentina | 28.5 | -9.4% |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 28.5 | -1.1% |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | 28.3 | -3.8% |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 27.9 | -16.4% |
| 113 | Thailand | 27.5 | -7.2% |
| 114 | Uruguay | 27.4 | -7.5% |
| 115 | Indonesia | 26.8 | -1.3% |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.7 | -1.1% |
| 117 | Iran | 26.4 | -2% |
| 118 | Morocco | 26.2 | -2.2% |
| 119 | Slovakia | 25.9 | -0.4% |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 25.2 | -7.6% |
| 121 | Georgia | 25.2 | -7.1% |
| 122 | Moldova | 25 | -5.4% |
| 123 | Bahamas | 24.9 | -1% |
| 124 | Tonga | 24.7 | -0.6% |
| 125 | Turkmenistan | 24 | -2.9% |
| 126 | Mongolia | 22.4 | -14.2% |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 22 | -0% |
| 128 | Fiji | 21.6 | -0.7% |
| 129 | Lebanon | 21.4 | -1.8% |
| 130 | Mauritius | 21.3 | -6.6% |
| 131 | Hungary | 19.8 | -7.2% |
| 132 | Djibouti | 19.6 | -1% |
| 133 | Jordan | 19.4 | -7.4% |
| 134 | Aruba | 18.6 | -9.4% |
| 135 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.3 | -3.4% |
| 136 | Sint Maarten | 17.2 | -7.6% |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 16 | -7% |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 15.4 | -0.4% |
| 139 | Saint Martin | 15.1 | -7.3% |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 14.9 | -7.8% |
| 141 | Ukraine | 14.4 | -6.9% |
| 142 | British Virgin Islands | 14.4 | +4.8% |
| 143 | India | 14.3 | -0.9% |
| 144 | Serbia | 13.7 | +2% |
| 145 | United States | 13.7 | -6.8% |
| 146 | Armenia | 13.7 | -0.5% |
| 147 | Türkiye | 13.6 | -11.1% |
| 148 | Russia | 13.6 | -1.7% |
| 149 | Curaçao | 13.1 | -6.2% |
| 150 | Albania | 13 | -7.2% |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 12.4 | -6% |
| 152 | Cayman Islands | 11.6 | -2% |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.2 | -1.1% |
| 154 | New Zealand | 10.9 | -8% |
| 155 | Belarus | 10.7 | -2.3% |
| 156 | Malta | 10.5 | -4.4% |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 10.5 | -7.1% |
| 158 | Montenegro | 10.3 | -0.8% |
| 159 | Monaco | 9.9 | -6.1% |
| 160 | Latvia | 9.8 | -6.3% |
| 161 | Bhutan | 9.6 | +10.4% |
| 162 | Algeria | 9.3 | -5.6% |
| 163 | Isle of Man | 8.9 | -0.3% |
| 164 | Brunei | 8.6 | -3% |
| 165 | United Kingdom | 8.6 | -11.6% |
| 166 | Bahrain | 8.4 | +4.3% |
| 167 | Gibraltar | 8.3 | -1.3% |
| 168 | Czechia | 8.1 | -10.4% |
| 169 | Chile | 7.9 | -45.3% |
| 170 | Greece | 7.9 | -5.6% |
| 171 | Croatia | 7.5 | -0.4% |
| 172 | Australia | 7.1 | -8.2% |
| 173 | Cyprus | 7.1 | -2.7% |
| 174 | Lithuania | 6.9 | -18.9% |
| 175 | Poland | 6.8 | -16.5% |
| 176 | Israel | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| 177 | Oman | 6.7 | -9.4% |
| 178 | Estonia | 6.4 | -12.2% |
| 179 | Malaysia | 6.4 | -16.6% |
| 180 | Libya | 6.3 | -2.7% |
| 181 | Germany | 6.2 | -4.6% |
| 182 | Maldives | 6 | -5.1% |
| 183 | China | 6 | -11% |
| 184 | Portugal | 5.8 | -14.2% |
| 185 | Canada | 5.3 | -9.4% |
| 186 | France | 4.9 | -12% |
| 187 | Qatar | 4.9 | -20.3% |
| 188 | Ireland | 4.8 | -4.6% |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 4.8 | -10.9% |
| 190 | Spain | 4.7 | -10.1% |
| 191 | Belgium | 4.6 | -5.6% |
| 192 | Austria | 4.4 | -9.8% |
| 193 | Tunisia | 4.3 | -17.9% |
| 194 | Iceland | 4.2 | -5.9% |
| 195 | Slovenia | 3.8 | -5.6% |
| 196 | Finland | 3.7 | -1.3% |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 3.6 | -7.6% |
| 198 | Andorra | 3.5 | +12.2% |
| 199 | Italy | 3 | -8.5% |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6 | -15.5% |
| 201 | Sweden | 2.4 | -13.5% |
| 202 | Netherlands | 2.2 | -5.4% |
| 203 | Singapore | 2.2 | -5.1% |
| 204 | Kuwait | 2.1 | -28.8% |
| 205 | Japan | 2.1 | -16.6% |
| 206 | Norway | 1.7 | -3.4% |
| 207 | Bermuda | 1.7 | -36.5% |
| 208 | Liechtenstein | 1.6 | -5.3% |
| 209 | Switzerland | 1.5 | -12% |
| 210 | Denmark | 1.4 | -14.6% |
| 211 | Hong Kong | 1.3 | -25.9% |
| 212 | San Marino | 1.2 | +2.3% |
| 213 | Macao | 0.8 | -25.7% |
| 214 | North Korea | 0.5 | -2.4% |
| 214 | South Korea | 0.5 | -32.5% |
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About this ranking
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.
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
APA 7
World Bank. (2026). Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT) (Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT
MLA 9
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT), Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2021. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2021. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
World Bank. 2026. Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2021.
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World Bank (2026) Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT), Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adolescent-birth-rate/countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT): Countries by adolescent birth rate, 2021}},
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Which country has the highest adolescent birth rate?
The Central African Republic, with 163.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest adolescent birth rate?
South Korea, with 0.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). Retrieved 2026-10-18.