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Adolescent birth rate

Births per 1,000 women aged 15–19.

20 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked lowest to highest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1BurundiLow53.4 per 1k2GambiaLow58.1 per 1k3SenegalLow60.2 per 1k4EritreaLow65.2 per 1k5EthiopiaLow69.9 per 1k6BeninLow77.8 per 1k7Guinea-BissauLow82 per 1k8Burkina FasoLow87.1 per 1k9Sierra LeoneLow93.6 per 1k10South SudanLow97.1 per 1k11Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low106.9 per 1k12MalawiLow113.6 per 1k13GuineaLow118.6 per 1k14LiberiaLow126 per 1k15MadagascarLow129.8 per 1k16ChadLow134.7 per 1k17MaliLow138.6 per 1k18NigerLow145.3 per 1k19MozambiqueLow153.5 per 1k20Central African RepublicLow163.1 per 1k