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Adolescent fertility rate (women aged 15-19 years) (births per 1,000 women aged 15-19)

Number of births to women ages 15–19 per 1,000 women ages 15–19.

Source: UNDESA (2012b).Population Division Database. Detailed Indicators. Accessed May 2012. http//:esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 October 2012, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2000 2005 2008 2010
.. Very high human development 27.2 24.5 21.6 23.8
.. High human development 58.4 51.7 46.0 48.8
.. Medium human development 60.1 52.2 41.1 50.1
.. Low human development 122.4 111.2 99.8 97.9
1 Norway 12.6 9.6 8.6 9.0
2 Australia 19.2 16.7 14.9 16.5
3 United States 50.5 43.1 35.9 41.2
4 Netherlands 6.2 7.1 3.8 5.1
5 Germany 12.8 10.4 7.7 7.9
6 New Zealand 31.5 27.1 22.6 30.9
7 Ireland 19.0 19.0 15.9 17.5
8 Sweden 8.9 8.1 7.7 6.0
9 Switzerland 5.7 5.3 5.5 4.6
10 Japan 4.4 5.8 4.7 5.0
11 Canada 20.1 15.0 12.8 14.0
12 Korea (Republic of) 3.0 2.2 5.5 2.3
13 Iceland 23.5 17.3 15.1 14.6
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 5.0 4.0 5.7 3.2
15 Denmark 8.0 6.6 6.0 6.0
16 Israel 17.7 16.0 14.3 14.0
17 Belgium 22.7 16.1 7.7 14.2
18 Singapore 8.0 7.0 4.5 4.8
18 Austria 14.6 13.5 12.8 12.8
20 France 7.2 8.0 6.9 7.2
21 Slovenia 12.8 8.5 4.9 5.0
21 Finland 9.6 13.1 11.4 9.3
23 Spain 8.1 10.3 12.1 12.7
24 Liechtenstein 9.0 8.0 .. 7.0
25 Italy 7.0 7.0 4.9 6.7
26 United Kingdom 31.0 27.0 24.1 29.6
26 Luxembourg 10.1 11.8 12.3 10.1
28 Czech Republic 16.7 11.4 10.6 11.1
29 Greece 11.7 10.7 8.9 11.6
30 Brunei Darussalam 28.8 26.2 25.0 25.1
31 Cyprus 13.1 7.2 6.1 6.6
32 Malta 16.5 16.2 11.5 17.3
33 Estonia 30.5 22.3 21.4 22.7
33 Andorra 8.0 9.5 .. 8.4
35 Slovakia 27.4 20.7 20.7 20.2
36 Qatar 24.2 18.6 15.9 16.2
37 Hungary 27.0 18.5 20.2 16.5
38 Barbados 56.2 42.1 42.7 42.6
39 Poland 20.4 14.9 13.9 14.8
40 Chile 66.9 61.6 59.6 58.3
41 United Arab Emirates 27.6 24.9 16.0 26.7
41 Lithuania 32.2 20.6 21.9 19.7
43 Portugal 20.7 20.2 16.5 16.8
44 Latvia 21.9 16.6 15.2 18.0
45 Argentina 69.8 60.7 56.9 56.9
46 Seychelles 57.9 54.2 .. 51.3
47 Croatia 17.8 14.4 14.1 13.5
48 Bahrain 17.9 15.7 16.7 14.9
49 Bahamas 61.9 44.0 53.0 31.8
50 Belarus 33.2 23.9 21.3 22.1
51 Uruguay 67.3 63.5 61.1 61.1
52 Montenegro 23.4 20.9 14.7 18.2
53 Palau 17.3 15.2 .. 13.8
54 Kuwait 26.9 16.1 13.2 13.8
55 Russian Federation 35.7 27.9 25.1 30.0
56 Romania 41.9 35.0 31.2 32.0
57 Saudi Arabia 37.3 20.6 26.1 11.6
57 Bulgaria 50.6 44.8 42.2 42.8
59 Panama 93.2 89.0 82.6 82.6
59 Cuba 67.9 50.3 45.2 45.2
61 Mexico 77.8 74.4 64.8 70.6
62 Costa Rica 86.9 76.4 67.0 65.6
63 Grenada 61.5 51.2 42.4 42.4
64 Serbia 28.0 25.8 22.1 22.1
64 Malaysia 15.0 15.2 12.8 14.2
64 Libya 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.2
67 Trinidad and Tobago 42.1 35.4 34.6 34.7
67 Antigua and Barbuda 68.7 62.8 .. 55.5
69 Kazakhstan 40.0 28.4 30.7 30.0
70 Albania 11.8 17.4 14.2 17.9
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 94.1 92.1 89.9 89.9
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis 71.5 55.2 .. 42.6
72 Lebanon 32.0 19.8 16.2 16.2
72 Georgia 60.5 48.5 44.7 44.7
72 Dominica 32.1 24.5 .. 20.0
76 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 48.4 33.5 18.3 29.5
77 Peru 70.5 61.5 54.7 54.7
78 Ukraine 43.0 29.5 28.3 30.8
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 33.4 26.3 21.7 22.0
80 Mauritius 36.3 36.5 39.3 35.4
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.0 18.2 15.9 16.4
82 Azerbaijan 41.0 33.6 33.8 33.8
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 76.1 64.6 58.9 58.9
84 Oman 43.2 18.1 10.4 9.2
85 Jamaica 93.5 85.4 77.3 77.3
85 Brazil 89.7 86.0 75.6 75.6
87 Armenia 53.0 37.9 35.7 35.7
88 Saint Lucia 69.8 62.0 61.6 61.7
89 Ecuador 85.4 84.5 82.8 82.8
90 Turkey 52.0 42.8 38.8 39.2
91 Colombia 91.7 95.7 74.3 74.3
92 Sri Lanka 28.0 27.9 29.8 23.6
93 Algeria 11.8 8.5 7.3 7.3
94 Tunisia 8.4 6.5 6.9 5.7
95 Tonga 22.5 21.3 22.8 22.3
96 Samoa 45.4 36.8 27.6 28.3
96 Fiji 45.8 41.5 31.5 45.2
96 Dominican Republic 111.0 109.6 108.7 108.7
96 Belize 106.3 91.2 78.7 78.7
100 Jordan 40.6 31.0 24.5 26.5
101 China 6.8 8.2 9.7 8.4
102 Turkmenistan 17.8 23.0 19.5 19.5
103 Thailand 45.8 43.6 37.3 43.3
104 Maldives 46.6 23.0 13.4 12.2
105 Suriname 50.8 44.8 39.5 39.5
106 Gabon 130.1 107.1 89.9 89.9
107 El Salvador 111.5 91.9 82.7 82.7
108 Mongolia 32.8 21.8 16.6 20.8
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 86.9 84.4 78.2 78.2
110 Palestine, State of 96.5 71.4 78.7 53.5
111 Paraguay 91.9 82.3 72.3 72.3
112 Egypt 58.8 52.5 39.0 46.6
113 Moldova (Republic of) 58.1 37.4 33.8 33.8
114 Uzbekistan 41.5 14.3 12.9 13.8
114 Philippines 49.1 53.9 45.0 54.1
116 Syrian Arab Republic 51.9 45.5 61.1 42.8
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.8 34.3 25.4 25.4
118 Guyana 73.9 82.4 62.7 68.3
119 Botswana 73.3 61.2 52.1 52.1
120 Honduras 114.6 102.5 93.1 93.1
121 South Africa 80.6 70.7 59.2 59.2
121 Kiribati 41.6 30.1 .. 22.2
121 Indonesia 47.8 49.1 39.8 45.1
124 Vanuatu 62.0 58.1 47.0 54.0
125 Tajikistan 35.8 31.5 28.4 28.4
125 Kyrgyzstan 37.6 31.5 32.3 34.1
127 Viet Nam 27.1 25.8 16.6 26.8
128 Namibia 90.4 81.7 74.4 74.4
129 Nicaragua 132.6 119.4 112.7 112.7
130 Morocco 27.1 19.5 18.9 15.1
131 Iraq 57.1 71.2 85.5 98.0
132 Cape Verde 105.8 94.7 94.9 81.6
133 Guatemala 121.1 115.4 107.2 107.2
134 Timor-Leste 71.9 70.1 53.8 65.8
135 Ghana 90.1 79.9 64.0 71.1
136 India 116.1 98.6 68.1 86.3
136 Equatorial Guinea 133.9 128.8 122.8 122.9
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 55.5 52.0 37.4 39.0
138 Cambodia 53.3 45.4 39.2 41.8
140 Bhutan 75.0 58.3 38.3 50.2
141 Swaziland 109.4 102.4 83.9 83.9
142 Congo 130.2 130.5 112.8 118.7
143 Solomon Islands 71.1 70.1 41.8 70.3
144 Sao Tome and Principe 94.6 80.0 66.1 66.1
145 Kenya 105.7 104.2 103.5 100.2
146 Pakistan 60.0 41.3 45.7 31.6
146 Bangladesh 130.5 105.9 71.6 78.9
148 Angola 215.1 201.0 123.7 171.1
149 Myanmar 23.7 19.3 18.4 16.3
150 Cameroon 142.8 136.2 127.5 127.8
151 Madagascar 155.1 149.5 132.8 134.3
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) 133.3 132.0 130.4 130.4
153 Nigeria 135.2 127.2 126.6 118.3
154 Senegal 112.4 107.7 104.4 105.9
155 Mauritania 96.5 88.0 90.0 79.2
156 Papua New Guinea 75.6 71.0 55.0 66.9
157 Nepal 129.1 119.9 101.4 103.4
158 Lesotho 94.0 89.6 73.5 73.5
159 Togo 93.9 78.9 64.8 65.3
160 Yemen 109.1 91.2 68.1 78.8
161 Uganda 191.0 172.5 150.0 149.9
161 Haiti 61.8 52.5 46.4 46.4
163 Zambia 143.1 159.6 141.8 146.8
164 Djibouti 31.1 28.8 23.0 22.9
165 Gambia 130.9 102.8 88.1 76.6
166 Benin 123.3 117.4 111.8 111.7
167 Rwanda 53.5 44.7 36.7 38.7
168 Côte d'Ivoire 136.4 134.9 129.9 129.4
169 Comoros 66.5 63.6 45.7 58.0
170 Malawi 160.9 159.1 135.2 119.2
171 Sudan 87.1 1 73.6 1 56.8 61.9 1
172 Zimbabwe 106.3 75.2 64.6 64.6
173 Ethiopia 111.5 97.2 104.4 72.4
174 Liberia 152.2 146.1 141.6 142.6
175 Afghanistan 212.4 161.2 121.3 118.7
176 Guinea-Bissau 147.3 130.6 129.2 111.1
177 Sierra Leone 150.9 143.4 126.0 143.7
178 Guinea 174.4 165.7 152.3 157.4
178 Burundi 40.1 29.0 18.6 18.6
180 Central African Republic 134.4 122.5 106.6 106.6
181 Eritrea 98.7 83.2 66.9 66.6
182 Mali 190.9 189.5 162.9 186.3
183 Burkina Faso 136.2 130.4 130.9 124.8
184 Chad 193.4 189.6 164.4 164.5
185 Mozambique 117.0 176.4 149.2 149.2
186 Niger 220.6 213.5 157.4 207.1
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 242.0 230.6 201.4 201.4
.. South Sudan .. .. .. ..
.. Tuvalu 34.9 29.4 .. 23.3
.. Somalia 72.5 71.9 70.1 70.1
.. San Marino 2.7 2.6 .. 2.5
.. Nauru 45.6 38.5 .. 31.2
.. Monaco 7.7 15.8 .. 1.6
.. Marshall Islands 97.5 73.5 .. 53.5
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.7
Footnotes
1. Disaggregated data for Sudan and South Sudan as separate states are not yet available for most indicators. Estimates are for Sudan pre-secession.
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