Report: Countries with the Highest Teenage Pregnancy Rates, 2024

Katherina DavisJanuary 17, 2024Special Reports

It’s worth noting that more than 13 million children are born to women who are under the age of 20. Around 90 percent of these births (which is approximately 12 million) occur in developing countries, with African nations having the highest number. This is a significant figure when considering the overall number of daily births. To find out which country has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy per 1,000 teenage girls, please continue reading.

West African nation of Niger tops the list with a rate of 170 out of 1,000 teenagers. In Niger, peer pressure, inadequate parental care, a lack of sex education, low educational attainment, and poverty — which results in early marriage — are the main causes of teenage pregnancy. After Niger, Mozambique is the second-most country in the world with the highest teenage pregnancy rate, with 166 teenage pregnancies per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 19. Similar to Niger, the majority of girls in the nation are married before becoming 18, and half of them have children before turning 19.

Countries with the Highest Teenage Pregnancy Rates, 2024

Rank	Country	Region	Population	Teenage Pregnancy Rates (Aged 15 to 19, per 1K women)
1	Niger	Western Africa	15,510,000	170
2	Mozambique	Eastern Africa	34,173,805	166
3	Central African Republic	Central Africa	4,403,540	161
4	Mali	Western Africa	19,329,841	150
5	Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa	700,000	140
6	Angola	Central Africa	35,981,281	138
7	Chad	Central Africa	11,230,000	138
8	Tanzania	Eastern Africa	61,741,120	124
9	Liberia	Western Africa	3,990,000	123
10	Madagascar	Eastern Africa	28,812,195	119
11	Malawi	Eastern Africa	17,563,749	118
12	Somalia	Eastern Africa	9,330,000	118
13	Zambia	Eastern Africa	20,216,029	117
14	Guinea	Western Africa	9,980,000	115
15	Burkina Faso	Western Africa	20,505,155	111
16	Cameroon	Central Africa	30,135,732	110
17	Congo (Republic)	Central Africa	4,040,000	109
18	Uganda	Eastern Africa	47,729,952	108
19	Ivory Coast	Western Africa	29,389,150	105
20	Congo (Democratic Republic)	Central Africa	111,859,928	104
21	Nigeria	Western Africa	230,842,743	102
22	Sierra Leone	Western Africa	5,870,000	101
23	South Sudan	Eastern Africa	12,118,379	99
24	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	16,775,307	94
25	Benin	Western Africa	13,852,780	92
26	Gabon	Central Africa	1,510,000	91
27	Lesotho	Southern Africa	2,280,000	90
28	Guinea Bissau	Western Africa	1,520,000	88
29	Nicaragua	Central America	6,359,689	86
30	Afghanistan	Southern Asia	31,415,280	83
31	Venezuela	South America	30,518,260	83
32	Sudan	Northern Africa	33,600,000	80
33	Sao Tome and Principe	Central Africa	170,000	79
34	Mauritania	Western Africa	4,594,525	78
35	Togo	Western Africa	6,030,000	78
36	Bangladesh	Southern Asia	165,158,620	75
37	Laos	Southeastern Asia	6,200,000	73
38	Honduras	Central America	9,571,352	72
39	Nauru	Micronesia	10,000	72
40	Eswatini	Southern Africa	1,193,560	70
41	Panama	Central America	3,520,000	70
42	Paraguay	South America	6,450,000	70
43	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	126,527,060	69
44	Guyana	South America	850,000	67
45	Dominican Republic	Caribbean	10,790,744	66
46	Senegal	Western Africa	17,745,000	66
47	Namibia	Southern Africa	2,280,000	65
48	Bolivia	South America	12,186,079	64
49	Eritrea	Eastern Africa	5,250,000	64
50	Ghana	Western Africa	34,237,620	64
51	Guatemala	Central America	17,980,803	64
52	Kenya	Eastern Africa	51,526,000	64
53	Nepal	Southern Asia	28,760,000	64
54	Vanuatu	Melanesia	240,000	64
55	Ecuador	South America	17,483,326	63
56	Gambia	Western Africa	1,730,000	63
57	Iraq	West Asia	31,670,000	62
58	South Africa	Southern Africa	62,027,503	61
59	Solomon Islands	Melanesia	540,000	60
60	Colombia	South America	50,290,000	59
61	Comoros	Eastern Africa	730,620	58
62	Marshall Islands	Micronesia	50,000	58
63	Belize	Central America	310,000	57
64	Peru	South America	34,352,720	57
65	El Salvador	Central America	6,602,370	56
66	Suriname	South America	520,000	56
67	Cape Verde	Western Africa	512,450	55
68	Papua New Guinea	Melanesia	6,860,000	55
69	Burundi	Eastern Africa	13,162,955	54
70	Mexico	North America	129,875,529	54
71	Yemen	West Asia	24,050,000	54
72	Haiti	Caribbean	11,470,261	53
73	Seychelles	Eastern Africa	90,000	53
74	Botswana	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,824,782	49
75	Cuba	Caribbean	10,985,974	49
76	Philippines	Southeastern Asia	108,667,043	48
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	110,000	48
78	Brazil	Southern Africa	2,010,000	45
79	Cambodia	Southeastern Asia	14,143,680	45
80	Egypt	Northern Africa	81,120,000	45
81	Tajikistan	Central Asia	6,880,000	45
82	Samoa	Polynesia	180,000	44
83	Palau	Micronesia	20,000	43
84	Palestine	West Asia	4,040,000	43
85	Barbados	Caribbean	270,000	42
86	Pakistan	Southern Asia	207,684,000	42
87	Azerbaijan	West Asia	9,191,720	40
88	Kiribati	Micronesia	101,120	40
89	Argentina	South America	47,327,407	39
90	Bulgaria	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	6,519,789	39
91	Dominica	Caribbean	70,000	38
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	50,000	38
93	Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	1,340,000	38
94	Costa Rica	Central America	5,044,197	37
95	Saint Lucia	Caribbean	170,000	37
96	Micronesia	Micronesia	110,000	36
97	Romania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	19,053,815	36
98	Uruguay	South America	3,370,000	36
99	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	5,333,440	35
100	Vietnam	Southeastern Asia	94,700,000	35
101	Indonesia	Southeastern Asia	275,361,267	34
102	Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	90,000	33
103	Grenada	Caribbean	100,000	33
104	Jamaica	Caribbean	2,740,000	33
105	Myanmar	Southeastern Asia	51,483,949	33
106	Thailand	Southeastern Asia	69,120,000	33
107	Tuvalu	Polynesia	11,000	33
108	Georgia	Eastern Europe	4,350,225	32
109	Rwanda	Eastern Africa	13,400,541	32
110	Iran	West Asia	85,000,000	30
111	Moldova	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,570,000	28
112	Fiji	Melanesia	860,820	27
113	Mongolia	Eastern Asia	3,296,866	27
114	Bahamas	Caribbean	340,550	26
115	Morocco	Northern Africa	31,950,000	26
116	Slovakia	Central Europe	5,449,270	26
117	Jordan	West Asia	6,190,000	25
118	Mauritius	Eastern Africa	1,300,000	25
119	Chile	South America	18,549,457	24
120	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	893,450	23
121	Hungary	Central Europe	9,980,000	22
122	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	16,030,460	22
123	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	5,040,000	22
124	Lebanon	West Asia	4,230,000	20
125	Armenia	West Asia	3,091,245	19
126	Bhutan	Southern Asia	730,440	19
127	Tonga	Polynesia	100,000	19
128	India	Southern Asia	1,210,854,977	17
129	Turkey	West Asia	72,750,000	17
130	North Macedonia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	1,836,713	16
131	Sri Lanka	Southern Asia	20,860,000	16
132	Ukraine	Eastern Europe	45,450,000	16
133	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	27,440,000	16
134	Albania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	2,800,138	15
135	Russia	Eastern Europe	142,960,000	15
136	Serbia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	7,770,000	15
137	British Virgin Islands	South America	216,422,446	14
138	New Zealand	Australasia	4,699,755	13
139	Algeria	Northern Africa	43,851,044	12
140	Belarus	Eastern Europe	9,611,750	12
141	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	27,450,000	12
142	China	Eastern Asia	1,341,340,000	11
143	Latvia	Northern Europe	1,893,223	11
144	Malta	Southern Europe	420,264	11
145	United Kingdom	Western Europe	66,796,121	11
146	Brunei	Southeastern Asia	408,540	10
147	Czech Republic	Central Europe	10,524,167	10
148	France	Western Europe	65,250,000	10
149	Lithuania	Northern Europe	3,320,000	10
150	Montenegro	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	630,000	10
151	Oman	West Asia	2,780,000	10
152	Poland	Central Europe	38,280,000	10
153	Bahrain	West Asia	1,260,000	9
154	Croatia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,871,833	9
155	Estonia	Northern Europe	1,331,824	9
156	Malaysia	Southeastern Asia	33,200,000	9
157	Australia	Australasia	25,422,800	8
158	Greece	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	11,360,000	8
159	Israel	West Asia	7,420,000	8
160	Canada	North America	40,297,761	7
161	Cyprus	West Asia	1,100,000	7
162	Germany	Central Europe	82,300,000	7
163	Libya	Northern Africa	6,360,000	7
164	Maldives	Southern Asia	320,000	7
165	Monaco	Western Europe	40,000	7
166	Portugal	Southern Europe	10,343,066	7
167	Qatar	West Asia	1,760,000	7
168	Tunisia	Northern Africa	10,480,000	7
169	Andorra	Southern Europe	80,740	6
170	Austria	Central Europe	8,935,800	6
171	Ireland	Western Europe	5,145,255	6
172	Kuwait	West Asia	2,740,000	6
173	Spain	Southern Europe	46,080,000	6
174	Belgium	Western Europe	10,710,530	5
175	Iceland	Northern Europe	364,134	5
176	Finland	Northern Europe	5,548,000	4
177	Italy	Southern Europe	60,550,000	4
178	Luxembourg	Western Europe	510,000	4
179	San Marino	Southern Europe	30,000	4
180	Slovenia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	2,030,000	4
181	Japan	Eastern Asia	126,540,000	3
182	Liechtenstein	Central Europe	40,000	3
183	Macau	Eastern Asia	540,560	3
184	Netherlands	Western Europe	17,424,978	3
185	Singapore	Southeastern Asia	5,700,000	3
186	Sweden	Northern Europe	10,379,295	3
187	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	7,510,000	3
188	Denmark	Northern Europe	5,822,863	2
189	North Korea	Eastern Asia	24,350,000	2
190	Norway	Northern Europe	5,367,580	2
191	South Korea	Eastern Asia	48,180,000	2
192	Switzerland	Western Europe	8,680,980	2

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