São Tomé and Principe - Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

The value for Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) in São Tomé and Principe was 90.79 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 136.83 in 1972 and a minimum value of 90.79 in 2020.

Definition: Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.

Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 131.46
1961 131.88
1962 132.30
1963 132.72
1964 133.14
1965 133.56
1966 133.98
1967 134.40
1968 134.89
1969 135.37
1970 135.86
1971 136.34
1972 136.83
1973 136.74
1974 136.65
1975 136.57
1976 136.48
1977 136.40
1978 136.44
1979 136.48
1980 136.52
1981 136.56
1982 136.60
1983 135.37
1984 134.14
1985 132.91
1986 131.68
1987 130.45
1988 129.23
1989 128.01
1990 126.78
1991 125.56
1992 124.34
1993 122.65
1994 120.97
1995 119.28
1996 117.60
1997 115.91
1998 114.92
1999 113.92
2000 112.93
2001 111.93
2002 110.94
2003 109.94
2004 108.95
2005 107.95
2006 106.96
2007 105.96
2008 104.86
2009 103.76
2010 102.65
2011 101.55
2012 100.45
2013 99.28
2014 98.11
2015 96.94
2016 95.78
2017 94.61
2018 93.34
2019 92.07
2020 90.79

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Adolescent fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health