Gabon's adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) was 89.47 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 14.36% from 104.47 in 2014 (1.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 89.47 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 97.63 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 104.47 | 2014 |
| Highest | 171.86 | 1978 |
| Lowest | 89.47 | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | 96.18 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 123.3 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Gabon's adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) fell 2.24 on 2023 (from 91.71 to 89.47).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.89 and a typical year strayed about 2.05 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.26 in 1972 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.5 in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.25 a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 85.63 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2.51, against 3.43 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Gabon had the 24th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 89.47 | 2024 |
| World | 38.34 | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.92 | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 23.55 | 2024 |
Closest to Gabon in the 2024 ranking
- Nicaragua — 21st of 217: 93.17
- Sierra Leone — 22nd of 217: 91.19
- Côte d'Ivoire — 23rd of 217: 90.56
- Mauritania — 25th of 217: 87.57
- Burkina Faso — 26th of 217: 85.53
- São Tomé and Principe — 27th of 217: 85.18
What this measures
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 65 values
| Year | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.47 |
| 2023 | 91.71 |
| 2022 | 93.32 |
| 2021 | 94.93 |
| 2020 | 96.31 |
| 2019 | 97.63 |
| 2018 | 98.06 |
| 2017 | 98.88 |
| 2016 | 99.8 |
| 2015 | 101.75 |
| 2014 |
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) in nearby economies
- Angola — 139.39 (2024)
- Benin — 76.41 (2024)
- Botswana — 53.45 (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 85.53 (2024)
- Burundi — 52.49 (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 37.94 (2024)
- Cameroon — 105.39 (2024)
- Central African Republic — 161.35 (2024)
- Chad — 132.13 (2024)
More health data for Gabon
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 12.95% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.76% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 467,120 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 36.55% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 472,705 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 35.94% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 939,824 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 36.24% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.4% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
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Questions people ask
- What is Gabon's adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)?
- 89.47 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 27.44% from 123.3 in 1960 (0.5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 171.86 in 1978 and the lowest 89.47 in 2024.
- How does Gabon rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.ADO.TFRT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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