As of 2018, 28 percent of women aged 20 to 24 gave birth before age 18 in Nicaragua. This was the highest birth rate before age 18 in the Latin American and Caribbean countries shown in the graph. Venezuela recorded the second highest adolescent birth rate, as around 24 percent of the women aged 20 to 24 had had a child before turning 18. Cuba, on the other hand, had one of the lowest birth rates before 18 in the region, at only 6 percent.
Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018
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UNICEF. (October 15, 2019). Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/
UNICEF. "Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018." Chart. October 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/
UNICEF. (2019). Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/
UNICEF. "Percentage of Women Aged 20 to 24 Who Gave Birth before Age 18 in Selected Countries in Latin America and The Caribbean as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/
UNICEF, Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 who gave birth before age 18 in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2018 [Graph], UNICEF, October 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/945553/latin-america-adolescent-fertility-rates-country/