The adolescent birth rate in Latin America and the Caribbean stood at an average of 60.7 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19, according to 2020 estimates. The highest rate in the region was registered in Nicaragua and Honduras, where it surpassed 90 births per 1,000 women in that same age group as of 2018. In South America, Chile and Uruguay recorded some of the lowest teenage birth rates.
Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (June 2, 2022). Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country." Chart. June 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2022). Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Number of Births per 1,000 Women Aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and The Caribbean as of 2020, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean as of 2020, by country [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, June 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/945546/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-country/
