The adolescent birth rate in Latin America and the Caribbeanstood at around 61 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 as of 2021. Two decades earlier, the regional average stood at almost 83 births per thousand women in the same age group. Since then, the teenage birth rate among Latin American women between 15 and 19 years of age has improved substantially.
Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (September 7, 2021). Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/
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 between 2000 and 2020." Chart. September 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2021). Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/
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 between 2000 and 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/
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 between 2000 and 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2020 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, September 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/945540/latin-america-number-births-adolescent-women-subregion/