Data availability:

Data selected for the adolescent birth rate for women aged 10-14 years and 15-19 years are available for 223 and 230 out of 237 countries and areas, respectively, for the 2000-2024 time period.

In the 10-14 age group, 14 countries and areas have no data: three in Latin America and the Caribbean (British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, and Sint Maarten), three in Europe and Northern America (Holy See, Isle of Man, and Monaco), three in Oceania (Solomon Islands, Tokelau, and Vanuatu), two in Northern Africa and Western Asia (Syrian Arab Republic, and Western Sahara), two in Sub-Sharan Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Saint Helena) and one in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (China). For this age group, only four countries have just one data point: one in Europe and Northern America (Channel Islands – Guernsey), one in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (Democratic Republic of Korea), one in Western Asia and Northern Africa (Lebanon), and one in Latin America and the Caribbean (Saint Kitts and Nevis).

In the 15-19 age group, seven countries and areas have no data: three in Europe and Northern America (Holy See, Isle of Man, Monaco), two in Latin America and the Caribbean (Falkland Islands and Sint Maarten), one in Northern Africa and Western Asia (Western Sahara), and one in Sub-Saharan Africa (Saint Helena). Among the 230 countries and areas with available data for this age group, only three have just one data point: one in Oceania (Tokelau), one in Europe and Northern America (Channel Islands – Guernsey), and one in Western Asia and Northern Africa (Lebanon).

Table 1: The regional breakdown of data availability is as follows:

	At least one data point between 2000 and 2024
World and SDG regions	ABR women aged 10-14 years	ABR women aged 15-19 years
WORLD	223	230
Europe and Northern America	52	52
Latin America and the Caribbean	47	48
Central Asia and Southern Asia	14	14
Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia	18	19
Northern Africa and Western Asia	23	24
Sub-Saharan Africa	49	50
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	18	21
Australia and New Zealand	2	2
Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs)	32	32
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)	43	44
Small island developing States (SIDS)	54	57

Time series:

See Table 1 above.

Disaggregation:

Age, education, number of living children, marital status, socioeconomic status, geographic location and other categories, depending on the data source and number of observations.

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