Table 7

Selected indicators of adolescent and overall fertility over time in 30 LMICs (source: DHS surveys results available on StatCompiler.com)

	Country	Percent change between surveys 1 and 3 among adolescents <20 years				Survey 1					Survey3
	Country	Indicator 1 (all births)	Indicator 2 (1st order)	Indicator 3 (2nd+order)	Pattern (from table 6)	Survey year	Age-specific fertility rate 15–19	General fertility rate	% Women age 20–49 giving birth by age 20	Median age at first birth for women age 25–29	Survey year	Age-specific fertility rate 15–19	General fertility rate	% Women age 20–49 giving birth by age 20	Median age at first birth for women age 25–29
Latin America	Colombia	33.3%	16.7%	31.2%	4	1990	70	105	32.3	22.6	2010	84	74	36.7	21.4
	Dominican Republic	17.6%	12.0%	−8.7%	6	1991	88	125	41	21.7	2013	90	89	41.4	21.3
	Haiti	11.9%	−5.6%	−22.2%	7	1994	76	156	32.8	21.9	2012	66	117	31	22.7
	Peru	5.8%	−4.9%	−37.2%	7	1991	61	121	33.1	22.1	2012	64	86	34	22.3
Middle East	Egypt	−20.3%	−31.3%	−54.1%	1	1992	63	136	37.4	21.7	2014	56	127	25.8	22.7
Middle East	Jordan	−39.7%	−52.5%	−56.9%	1	1990	49	169	33.5	23	2012	26	112	17.1	24.7
South/ Southeast Asia	Bangladesh	12.7%	−7.5%	−18.0%	7	1993	140	136	73.2	17.9	2014	113	90	67.2	18.5
	Indonesia	−46.8%	−50.6%	−80.2%	1	1991	67	108	46.4	20.4	2012	48	88	30.5	22.8
	Nepal	10.8%	−16.0%	7.5%	5	1996	127	167	52.6	19.4	2011	81	96	45.6	20.1
	Pakistan	−32.5%	−32.5%	−49.3%	1	1990	74	164	37.3	21	2012	44	131	29.2	23.4
	Philippines	28.0%	6.2%	0.4%	4	1993	50	138	25	23.1	2013	57	101	22.7	23
Sub-Saharan Africa	Benin	−1.8%	−25.8%	33.6%	2	1996	119	202	53.2	19.8	2011	94	175	43	20.3
	Burkina Faso	−11.0%	−7.3%	−25.2%	1	1993	149	221	61.6	19	2010	130	206	56.5	19.4
	Cameroon	−15.2%	−17.5%	−26.4%	1	1991	164	208	64.7	18.6	2011	127	180	53.4	19.7
	Chad	−7.7%	2.6%	−3.0%	3	1996	190	229	66.5	18.2	2014	179	230	67.8	17.9
	Ghana	−16.0%	−26.3%	−7.0%	1	1993	116	178	48.1	20.3	2014	76	143	37.2	22.6
	Guinea	8.1%	−1.3%	2.8%	5	1999	168	195	62.4	18.6	2012	146	176	60.6	18.9
	Kenya	−1.7%	−22.8%	−1.3%	1	1993	110	182	57.9	19.3	2014	96	141	46.3	20.3
	Malawi	5.0%	−1.4%	−13.3%	7	1992	161	223	62.2	18.7	2010	152	202	65.1	18.9
	Mali	13.7%	−6.4%	24.2%	5	1995	187	234	63.7	18.6	2012	172	214	57	18.8
	Mozambique	−6.1%	−1.2%	−17.4%	1	1997	171	183	59.3	18.7	2011	167	206	57.8	18.9
	Namibia	2.4%	−18.3%	−3.4%	7	1992	109	176	39.6	21.2	2013	82	125	35.1	21.5
	Niger	−19.8%	−7.5%	−28.0%	1	1992	215	250	70.6	17.8	2012	206	269	66.3	18.1
	Nigeria	−13.4%	−8.5%	−21.7%	1	1990	146	207	52.8	19.6	2013	122	190	48.4	20.3
	Rwanda	−10.3%	−32.5%	−61.0%	1	1992	60	197	29.6	22	2015	45	142	21.8	23
	Senegal	−22.5%	−29.0%	−43.4%	1	1992	127	202	55.7	19.3	2015	90	167	38.5	21.4
	Tanzania	−7.6%	−10.1%	−20.4%	1	1991	144	212	60.8	19.5	2015	132	178	52.9	19.8
	Uganda	−19.4%	−8.3%	−20.4%	1	1995	204	248	65.7	18.9	2011	134	217	62.9	18.9
	Zambia	−14.6%	−10.1%	−22.7%	1	1992	156	219	67.1	18.8	2013	141	184	61.3	19.2
	Zimbabwe	−1.4%	−9.0%	−20.7%	1	1994	99	148	53.4	19.7	2015	110	144	47.7	20

DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; LMICs, low-income and middle-income countries.