Key indicators of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (country medians), 33 countries with most recent DHS since 2010*, sub-Saharan Africa by subregion
| Eastern and Southern Africa | West and Central Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||
| Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | |
| Median age at first sex (years) | 18.1 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 18.9 | 17.4 | 18.4 |
| Median age at first marriage (years)† | 19.6 | 24.5 | 19.3 | 25.7 | 19.4 | 24.9 |
| Median age at first birth (years) | 20.2 | --- | 19.8 | ---- | 19.9 | ---- |
| Family planning coverage, married women 15–19 years (%) | 55.6 | --- | 20.1 | --- | 29.3 | ---- |
| Family planning coverage, sexually active single women 15–19 years (%) | 50.1 | --- | 33.6 | --- | 43.3 | --- |
| HIV prevalence, 15–19 years (%) | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Condom use at last sex with non-regular partner, 15–19 years (%) | 43.2 | 58.0 | 31.8 | 46.2 | 37.9 | 52.1 |
Number of surveys for HIV prevalence obtained from DHS and other national surveys with HIV testing for 32 countries; Family planning coverage is defined as demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods of contraception, taking into account contraceptive prevalence and unmet need; median age at first sex, marriage and birth obtained from men and women aged 25–29.
*Number of countries is number of surveys used to compute summary measure of respective indicators.
†Median age at first marriage among men aged 30–34 was used to impute if median exceeded 25 years.
DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.