Indicators
The Gender Equality Observatory publishes a set of relevant indicators to monitor progress toward gender equality and the economic, physical, and decision-making autonomy of women and girls in all their diversity in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Observatory's indicators are constructed from official statistical information, both that which is publicly available on official websites and that which countries provide through specific requests.
Each indicator has its own definition, links to the CEPALSTAT database, where the information can be disaggregated according to different variables to delve deeper into the metadata and sources, and links to publications that provide further analysis.
Adolescent birth rate
About this Indicator
Adolescent pregnancy and motherhood have serious effects on the comprehensive development of girls and adolescents, limiting their autonomy. It represents a widespread reality in the region, against which States have committed to developing effective public policies to implement the international and regional agreements they have adopted to reduce it. The adolescent fertility rate for women between the ages of 15 to 19 and 10 to 14 is one of the indicators that tracks target 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), aimed at ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health services by 2030.
Definition
This indicator corresponds to the annual number of births to women aged 10 to 14 years or 15 to 19 years. The result is an annual rate per 1,000 women in the respective age group. The source of information is the UN SDG database, based on information from vital statistics and other sources, such as census data, demographic and health surveys, and national surveys. Information from each country is published according to the most recent available year.
Related Publications
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: gender indicators up to 2024
Latin America and the Caribbean has made considerable efforts to achieve gender equality. Now the region must consolidate advances and fulfil commitments by accelerating progress towards substantive equality and the full exercise of rights for all women and girls....