11 Countries with the Highest Teenage Pregnancy Rates in the World

Discover the countries with the highest pregnancy rates in the world by sneaking into our discussion today! Well, I guess parents around the globe are definitely intrigued to know what those countries are.

When we say teenage pregnancy, it means that this is a gestation of a young adolescent female between the aged of 13 to 19 years old. The teenage parents to be may have made this possible intentionally or not. It may be due to planned or unplanned sexual contact too.

There are advantages and disadvantages of early pregnancies. For one, young girls getting pregnant early decide to take care of themselves for they bear their child in them. This means giving up all their vices they had before they got pregnant such as smoking, drinking, and doing drugs. The disadvantage includes dropouts from school, leading to low-income job offer which then leads to poverty. Early pregnancy also affects not only the baby’s health but the teenage mom’s too.

What causes so many teenage pregnancies? In the first place – lack of knowledge about sex education. There are countries that don’t have projects and programs about contraception.  They don’t teach about the consequences of having sex at an early age. That is why a lot of young girls have no idea how to steer clear of getting pregnant. Sometimes, rape or sexual abuse is also one reason of getting adolescent pregnant.

The World Health Organization now fulfills programs in preventing early pregnancy. The WHO, also, intends to increase the skills and the ability of underage female to pre/postnatal care and childbirth. This is to lessen the mortality rate of babies and improve the maternal well-being of teenage mothers.

Before we head on to the countries with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world, you might also want to review our study about the 10 most sexually active countries in the world. To find out the rankings of countries with the highest frequency of sexual encounters.

Are you ready to find out the 11 countries with the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world? Let us hit the list below:

11. Albania

Number of birth rate: 14 per 1000 population
The World Health Organization covers Albania’s health needs and trends since 1991. WHO and global agencies were the ones who supported Albania in cutting down the number of early pregnancies in the country, with better sex education and a health system.

10. Ireland

Number of birth rate: 18 per 1000 population
In Ireland, the legal age for sexual blessing and with the approval of the parents is 17 years old. And teenage pregnancy is comparatively constant compared to Poland.

9. Poland

Number of birth rate: 18 per 1000 population
The rate of teenage pregnancy is rising. Probably it will be leading the European register soon. This is why Poland promotes sex education in their remote vicinity to have power over adolescent pregnancy.

8.Canada

Number of birth rate: 20 per 1000 population
In Canada, the rate of teenage pregnancy is declining according to the latest report. The number of early pregnancies once again, booms in Canada especially in provinces. Why in provinces? A research says most successful Canadians head to the West or abroad to fulfill their goals and to have a successful life. Teenagers who have a low opportunity to finish schooling tend to suffer from the ‘socio-economic’ issue. It was reported that there are small number of career opportunities in some provinces in Canada too. It’s not cool being left behind in Canada!

7. Portugal

Number of birth rate: 21 per 1000 population
Portugal passed an anti-abortion act in 2007. Decreasing the occurrence of teenage pregnancies is still one of the major concerns of Portugal’s health council.

6. Iceland

Number of birth rate: 24 per 1000 population
Iceland has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in all Nordic countries, but now the rate is dropping. UNICEF wishes that the status of their teenage pregnancy would improve in the coming years.

5. Hungary

Number of birth rate: 26 per 1000 population
Hungary is known to have the highest rate of abortion due to accidental and unwanted pregnancies. This is a huge social and community problem that is affecting the country since they are also known as an industrialized nation.

4. Slovakia

Number of birth rate: 26 per 1000 population
In the European zone, Slovakia ranks first among the countries with high teenage pregnancy rate. Despite providing sex education and having access to contraceptives.

3. New Zealand

Number of birth rate: 29 per 1000 population
Even though that New Zealand belongs to the countries with high income around the globe, it seems that they don’t have rich knowledge about safe sex. Teenagers don’t count ‘medical advice’ to be helpful in their lives. As of today, their teenage pregnancy rate is constantly escalating.

2. United Kingdom

Number of birth rate: 30 per 1000 population
UK ranks first and has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe. Maybe this could be the result of the cold climate and lack of sex education among its adolescent females.

The No. 1 country with the highest teenage pregnancy in the world is…

1. United States of America

Number of birth rate: 52 per 1000 population
The United State of America is the current country with the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the world. We can’t solely blame MTV’s ’16 & Pregnant’ for the massive increase of teenage moms who want to become a celebrity someday. USA’s teenage pregnancy rate is mostly high in their black young ladies and Hispanic communities. The US government is spending time, effort and money to boost their programs on the awareness of early pregnancies.