The prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Angola fell from 34.5% to 27.1% in a decade, but remains above the average of Sub-Saharan Africa, estimated at 18%, today announced the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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15/09/2026
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Odata are described in the Thematic Report on Fecundity in Adolescence in Angola, made public today in Luanda by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), and reveal that the prevalence is higher in rural areas and adolescents without any level of education.
According to the survey, the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in girls aged 15-19 years in Angola decreased by 21.5%, from 34.5% in the Survey of Multiple Indicators and Health (IIMS 2015-2016) to 27.1% in IIMS 2023-2024.
The INE states that the fall in teenage pregnancy in this period keeps Angola above the average of Sub-Saharan Africa, estimated at 18%, being lower than that observed in Mozambique (36%) and Zambia (28%), but higher than that of Tanzania (23.4%), Cameroon (23%) and Gabon (22.9%).
By provinces, the results show significant falls in Malanje (less than 24.4 percentage points), Lunda Sul (less than 23.2 percentage points), Huíla (less than 19.7 percentage points) and Cunene (less than 14.6 percentage points).
The province of Luanda has the lowest prevalence (21.2% in IIMS 2015-2016 and 13.9% in IIMS 2023-2024), “which may reflect greater access to health and education services”, stands out.
Provinces such as Cuanza Sul (51.4%), Cuanza Norte (41.3%) and Cuando-Cubango (44.0%) maintained high prevalence in IIMS 2023-2024, while in the province of Bengo, an increase of 2.7 percentage points was observed.
According to the analysis, Angola demonstrated “relevant progress, but the persistence of high values in certain regions and the disparity between provinces reinforce the need for differentiated and focused strategies to accelerate the reduction of teenage pregnancy”.
As for the fertility rate, it decreased 25.2%, from 163 per 1,000 adolescents in IIMS 2015-2016 to 122 per 1,000 in IIMS 2023-2024.
The reduction was significantly higher in urban areas (33.3%) compared to rural areas (18.4%), where levels remain high, reaching 195 per 1,000 adolescents in 2023-2024.
Of the total number of adolescents registered in the two surveys, 3.444 and 3,874 respectively, seven out of ten lived in urban areas.
For the NSI, the results of this study show significant progress in reducing teenage pregnancy in Angola over the last decade, “possibly associated with increased female schooling, postponement of marriage and greater access to information on sexual and reproductive health”.
It also defends, among the conclusions, integrated strategies that promote school stay, prevent early marriage, expand friendly sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and face harmful social norms, aiming to “accelerate” the reduction of teenage pregnancy and reduce inequalities.
The research, now made public in the Angolan capital, was prepared with the support of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Population Fund.