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Under-18 conception rate, England and Wales

Conceptions to women aged under 18 per 1,000 women in England and Wales, and in England and Wales apart, each year since 2010, with the number of conceptions and the share that ended in abortion, from the ONS.

England and Wales

13.6 per 1,000 women

2023 · 14,390 conceptions to women aged under 18

Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:23 UTC
Under-18 conception rate, England and Wales
  • England and Wales
  • England
  • Wales
01020304020102013201620192023

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

14 periods, newest first

PeriodEngland and WalesEnglandWales
202313.6 per 1,000 women13.5 per 1,000 women15.9 per 1,000 women
202214.0 per 1,000 women13.9 per 1,000 women15.7 per 1,000 women
202113.2 per 1,000 women13.1 per 1,000 women15.2 per 1,000 women
202012.9 per 1,000 women12.8 per 1,000 women14.0 per 1,000 women
201915.6 per 1,000 women15.5 per 1,000 women17.2 per 1,000 women
201816.7 per 1,000 women16.6 per 1,000 women18.8 per 1,000 women
201717.9 per 1,000 women17.8 per 1,000 women20.2 per 1,000 women
201619.1 per 1,000 women19.0 per 1,000 women21.0 per 1,000 women
201521.1 per 1,000 women20.9 per 1,000 women24.4 per 1,000 women
201423.1 per 1,000 women22.9 per 1,000 women25.6 per 1,000 women
201324.6 per 1,000 women24.4 per 1,000 women27.3 per 1,000 women
201227.9 per 1,000 women27.8 per 1,000 women30.8 per 1,000 women
201130.9 per 1,000 women30.7 per 1,000 women34.2 per 1,000 women
201034.3 per 1,000 women34.2 per 1,000 women36.9 per 1,000 women

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/conceptionandfertilityrates/datasets/conceptionstatisticsenglandandwalesreferencetables
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
9 November 2026, 15:01 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 15:23 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 15:23 UTC; 42 of 42 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T15:01:08Z; 3 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2563 of 3 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures42 of 42 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's accreditation and conceptions and abortion_share match
PassFigures are finite numbers42 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure42 of 42 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's accreditation and conceptions and abortion_share match
PassONS edition is currentthe 2023 edition counts at 2023-12-31, 1044 days before retrieval (limit 1300)
PassTable 6's rolling annual rate agrees3 of 3 areas' 2023 rates match Table 6's rolling annual rate to October to December
PassSource page answershttps://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/conceptionandfertilityrates/datasets/conceptionstatisticsenglandandwalesreferencetables – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Conceptions are pregnancies that led to a birth or to a legal abortion, dated to conception and placed by the woman's usual residence. The under-18 rate is the ONS's own, per 1,000 women in the age group; the ONS rounds every count to the nearest five and calculates its rates and percentages after rounding.
  • The Office for National Statistics publishes these as accredited official statistics.