Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Botswana

Adolescent fertility rate in Botswana in 2024 — 53.5 per 1,000. Ranked 152 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 60.3%.

2024 53.5 per 1,000 −0.66% vs 2023
World rank 152of 217
Period maximum 148.4 per 1,0001976
Period minimum 49.9 per 1,0002017

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19

Adolescent fertility rate — Botswana, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 134.5 per 1,0001962: 132.7 per 1,0001964: 131.8 per 1,0001966: 126.5 per 1,0001968: 128.4 per 1,0001970: 129 per 1,0001972: 132.2 per 1,0001974: 140.5 per 1,0001976: 148.4 per 1,0001978: 145.3 per 1,0001980: 140.4 per 1,0001982: 133.6 per 1,0001984: 128.6 per 1,0001986: 126.1 per 1,0001988: 116 per 1,0001990: 103.6 per 1,0001992: 96.9 per 1,0001994: 92.6 per 1,0001996: 82.9 per 1,0001998: 77.8 per 1,0002000: 73.7 per 1,0002002: 69.5 per 1,0002004: 66.1 per 1,0002006: 64.8 per 1,0002008: 61 per 1,0002010: 57.4 per 1,0002012: 55.6 per 1,0002014: 55.4 per 1,0002016: 54.3 per 1,0002018: 54.3 per 1,0002020: 55.6 per 1,0002022: 54.6 per 1,0002024: 53.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −81.1 (−60.27%) Average annual rate: -1.43 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana 53.5 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Southern Africa computed 53.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19.9 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 53.5 −0.4 −0.66%
2023 53.8 −0.8 −1.43%
2022 54.6 −0.5 −0.92%
2021 55.1 −0.5 −0.83%
2020 55.6 −0.7 −1.25%
2019 56.3 +1.9 +3.58%
2018 54.3 +4.4 +8.79%
2017 49.9 −4.4 −8.08%
2016 54.3 −2.8 −4.98%
2015 57.2 +1.8 +3.2%
2014 55.4 −0.5 −0.92%
2013 55.9 +0.3 +0.53%
2012 55.6 +0.2 +0.34%
2011 55.4 −2 −3.42%
2010 57.4 −1.6 −2.78%
2009 59 −1.9 −3.18%
2008 61 −2 −3.22%
2007 63 −1.8 −2.75%
2006 64.8 −0.7 −1.03%
2005 65.4 −0.6 −0.93%
2004 66.1 −1.8 −2.63%
2003 67.8 −1.7 −2.39%
2002 69.5 −2 −2.75%
2001 71.5 −2.2 −3.01%
2000 73.7 −1.9 −2.47%
1999 75.5 −2.2 −2.88%
1998 77.8 −2.4 −3.02%
1997 80.2 −2.7 −3.25%
1996 82.9 −4.6 −5.26%
1995 87.5 −5.1 −5.48%
1994 92.6 −2.6 −2.77%
1993 95.2 −1.7 −1.77%
1992 96.9 −1.7 −1.73%
1991 98.6 −4.9 −4.77%
1990 103.6 −5.6 −5.14%
1989 109.2 −6.8 −5.84%
1988 116 −6.7 −5.48%
1987 122.7 −3.4 −2.69%
1986 126.1 −1.3 −1%
1985 127.4 −1.3 −0.98%
1984 128.6 −1.6 −1.25%
1983 130.2 −3.3 −2.49%
1982 133.6 −3.6 −2.65%
1981 137.2 −3.2 −2.3%
1980 140.4 −2.7 −1.87%
1979 143.1 −2.2 −1.54%
1978 145.3 −1.6 −1.08%
1977 146.9 −1.4 −0.97%
1976 148.4 +3.9 +2.69%
1975 144.5 +4 +2.82%
1974 140.5 +4.4 +3.22%
1973 136.1 +3.9 +2.99%
1972 132.2 +3.7 +2.87%
1971 128.5 −0.5 −0.41%
1970 129 −0.3 −0.25%
1969 129.4 +1 +0.75%
1968 128.4 +1.8 +1.43%
1967 126.6 +0 +0.03%
1966 126.5 −1.8 −1.4%
1965 128.3 −3.5 −2.63%
1964 131.8 −1.4 −1.07%
1963 133.2 +0.5 +0.39%
1962 132.7 −0.8 −0.62%
1961 133.5 −1 −0.75%
1960 134.5

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of births per thousand women aged 15–19 during a year. The indicator is closely tied to the education of girls, the availability of contraception and the age at marriage, which is why it is used as a summary measure of the position of adolescent girls. Early childbirth is dangerous medically — maternal mortality is higher in this age group — and socially: it usually means interrupted schooling.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the female population as a whole rather than by the 15–19 age group: the catalog has no separate series for the size of that group, and its share among women differs about twofold across countries.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.