Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Eswatini

Adolescent fertility rate in Eswatini in 2024 — 68.2 per 1,000. Ranked 175 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 52.4%.

2024 68.2 per 1,000 −0.83% vs 2023
World rank 175of 217
Period maximum 188.5 per 1,0001981
Period minimum 68.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Eswatini, 1960–20245010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 143.2 per 1,0001962: 144.1 per 1,0001964: 144.5 per 1,0001966: 147.3 per 1,0001968: 153.9 per 1,0001970: 160.8 per 1,0001972: 166.2 per 1,0001974: 172.2 per 1,0001976: 178.6 per 1,0001978: 185.4 per 1,0001980: 188.2 per 1,0001982: 182.8 per 1,0001984: 174.4 per 1,0001986: 157.5 per 1,0001988: 147.7 per 1,0001990: 139.5 per 1,0001992: 134 per 1,0001994: 124.5 per 1,0001996: 115.3 per 1,0001998: 108.6 per 1,0002000: 110 per 1,0002002: 105.6 per 1,0002004: 102.2 per 1,0002006: 95.2 per 1,0002008: 90.4 per 1,0002010: 83.9 per 1,0002012: 80.8 per 1,0002014: 79.1 per 1,0002016: 75.4 per 1,0002018: 74.1 per 1,0002020: 72.1 per 1,0002022: 69.8 per 1,0002024: 68.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −75 (−52.4%) Average annual rate: -1.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 68.2 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
Lower-middle-income countries computed 37.7 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 68.2 −0.6 −0.83%
2023 68.7 −1 −1.5%
2022 69.8 −1 −1.37%
2021 70.7 −1.3 −1.85%
2020 72.1 −1.2 −1.57%
2019 73.2 −0.9 −1.18%
2018 74.1 −0.4 −0.59%
2017 74.5 −0.8 −1.12%
2016 75.4 −1.6 −2.11%
2015 77 −2.1 −2.68%
2014 79.1 −1.7 −2.1%
2013 80.8 +0.1 +0.06%
2012 80.8 −1.5 −1.78%
2011 82.2 −1.6 −1.96%
2010 83.9 −3.5 −4.05%
2009 87.4 −3 −3.27%
2008 90.4 −2.2 −2.37%
2007 92.6 −2.6 −2.74%
2006 95.2 −4.5 −4.51%
2005 99.7 −2.6 −2.49%
2004 102.2 −1.6 −1.54%
2003 103.8 −1.8 −1.67%
2002 105.6 −2.5 −2.29%
2001 108.1 −1.9 −1.73%
2000 110 −0.1 −0.06%
1999 110 +1.4 +1.32%
1998 108.6 −1.8 −1.64%
1997 110.4 −4.9 −4.23%
1996 115.3 −4.5 −3.75%
1995 119.8 −4.8 −3.82%
1994 124.5 −4.9 −3.8%
1993 129.4 −4.6 −3.43%
1992 134 −2.2 −1.62%
1991 136.2 −3.2 −2.33%
1990 139.5 −4.1 −2.84%
1989 143.6 −4.1 −2.77%
1988 147.7 −4.9 −3.19%
1987 152.5 −5 −3.17%
1986 157.5 −9.4 −5.62%
1985 166.9 −7.5 −4.3%
1984 174.4 −4.1 −2.29%
1983 178.5 −4.4 −2.38%
1982 182.8 −5.7 −3.01%
1981 188.5 +0.3 +0.18%
1980 188.2 +0.6 +0.32%
1979 187.6 +2.1 +1.14%
1978 185.4 +3.3 +1.8%
1977 182.2 +3.6 +2.02%
1976 178.6 +3.2 +1.85%
1975 175.3 +3.2 +1.84%
1974 172.2 +3 +1.79%
1973 169.1 +2.9 +1.76%
1972 166.2 +2.6 +1.6%
1971 163.6 +2.8 +1.76%
1970 160.8 +3 +1.87%
1969 157.8 +3.9 +2.53%
1968 153.9 +4 +2.66%
1967 149.9 +2.6 +1.78%
1966 147.3 +3 +2.05%
1965 144.3 −0.1 −0.08%
1964 144.5 −0.2 −0.17%
1963 144.7 +0.6 +0.39%
1962 144.1 +0.5 +0.35%
1961 143.6 +0.4 +0.31%
1960 143.2

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.