Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Namibia

Adolescent fertility rate in Namibia in 2024 — 65.9 per 1,000. Ranked 172 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.9%.

2024 65.9 per 1,000 −0.13% vs 2023
World rank 172of 217
Period maximum 103.9 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 65.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

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

Adolescent fertility rate — Namibia, 1960–20246070809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.6 per 1,0001962: 86.7 per 1,0001964: 87.4 per 1,0001966: 91.6 per 1,0001968: 95.9 per 1,0001970: 98.4 per 1,0001972: 102.3 per 1,0001974: 103.9 per 1,0001976: 103.1 per 1,0001978: 99 per 1,0001980: 102.5 per 1,0001982: 100.1 per 1,0001984: 94 per 1,0001986: 86.6 per 1,0001988: 91.1 per 1,0001990: 93.7 per 1,0001992: 89.6 per 1,0001994: 88.1 per 1,0001996: 85.7 per 1,0001998: 87 per 1,0002000: 83.9 per 1,0002002: 76.3 per 1,0002004: 74.1 per 1,0002006: 75.4 per 1,0002008: 76 per 1,0002010: 78.5 per 1,0002012: 80.2 per 1,0002014: 77 per 1,0002016: 74.2 per 1,0002018: 73.2 per 1,0002020: 70.1 per 1,0002022: 66.9 per 1,0002024: 65.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −19.6 (−22.95%) Average annual rate: -0.41 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Namibia 65.9 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 — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 65.9 −0.1 −0.13%
2023 66 −0.9 −1.29%
2022 66.9 −1.5 −2.15%
2021 68.4 −1.7 −2.43%
2020 70.1 −1.8 −2.54%
2019 71.9 −1.3 −1.73%
2018 73.2 −0.5 −0.64%
2017 73.6 −0.6 −0.76%
2016 74.2 −1 −1.32%
2015 75.2 −1.8 −2.28%
2014 77 −1.7 −2.13%
2013 78.6 −1.6 −1.97%
2012 80.2 +1.3 +1.59%
2011 78.9 +0.4 +0.56%
2010 78.5 +1.4 +1.83%
2009 77.1 +1.1 +1.41%
2008 76 +0.6 +0.81%
2007 75.4 −0 −0.02%
2006 75.4 +0.7 +0.96%
2005 74.7 +0.6 +0.84%
2004 74.1 −1.4 −1.83%
2003 75.5 −0.8 −1.08%
2002 76.3 −3.7 −4.59%
2001 80 −3.9 −4.67%
2000 83.9 −2.1 −2.45%
1999 86 −1 −1.18%
1998 87 +0.9 +1.05%
1997 86.1 +0.4 +0.48%
1996 85.7 −1.1 −1.25%
1995 86.8 −1.3 −1.51%
1994 88.1 −0.5 −0.52%
1993 88.6 −1 −1.16%
1992 89.6 −0.6 −0.68%
1991 90.2 −3.4 −3.68%
1990 93.7 −1.4 −1.44%
1989 95.1 +3.9 +4.32%
1988 91.1 +1.3 +1.49%
1987 89.8 +3.1 +3.62%
1986 86.6 −3.5 −3.92%
1985 90.2 −3.8 −4.06%
1984 94 −3.7 −3.75%
1983 97.7 −2.4 −2.42%
1982 100.1 −2.5 −2.48%
1981 102.6 +0.1 +0.14%
1980 102.5 +1.2 +1.17%
1979 101.3 +2.3 +2.27%
1978 99 −2 −1.97%
1977 101 −2 −1.98%
1976 103.1 −0.6 −0.55%
1975 103.7 −0.3 −0.28%
1974 103.9 +0.2 +0.19%
1973 103.7 +1.4 +1.37%
1972 102.3 +2.1 +2.07%
1971 100.3 +1.9 +1.93%
1970 98.4 +1.2 +1.25%
1969 97.1 +1.3 +1.33%
1968 95.9 +1.7 +1.85%
1967 94.1 +2.5 +2.75%
1966 91.6 +2.5 +2.83%
1965 89.1 +1.6 +1.88%
1964 87.4 −0.1 −0.09%
1963 87.5 +0.8 +0.9%
1962 86.7 +0.7 +0.8%
1961 86 +0.5 +0.53%
1960 85.6

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.