Adolescent fertility rate in South Africa in 2024 — 51.8 per 1,000. Ranked 150 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 32.1%.
1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | per 1,000 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.8 | +0.3 | +0.55% |
| 2023 | 51.6 | −0.1 | −0.28% |
| 2022 | 51.7 | −0.8 | −1.6% |
| 2021 | 52.5 | +0.9 | +1.81% |
| 2020 | 51.6 | −1.7 | −3.11% |
| 2019 | 53.3 | +1.9 | +3.61% |
| 2018 | 51.4 | −4.6 | −8.18% |
| 2017 | 56 | −5.6 | −9.11% |
| 2016 | 61.6 | −6.4 | −9.36% |
| 2015 | 68 | −2.2 | −3.2% |
| 2014 | 70.2 | +5.6 | +8.67% |
| 2013 | 64.6 | +5 | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 59.7 | +2.5 | +4.29% |
| 2011 | 57.2 | +3.6 | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 53.6 | −3.6 | −6.21% |
| 2009 | 57.1 | +1.4 | +2.59% |
| 2008 | 55.7 | +9.2 | +19.83% |
| 2007 | 46.5 | −2.4 | −4.99% |
| 2006 | 48.9 | +1.1 | +2.21% |
| 2005 | 47.8 | −9.4 | −16.38% |
| 2004 | 57.2 | −2.6 | −4.27% |
| 2003 | 59.8 | −0.3 | −0.52% |
| 2002 | 60.1 | −2.8 | −4.47% |
| 2001 | 62.9 | −4.5 | −6.71% |
| 2000 | 67.4 | −3.5 | −5% |
| 1999 | 71 | −1.1 | −1.49% |
| 1998 | 72 | −1.9 | −2.58% |
| 1997 | 73.9 | −4.5 | −5.76% |
| 1996 | 78.5 | −3.8 | −4.63% |
| 1995 | 82.3 | −2 | −2.35% |
| 1994 | 84.3 | −3 | −3.45% |
| 1993 | 87.3 | −1 | −1.16% |
| 1992 | 88.3 | −3.4 | −3.68% |
| 1991 | 91.7 | −3.1 | −3.26% |
| 1990 | 94.8 | −0.4 | −0.41% |
| 1989 | 95.1 | +0.2 | +0.18% |
| 1988 | 95 | −0.5 | −0.53% |
| 1987 | 95.5 | +3.6 | +3.87% |
| 1986 | 91.9 | +0.3 | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 91.7 | −8.2 | −8.18% |
| 1984 | 99.8 | +1 | +0.98% |
| 1983 | 98.8 | +0.5 | +0.49% |
| 1982 | 98.4 | +0.9 | +0.94% |
| 1981 | 97.5 | +8.1 | +9.12% |
| 1980 | 89.3 | −2 | −2.23% |
| 1979 | 91.3 | −2.1 | −2.21% |
| 1978 | 93.4 | +2.4 | +2.61% |
| 1977 | 91 | +1.7 | +1.91% |
| 1976 | 89.3 | +2.1 | +2.42% |
| 1975 | 87.2 | −1.2 | −1.31% |
| 1974 | 88.4 | −1.3 | −1.47% |
| 1973 | 89.7 | −0.7 | −0.78% |
| 1972 | 90.4 | +3.1 | +3.57% |
| 1971 | 87.3 | +3.3 | +3.92% |
| 1970 | 84 | −2.6 | −3.05% |
| 1969 | 86.6 | +1.3 | +1.48% |
| 1968 | 85.4 | +1.2 | +1.45% |
| 1967 | 84.1 | +1.9 | +2.26% |
| 1966 | 82.3 | +3.1 | +3.94% |
| 1965 | 79.2 | +0.6 | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 78.5 | +0.5 | +0.58% |
| 1963 | 78.1 | +0.5 | +0.65% |
| 1962 | 77.6 | +0.5 | +0.66% |
| 1961 | 77.1 | +0.7 | +0.89% |
| 1960 | 76.4 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
What part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Mortality Maternal mortality ratioThe number of deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births.
Indexes Gender inequality indexA composite measure of inequality between the sexes: health, representation and labor market participation.
