South Africa | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Statistical concept and methodology: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Adolescent fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
1960 101.605
1961 101.186
1962 101.666
1963 101.63
1964 101.854
1965 101.095
1966 100.652
1967 99.738
1968 97.066
1969 95.852
1970 95.564
1971 97.232
1972 98.243
1973 99.61
1974 100.463
1975 101.636
1976 101.945
1977 102.438
1978 102.129
1979 103.926
1980 105.943
1981 108.233
1982 108.24
1983 107.184
1984 106.83
1985 102.908
1986 98.004
1987 100.94
1988 99.441
1989 98.269
1990 95.872
1991 91.064
1992 87.002
1993 82.785
1994 78.896
1995 76.521
1996 72.701
1997 68.071
1998 67.917
1999 68.485
2000 65.691
2001 61.714
2002 58.401
2003 59.15
2004 59.705
2005 56.003
2006 57.98
2007 58.012
2008 70.671
2009 67.672
2010 67.824
2011 72.582
2012 71.595
2013 77.424
2014 83.046
2015 78.367
2016 70.813
2017 63.706
2018 59.361
2019 64.982
2020 62.742
2021 61.206
2022
South Africa | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Statistical concept and methodology: Reproductive health is a state of physical and mental well-being in relation to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Means of achieving reproductive health include education and services during pregnancy and childbirth, safe and effective contraception, and prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age in developing countries. Adolescent fertility rates are based on data on registered live births from vital registration systems or, in the absence of such systems, from censuses or sample surveys. The estimated rates are generally considered reliable measures of fertility in the recent past. Where no empirical information on age-specific fertility rates is available, a model is used to estimate the share of births to adolescents. For countries without vital registration systems fertility rates are generally based on extrapolations from trends observed in censuses or surveys from earlier years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source