Botswana vs Eswatini: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Botswana
2.7 births per woman
in 2024
Eswatini
2.72 births per woman
in 2024
Botswana rank
65th
Eswatini rank
64th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 2.72 births per woman against 2.7 births per woman in Botswana, a difference of 0.015 births per woman.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 65th and Eswatini ranks 64th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
Unit
births per woman
Source
United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.