Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana
Botswana: Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern was 86.7% in 2026. ▲ Rising
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana, 2000–2026
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana is 86.7%, measured in 2026. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana peaked at 86.7% in 2026 and was at its lowest, 73.2%, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 18th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 73.2% | — |
| 2001 | 74.9% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 76.8% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 78.5% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 80.2% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 81.6% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 82.9% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 84.0% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 84.5% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 84.9% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 85.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 85.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 85.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 85.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85.4% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 85.6% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 85.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 86.4% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 86.6% | +0.2% |
| 2026 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.2% | 73.2% | 84.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.3% | 85.1% | 85.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.3% | 85.8% | 86.7% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 15 Colombia 87.5% compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 87.2% compare
- 17 New Zealand 87.1% compare
- 19 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 86.5% compare
- 20 Sweden 86.2% compare
- 21 Switzerland 85.7% compare
More gender data for Botswana
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 855.49 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.6449 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,910 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,910 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 29,466 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 30,240 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 29,267 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 30,023 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,174 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana?
- Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Botswana was 86.7% in 2026, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 86.7% in 2026.
- What is the lowest women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.2% in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern?
- Botswana ranks 18th out of 183 countries with data for 2026.
- Is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) - modelled estimates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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