Afghanistan vs Burundi: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Afghanistan
4.76 live births per woman
in 2024
Burundi
4.79 live births per woman
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
9th
Burundi rank
8th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Afghanistan
- Burundi
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 4.79 live births per woman against 4.76 live births per woman in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Burundi ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Burundi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burundi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.26 live births per woman | 6.93 live births per woman | 0.3338 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 7.32 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 0.216 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 7.52 live births per woman | 7.24 live births per woman | 0.2826 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 7.57 live births per woman | 7.34 live births per woman | 0.2392 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 7.7 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 0.5322 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.7 live births per woman | 0.232 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 5.71 live births per woman | 5.75 live births per woman | 0.0341 live births per woman | Burundi |
| 2020s | 4.94 live births per woman | 4.98 live births per woman | 0.037 live births per woman | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Afghanistan or Burundi?
- Burundi, at 4.79 live births per woman against 4.76 live births per woman in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Afghanistan and Burundi?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burundi?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Burundi rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and Burundi ranks 8th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.