Bolivia vs Paraguay: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Bolivia
2.52 live births per woman
in 2024
Paraguay
2.42 live births per woman
in 2024
Bolivia rank
80th
Paraguay rank
84th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 2.52 live births per woman against 2.42 live births per woman in Paraguay, a difference of 0.1 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Paraguay ahead.
Bolivia ranks 80th and Paraguay ranks 84th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 6 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.23 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 0.2757 live births per woman | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 6.19 live births per woman | 6.28 live births per woman | 0.0961 live births per woman | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 5.78 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 0.4931 live births per woman | Bolivia |
| 1980s | 5.21 live births per woman | 4.97 live births per woman | 0.237 live births per woman | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 4.47 live births per woman | 4.14 live births per woman | 0.3321 live births per woman | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 3.62 live births per woman | 3.05 live births per woman | 0.5714 live births per woman | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 2.93 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | 0.3051 live births per woman | Bolivia |
| 2020s | 2.58 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 0.135 live births per woman | Bolivia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Bolivia or Paraguay?
- Bolivia, at 2.52 live births per woman against 2.42 live births per woman in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 0.1 live births per woman, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Bolivia and Paraguay rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Bolivia ranks 80th and Paraguay ranks 84th 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.