Burkina Faso vs Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Burkina Faso
4.11 live births per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
4.12 live births per woman
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
24th
Equatorial Guinea rank
23rd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Burkina Faso
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.12 live births per woman against 4.11 live births per woman in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd of 236 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.03 live births per woman | 5.66 live births per woman | 0.3682 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 6.45 live births per woman | 5.72 live births per woman | 0.7276 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 6.9 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 1.1 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 7.2 live births per woman | 5.92 live births per woman | 1.28 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 6.82 live births per woman | 5.96 live births per woman | 0.8635 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 6.23 live births per woman | 5.58 live births per woman | 0.6505 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 5.45 live births per woman | 4.82 live births per woman | 0.628 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 4.27 live births per woman | 4.2 live births per woman | 0.0786 live births per woman | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Burkina Faso or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.12 live births per woman against 4.11 live births per woman in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd 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.