Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Cameroon
4.26 live births per woman
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire
4.23 live births per woman
in 2024
Cameroon rank
18th
Côte d'Ivoire rank
19th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 4.26 live births per woman against 4.23 live births per woman in Côte d'Ivoire, 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 Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 19th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Côte d'Ivoire in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Côte d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.73 live births per woman | 7.6 live births per woman | 1.87 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1960s | 5.84 live births per woman | 7.82 live births per woman | 1.97 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 6.39 live births per woman | 7.86 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1980s | 6.55 live births per woman | 7.28 live births per woman | 0.7227 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1990s | 5.98 live births per woman | 6.17 live births per woman | 0.1861 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 5.39 live births per woman | 5.53 live births per woman | 0.1335 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 4.88 live births per woman | 4.97 live births per woman | 0.0836 live births per woman | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 4.4 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 0.0542 live births per woman | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?
- Cameroon, at 4.26 live births per woman against 4.23 live births per woman in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 19th 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.