Chad vs Somalia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Chad
6.03 live births per woman
in 2024
Somalia
6.01 live births per woman
in 2024
Chad rank
1st
Somalia rank
2nd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Chad
- Somalia
How they compare
Chad currently reports 6.03 live births per woman against 6.01 live births per woman in Somalia, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Chad ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 2nd of 236 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.14 live births per woman | 7.25 live births per woman | 1.11 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 1960s | 6.34 live births per woman | 7.25 live births per woman | 0.9059 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 1970s | 6.82 live births per woman | 7.09 live births per woman | 0.2784 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 1980s | 7.04 live births per woman | 7.31 live births per woman | 0.2751 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 1990s | 7.28 live births per woman | 7.57 live births per woman | 0.285 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 2000s | 7.14 live births per woman | 7.53 live births per woman | 0.3895 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 2010s | 6.72 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 0.2638 live births per woman | Somalia |
| 2020s | 6.19 live births per woman | 6.24 live births per woman | 0.0484 live births per woman | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Chad or Somalia?
- Chad, at 6.03 live births per woman against 6.01 live births per woman in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Chad and Somalia?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Somalia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Somalia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Chad ranks 1st and Somalia ranks 2nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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.