Ethiopia vs Zambia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Ethiopia
3.91 live births per woman
in 2024
Zambia
4.04 live births per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
28th
Zambia rank
26th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.04 live births per woman against 3.91 live births per woman in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.13 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.46 live births per woman | 6.81 live births per woman | 0.356 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 1960s | 6.62 live births per woman | 7.09 live births per woman | 0.4654 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 1970s | 7.04 live births per woman | 7.32 live births per woman | 0.2796 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 1980s | 7.31 live births per woman | 6.92 live births per woman | 0.392 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 6.99 live births per woman | 6.25 live births per woman | 0.7394 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.69 live births per woman | 0.4821 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 4.67 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.1893 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 4.09 live births per woman | 4.18 live births per woman | 0.09 live births per woman | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Ethiopia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.04 live births per woman against 3.91 live births per woman in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 0.13 live births per woman, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Ethiopia ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 26th 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.