Faroe Islands vs Suriname: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Faroe Islands
2.22 live births per woman
in 2024
Suriname
2.23 live births per woman
in 2024
Faroe Islands rank
95th
Suriname rank
93rd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Faroe Islands
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 2.23 live births per woman against 2.22 live births per woman in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.
Faroe Islands ranks 95th and Suriname ranks 93rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Faroe Islands averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.74 live births per woman | 6.37 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 1960s | 3.88 live births per woman | 6.28 live births per woman | 2.4 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 1970s | 2.98 live births per woman | 4.72 live births per woman | 1.74 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 1980s | 2.4 live births per woman | 3.67 live births per woman | 1.28 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 1990s | 2.51 live births per woman | 2.99 live births per woman | 0.489 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 2000s | 2.53 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 0.2994 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 2010s | 2.47 live births per woman | 2.55 live births per woman | 0.0805 live births per woman | Suriname |
| 2020s | 2.27 live births per woman | 2.27 live births per woman | 0.0024 live births per woman | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Faroe Islands or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 2.23 live births per woman against 2.22 live births per woman in Faroe Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Faroe Islands and Suriname?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Suriname?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Faroe Islands and Suriname rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Faroe Islands ranks 95th and Suriname ranks 93rd 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.