Gabon vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling

Gabon
3.59 live births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 live births per woman
in 2024
Gabon rank
41st
Zimbabwe rank
38th

Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time

  • Gabon
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 3.67 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.082 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Gabon ranks 41st and Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,919 data points, 1891–2024
Last refreshed

The 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.