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
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 3.67 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.08 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.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 3.02 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 4.75 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 2.44 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 5.37 live births per woman | 6.82 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 5.69 live births per woman | 5.89 live births per woman | 0.2084 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 4.97 live births per woman | 4.33 live births per woman | 0.6418 live births per woman | Gabon |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 0.4282 live births per woman | Gabon |
| 2010s | 3.99 live births per woman | 3.94 live births per woman | 0.0488 live births per woman | Gabon |
| 2020s | 3.71 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 0.0252 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Gabon or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 3.67 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 0.08 live births per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Gabon ranks 41st and Zimbabwe ranks 38th 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.