Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Guinea-Bissau
3.76 live births per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone
3.7 live births per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
35th
Sierra Leone rank
36th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 3.76 live births per woman against 3.7 live births per woman in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.06 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 35th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.9 live births per woman | 6.08 live births per woman | 0.1797 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 5.97 live births per woman | 6.3 live births per woman | 0.329 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 6.17 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 0.3425 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 6.67 live births per woman | 6.58 live births per woman | 0.0862 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 6.23 live births per woman | 6.54 live births per woman | 0.3014 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 5.49 live births per woman | 5.91 live births per woman | 0.4236 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.68 live births per woman | 4.71 live births per woman | 0.0243 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.92 live births per woman | 3.89 live births per woman | 0.0298 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Guinea-Bissau or Sierra Leone?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 3.76 live births per woman against 3.7 live births per woman in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0.06 live births per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 35th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th 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.