Guinea-Bissau vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Guinea-Bissau
3.76 live births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 live births per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
35th
Zimbabwe rank
38th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 3.76 live births per woman against 3.67 live births per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.09 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 35th and Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.9 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 5.97 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 6.17 live births per woman | 6.82 live births per woman | 0.6539 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.67 live births per woman | 5.89 live births per woman | 0.7716 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 6.23 live births per woman | 4.33 live births per woman | 1.9 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 5.49 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 1.66 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 4.68 live births per woman | 3.94 live births per woman | 0.7401 live births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 3.92 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 0.1786 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 Zimbabwe?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 3.76 live births per woman against 3.67 live births per woman in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe?
- 0.09 live births per woman, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 35th 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.