Jamaica vs Latvia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Jamaica
1.35 live births per woman
in 2024
Latvia
1.34 live births per woman
in 2024
Jamaica rank
203rd
Latvia rank
205th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Jamaica
- Latvia
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 1.35 live births per woman against 1.34 live births per woman in Latvia, 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 Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 203rd and Latvia ranks 205th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 6 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.53 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.6 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 5.64 live births per woman | 1.86 live births per woman | 3.79 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 4.55 live births per woman | 1.93 live births per woman | 2.61 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 3.25 live births per woman | 2.05 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 2.82 live births per woman | 1.42 live births per woman | 1.4 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 2.14 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | 0.765 live births per woman | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.55 live births per woman | 1.57 live births per woman | 0.0205 live births per woman | Latvia |
| 2020s | 1.37 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 0.0852 live births per woman | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Jamaica or Latvia?
- Jamaica, at 1.35 live births per woman against 1.34 live births per woman in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Jamaica and Latvia?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Latvia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Latvia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Jamaica ranks 203rd and Latvia ranks 205th 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.