Lesotho vs Syria: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Lesotho
2.66 live births per woman
in 2024
Syria
2.7 live births per woman
in 2024
Lesotho rank
71st
Syria rank
69th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Lesotho
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 2.7 live births per woman against 2.66 live births per woman in Lesotho, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Syria ahead.
Lesotho ranks 71st and Syria ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Syria in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.76 live births per woman | 7.59 live births per woman | 1.83 live births per woman | Syria |
| 1960s | 5.76 live births per woman | 7.53 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | Syria |
| 1970s | 5.77 live births per woman | 7.48 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | Syria |
| 1980s | 5.41 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 1.09 live births per woman | Syria |
| 1990s | 4.23 live births per woman | 4.79 live births per woman | 0.5632 live births per woman | Syria |
| 2000s | 3.5 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | 0.1923 live births per woman | Syria |
| 2010s | 3.19 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 0.0849 live births per woman | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2.74 live births per woman | 2.76 live births per woman | 0.0208 live births per woman | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Lesotho or Syria?
- Syria, at 2.7 live births per woman against 2.66 live births per woman in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Lesotho and Syria?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Syria?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Syria rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Lesotho ranks 71st and Syria ranks 69th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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.