Madagascar vs Zambia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Madagascar
3.91 live births per woman
in 2024
Zambia
4.04 live births per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
27th
Zambia rank
26th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Madagascar
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.04 live births per woman against 3.91 live births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.13 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 27th and Zambia ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.4 live births per woman | 6.81 live births per woman | 0.5934 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 7.2 live births per woman | 7.09 live births per woman | 0.1164 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 6.98 live births per woman | 7.32 live births per woman | 0.3327 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 1980s | 6.49 live births per woman | 6.92 live births per woman | 0.4312 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 1990s | 6.04 live births per woman | 6.25 live births per woman | 0.217 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 2000s | 5.27 live births per woman | 5.69 live births per woman | 0.4268 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 2010s | 4.45 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.4036 live births per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 4.04 live births per woman | 4.18 live births per woman | 0.1374 live births per woman | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Madagascar or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.04 live births per woman against 3.91 live births per woman in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Madagascar and Zambia?
- 0.13 live births per woman, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zambia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Madagascar ranks 27th and Zambia ranks 26th 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.