Malawi vs Sao Tome and Principe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Malawi
3.59 live births per woman
in 2024
Sao Tome and Principe
3.6 live births per woman
in 2024
Malawi rank
42nd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
40th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Malawi
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.6 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 42nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 40th of 236 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.88 live births per woman | 6.2 live births per woman | 0.677 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1960s | 7.15 live births per woman | 6.34 live births per woman | 0.8095 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 7.37 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 0.8671 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 7.2 live births per woman | 6.13 live births per woman | 1.06 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 6.43 live births per woman | 5.55 live births per woman | 0.8895 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.8 live births per woman | 4.99 live births per woman | 0.8159 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.53 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 0.1539 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.73 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | 0.021 live births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Malawi or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.6 live births per woman against 3.59 live births per woman in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Malawi ranks 42nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 40th 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.