Mauritania vs Mozambique: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Mauritania
4.62 live births per woman
in 2024
Mozambique
4.69 live births per woman
in 2024
Mauritania rank
11th
Mozambique rank
10th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 4.69 live births per woman against 4.62 live births per woman in Mauritania, a difference of 0.07 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mozambique ahead.
Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 10th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.92 live births per woman | 6.12 live births per woman | 0.2037 live births per woman | Mozambique |
| 1960s | 6.4 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 0.1087 live births per woman | Mozambique |
| 1970s | 6.71 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 0.0589 live births per woman | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 6.44 live births per woman | 6.43 live births per woman | 0.01 live births per woman | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 5.93 live births per woman | 6.08 live births per woman | 0.1431 live births per woman | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 5.4 live births per woman | 5.61 live births per woman | 0.2078 live births per woman | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 5.22 live births per woman | 5.32 live births per woman | 0.0962 live births per woman | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 4.77 live births per woman | 4.83 live births per woman | 0.061 live births per woman | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Mauritania or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 4.69 live births per woman against 4.62 live births per woman in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 0.07 live births per woman, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Mozambique rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 10th 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.