Reunion vs Western Sahara: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Reunion
2.15 live births per woman
in 2024
Western Sahara
2.18 live births per woman
in 2024
Reunion rank
101st
Western Sahara rank
100th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Reunion
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Western Sahara currently reports 2.18 live births per woman against 2.15 live births per woman in Reunion, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Reunion ahead.
Reunion ranks 101st and Western Sahara ranks 100th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Reunion averaged higher in 1 and Western Sahara in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Reunion | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.66 live births per woman | 6.17 live births per woman | 0.4933 live births per woman | Reunion |
| 1960s | 5.91 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 0.5785 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 1970s | 3.68 live births per woman | 6.2 live births per woman | 2.52 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 1980s | 2.56 live births per woman | 5.35 live births per woman | 2.8 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 1990s | 2.39 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 1.73 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 2.45 live births per woman | 3 live births per woman | 0.5483 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 2010s | 2.2 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 0.2439 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
| 2020s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.2 live births per woman | 0.0302 live births per woman | Western Sahara |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Reunion or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at 2.18 live births per woman against 2.15 live births per woman in Reunion as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Reunion and Western Sahara?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Reunion and Western Sahara?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Reunion and Western Sahara rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Reunion ranks 101st and Western Sahara ranks 100th 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.