Samoa vs Senegal: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Samoa
3.8 live births per woman
in 2024
Senegal
3.77 live births per woman
in 2024
Samoa rank
32nd
Senegal rank
34th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Samoa
- Senegal
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 3.8 live births per woman against 3.77 live births per woman in Senegal, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 32nd and Senegal ranks 34th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Senegal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.69 live births per woman | 6.84 live births per woman | 0.8449 live births per woman | Samoa |
| 1960s | 7.65 live births per woman | 7.15 live births per woman | 0.4928 live births per woman | Samoa |
| 1970s | 6.68 live births per woman | 7.26 live births per woman | 0.5819 live births per woman | Senegal |
| 1980s | 5.5 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | Senegal |
| 1990s | 4.78 live births per woman | 5.91 live births per woman | 1.13 live births per woman | Senegal |
| 2000s | 4.41 live births per woman | 5.19 live births per woman | 0.7834 live births per woman | Senegal |
| 2010s | 4.35 live births per woman | 4.75 live births per woman | 0.396 live births per woman | Senegal |
| 2020s | 3.89 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 0.0138 live births per woman | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Samoa or Senegal?
- Samoa, at 3.8 live births per woman against 3.77 live births per woman in Senegal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Samoa and Senegal?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Senegal?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Senegal rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Samoa ranks 32nd and Senegal ranks 34th 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.