Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Sierra Leone
3.7 live births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 live births per woman
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
36th
Zimbabwe rank
38th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Sierra Leone
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 3.7 live births per woman against 3.67 live births per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.08 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 1.02 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 6.3 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 0.8858 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 6.51 live births per woman | 6.82 live births per woman | 0.3114 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.58 live births per woman | 5.89 live births per woman | 0.6854 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 6.54 live births per woman | 4.33 live births per woman | 2.21 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 5.91 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.71 live births per woman | 3.94 live births per woman | 0.7644 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.89 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 0.1488 live births per woman | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
- Sierra Leone, at 3.7 live births per woman against 3.67 live births per woman in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Sierra Leone ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 38th 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.