Sweden vs Switzerland: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Sweden
1.43 live births per woman
in 2024
Switzerland
1.44 live births per woman
in 2024
Sweden rank
188th
Switzerland rank
187th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 1.44 live births per woman against 1.43 live births per woman in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 93 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Switzerland ahead.
Sweden ranks 188th and Switzerland ranks 187th of 236 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1.75 live births per woman | 1.83 live births per woman | 0.0864 live births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 2.33 live births per woman | 2.38 live births per woman | 0.0515 live births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.35 live births per woman | 0.1063 live births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 2.24 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 0.2399 live births per woman | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.79 live births per woman | 1.73 live births per woman | 0.056 live births per woman | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.75 live births per woman | 1.54 live births per woman | 0.2175 live births per woman | Sweden |
| 1990s | 1.8 live births per woman | 1.51 live births per woman | 0.2906 live births per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 0.3238 live births per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | 0.3292 live births per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.55 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 0.0966 live births per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 1.44 live births per woman against 1.43 live births per woman in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 93 years are reported by both, from 1932 to 2024.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Sweden ranks 188th and Switzerland ranks 187th 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.