El Salvador vs Lesotho: Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario

El Salvador
1.04 births per woman in last 5 years
in 2100
Lesotho
1.05 births per woman in last 5 years
in 2100
El Salvador rank
70th
Lesotho rank
69th

Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario over time

  • El Salvador
  • Lesotho
246195520272100

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.05 births per woman in last 5 years against 1.04 births per woman in last 5 years in El Salvador, a difference of 0.01 births per woman in last 5 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1955 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 69th of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lesotho Difference Ahead
1950s 6.36 births per woman in last 5 years 5.75 births per woman in last 5 years 0.611 births per woman in last 5 years El Salvador
1960s 6.6 births per woman in last 5 years 5.8 births per woman in last 5 years 0.799 births per woman in last 5 years El Salvador
1970s 6.23 births per woman in last 5 years 5.76 births per woman in last 5 years 0.47 births per woman in last 5 years El Salvador
1980s 5.14 births per woman in last 5 years 5.74 births per woman in last 5 years 0.606 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
1990s 3.99 births per woman in last 5 years 4.83 births per woman in last 5 years 0.8375 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2000s 3.12 births per woman in last 5 years 3.79 births per woman in last 5 years 0.674 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2010s 2.27 births per woman in last 5 years 3.35 births per woman in last 5 years 1.09 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2020s 1.82 births per woman in last 5 years 3.01 births per woman in last 5 years 1.19 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2030s 1.49 births per woman in last 5 years 2.31 births per woman in last 5 years 0.8225 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2040s 1.33 births per woman in last 5 years 1.83 births per woman in last 5 years 0.4995 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2050s 1.25 births per woman in last 5 years 1.55 births per woman in last 5 years 0.299 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2060s 1.19 births per woman in last 5 years 1.31 births per woman in last 5 years 0.116 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2070s 1.15 births per woman in last 5 years 1.19 births per woman in last 5 years 0.0345 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2080s 1.1 births per woman in last 5 years 1.13 births per woman in last 5 years 0.0295 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2090s 1.06 births per woman in last 5 years 1.09 births per woman in last 5 years 0.026 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho
2100s 1.04 births per woman in last 5 years 1.05 births per woman in last 5 years 0.017 births per woman in last 5 years Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher projections of the fertility rate by education scenario, El Salvador or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 1.05 births per woman in last 5 years against 1.04 births per woman in last 5 years in El Salvador as of 2100.
What is the difference in projections of the fertility rate by education scenario between El Salvador and Lesotho?
0.01 births per woman in last 5 years, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
30 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2100.
How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for projections of the fertility rate by education scenario?
El Salvador ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 69th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario
Unit
births per woman in last 5 years
Source
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,000 data points, 1955–2100
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Average number of children born in the last 5-year period to the women of reproductive age (15-49).