Samoa vs Sierra Leone: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate

Samoa

3.83 live births per woman

in 2023

Sierra Leone

3.79 live births per woman

in 2023

Samoa rank

34th

Sierra Leone rank

36th

Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate over time

Samoa
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 3.83 live births per woman against 3.79 live births per woman in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.038 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 34th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.