Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
6.03
Chad
Lowest
0.676
Macao
Median
1.94
Years covered
134
1891–2024
Data points
17,919
What the numbers show
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 6.03 in Chad; the lowest is 0.676 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.94, and the mean is 2.33.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 217 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 46.4%).
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 6.03 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 6.01 | 2024 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.98 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.95 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 5.93 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 5.51 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.05 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.79 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.76 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.69 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.62 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 12 | Mayotte | 4.56 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania | 4.54 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 4.5 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 4.48 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 16 | Nigeria | 4.38 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.26 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.26 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.23 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 4.17 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 4.13 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 4.12 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 4.11 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 4.04 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 3.91 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.91 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 29 | Gambia | 3.91 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.86 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.82 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 3.8 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 3.79 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 3.77 | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.68 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 3.67 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.65 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.59 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 3.59 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 3.57 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 44 | Pakistan | 3.55 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 3.51 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 3.49 | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 47 | Ghana | 3.34 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 48 | French Guiana | 3.34 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Nauru | 3.29 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine | 3.25 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 51 | Iraq | 3.22 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.21 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.17 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 3.17 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Kiribati | 3.12 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 3.1 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 3.07 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 3.04 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 2.98 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 2.86 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 2.79 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.78 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 2.75 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 64 | Micronesia (country) | 2.74 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 65 | Egypt | 2.73 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 66 | Algeria | 2.72 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 67 | Eswatini | 2.72 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 2.7 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 69 | Syria | 2.7 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 2.67 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Lesotho | 2.66 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 73 | Mongolia | 2.63 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 74 | East Timor | 2.63 | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 2.62 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 76 | Djibouti | 2.62 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 77 | Jordan | 2.6 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 78 | Tokelau | 2.6 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 2.55 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 80 | Bolivia | 2.52 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 2.51 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 82 | Niue | 2.49 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 2.48 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.42 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 2.4 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.4 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 87 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 89 | Libya | 2.3 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 90 | Guatemala | 2.29 | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 2.27 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | American Samoa | 2.27 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 2.23 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 94 | Lebanon | 2.23 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 95 | Faroe Islands | 2.22 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 2.21 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 2.21 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 2.21 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 100 | Western Sahara | 2.18 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 101 | Reunion | 2.15 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 2.14 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 103 | Indonesia | 2.12 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 104 | Seychelles | 2.11 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 2.11 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 106 | Monaco | 2.1 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 107 | Myanmar | 2.1 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 108 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.08 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | Venezuela | 2.08 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 110 | Guadeloupe | 2.07 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 2.02 | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 2.02 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 113 | Martinique | 1.99 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 1.97 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.96 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 116 | India | 1.96 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 117 | Nepal | 1.96 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 1.95 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 1.93 | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Vietnam | 1.9 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 1.89 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.89 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 123 | Gibraltar | 1.89 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 124 | Palau | 1.88 | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.82 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 126 | Ecuador | 1.81 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 127 | Bahrain | 1.8 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 128 | Georgia | 1.8 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 130 | North Korea | 1.78 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 1.77 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.76 | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.75 | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei | 1.73 | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Moldova | 1.73 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 1.72 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 137 | Armenia | 1.72 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 138 | Romania | 1.71 | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.71 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 140 | Falkland Islands | 1.69 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 141 | Iran | 1.68 | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 143 | New Zealand | 1.66 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 144 | Saint Helena | 1.64 | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 145 | Australia | 1.64 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 146 | France | 1.64 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 1.63 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 148 | United States | 1.62 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 149 | Turkey | 1.62 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 150 | Brazil | 1.61 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 151 | Aruba | 1.61 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 1.6 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 1.58 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 1.56 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 1.56 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 1.55 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 158 | Isle of Man | 1.54 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 159 | Malaysia | 1.54 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 160 | Liechtenstein | 1.54 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.54 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 1.52 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 1.52 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 164 | Iceland | 1.52 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 1.51 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 167 | Portugal | 1.51 | 2024 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 1.51 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 169 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 170 | Serbia | 1.5 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 171 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 172 | Hungary | 1.49 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 1.49 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 174 | Dominica | 1.48 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.47 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 175 | Croatia | 1.47 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 1.47 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 178 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.46 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 179 | Russia | 1.46 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 180 | Czechia | 1.46 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 181 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 182 | Bhutan | 1.45 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | 1.45 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 184 | Montserrat | 1.45 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 185 | Cuba | 1.45 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 186 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 187 | Switzerland | 1.44 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 1.43 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 1.43 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 1.41 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 191 | Bermuda | 1.41 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 191 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.41 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 193 | Luxembourg | 1.4 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 194 | Uruguay | 1.4 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Belgium | 1.38 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 197 | Cyprus | 1.38 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 198 | Bahamas | 1.37 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 198 | Jersey | 1.37 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 200 | Guernsey | 1.37 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 201 | Estonia | 1.36 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 202 | Anguilla | 1.36 | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Jamaica | 1.35 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 204 | Canada | 1.34 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 205 | Latvia | 1.34 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 206 | Albania | 1.34 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Greece | 1.34 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 208 | Austria | 1.32 | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 209 | Costa Rica | 1.32 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 210 | Poland | 1.3 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 211 | Finland | 1.29 | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.27 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 213 | Mauritius | 1.23 | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 214 | Spain | 1.22 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 215 | Belarus | 1.22 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 215 | Japan | 1.22 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 217 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 218 | Lithuania | 1.21 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 219 | Italy | 1.21 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 220 | Thailand | 1.2 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 221 | San Marino | 1.16 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 222 | Chile | 1.14 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 223 | Malta | 1.11 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 224 | Andorra | 1.09 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 225 | Curacao | 1.07 | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 227 | China | 1.01 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 228 | Vatican | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Ukraine | 0.988 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.952 | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 231 | Puerto Rico | 0.939 | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 232 | Taiwan | 0.863 | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.815 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.734 | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 0.727 | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.676 | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |