Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba
Aruba: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.61 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba stood at 1.61 live births per woman.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba peaked at 5.83 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.6 live births per woman, in 2023.
Aruba ranks 151st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.3 live births per woman | 4.65 live births per woman | 5.83 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.86 live births per woman | 3.11 live births per woman | 4.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.57 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.97 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.2 live births per woman | 2.14 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.22 live births per woman | 1.9 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.84 live births per woman | 1.8 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.7 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.6 live births per woman | 1.66 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 148 United States 1.62 live births per woman compare
- 149 Turkey 1.62 live births per woman compare
- 150 Brazil 1.61 live births per woman compare
- 153 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 live births per woman compare
- 154 Slovenia 1.58 live births per woman compare
More education data for Aruba
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.5% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 628 (2016)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 106.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Aruba was 1.61 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 5.83 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Aruba rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Aruba ranks 151st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The 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.