What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Belarus?

The highest recorded value was 2.76 live births per woman in 1959.

What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Belarus?

The lowest recorded value was 1.19 live births per woman in 2003.

How does Belarus rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?

Belarus ranks 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.

Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Belarus?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Belarus 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.

Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus

Name: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus
Creator: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Belarus: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.22 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

1.22 live births per woman

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

215th

of 236 countries

All-time high

2.76 live births per woman

in 1959

All-time low

1.19 live births per woman

in 2003

Years of data

1950–2024

Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus, 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

The most recent figure for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus is 1.22 live births per woman, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus peaked at 2.76 live births per woman in 1959 and was at its lowest, 1.19 live births per woman, in 2003.

That places Belarus 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	2.66 live births per woman	2.6 live births per woman	2.76 live births per woman	10
1960s	2.4 live births per woman	2.23 live births per woman	2.76 live births per woman	10
1970s	2.16 live births per woman	2 live births per woman	2.31 live births per woman	10
1980s	2.04 live births per woman	1.98 live births per woman	2.13 live births per woman	10
1990s	1.48 live births per woman	1.22 live births per woman	1.86 live births per woman	10
2000s	1.3 live births per woman	1.19 live births per woman	1.48 live births per woman	10
2010s	1.59 live births per woman	1.39 live births per woman	1.73 live births per woman	10
2020s	1.3 live births per woman	1.21 live births per woman	1.37 live births per woman	5

Countries ranked near Belarus

212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.27 live births per woman compare
213 Mauritius 1.23 live births per woman compare
214 Spain 1.22 live births per woman compare
215 Japan 1.22 live births per woman compare
217 United Arab Emirates 1.21 live births per woman compare
218 Lithuania 1.21 live births per woman compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More education data for Belarus

Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 22,228 (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 96.8% (2024)
School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% (2024)

All data for Belarus →

Frequently asked questions

What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus?: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Belarus was 1.22 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 Belarus?: The highest recorded value was 2.76 live births per woman in 1959.
What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Belarus?: The lowest recorded value was 1.19 live births per woman in 2003.
How does Belarus rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?: Belarus ranks 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Belarus?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belarus 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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Indicator: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Unit: live births per woman
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,919 data points, 1891–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.