Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.45 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan is 1.45 live births per woman, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Bhutan peaked at 6.85 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.45 live births per woman, in 2019.
That places Bhutan 182nd 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 | 6.77 live births per woman | 6.71 live births per woman | 6.85 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.68 live births per woman | 6.66 live births per woman | 6.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.62 live births per woman | 6.55 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.19 live births per woman | 5.76 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.68 live births per woman | 3.61 live births per woman | 5.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 3.38 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 2.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.48 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More education data for Bhutan
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,372 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 110.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Bhutan?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Bhutan was 1.45 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.85 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.45 live births per woman in 2019.
- How does Bhutan rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Bhutan ranks 182nd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.