Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Burundi
Burundi: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 4.79 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Burundi, 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 Burundi is 4.79 live births per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Burundi peaked at 7.39 live births per woman in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4.79 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Burundi 8th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.9 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.1 live births per woman | 7 live births per woman | 7.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.24 live births per woman | 7.21 live births per woman | 7.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.34 live births per woman | 7.29 live births per woman | 7.39 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.17 live births per woman | 6.9 live births per woman | 7.37 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.7 live births per woman | 6.41 live births per woman | 6.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.75 live births per woman | 5.27 live births per woman | 6.26 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.98 live births per woman | 4.79 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 5 Niger 5.93 live births per woman compare
- 6 Mali 5.51 live births per woman compare
- 7 Angola 5.05 live births per woman compare
- 9 Afghanistan 4.76 live births per woman compare
- 10 Mozambique 4.69 live births per woman compare
- 11 Mauritania 4.62 live births per woman compare
More education data for Burundi
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 43,226 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Burundi?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Burundi was 4.79 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 7.39 live births per woman in 1989.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.79 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Burundi rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Burundi ranks 8th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi 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.