Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Chad
Chad: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 6.03 live births per woman in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Chad, 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
Chad recorded 6.03 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Chad peaked at 7.34 live births per woman in 1993 and was at its lowest, 6.03 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Chad 1st out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.14 live births per woman | 6.06 live births per woman | 6.23 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.34 live births per woman | 6.25 live births per woman | 6.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.82 live births per woman | 6.53 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.04 live births per woman | 6.91 live births per woman | 7.19 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.28 live births per woman | 7.22 live births per woman | 7.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.14 live births per woman | 7.02 live births per woman | 7.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.72 live births per woman | 6.41 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.19 live births per woman | 6.03 live births per woman | 6.35 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 2 Somalia 6.01 live births per woman compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.98 live births per woman compare
- 4 Central African Republic 5.95 live births per woman compare
More education data for Chad
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 88.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 54,801 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.8% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 94.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Chad?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Chad was 6.03 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 7.34 live births per woman in 1993.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.03 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Chad rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Chad ranks 1st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad 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.