Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Comoros
Comoros: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.82 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 3.82 live births per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Comoros peaked at 7.17 live births per woman in 1973 and was at its lowest, 3.82 live births per woman, in 2024.
Comoros ranks 31st of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 6.24 live births per woman | 5.69 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.95 live births per woman | 6.79 live births per woman | 7.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.15 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.99 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 7.15 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.85 live births per woman | 5.28 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.01 live births per woman | 4.78 live births per woman | 5.23 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.46 live births per woman | 4.14 live births per woman | 4.75 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.94 live births per woman | 3.82 live births per woman | 4.07 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More education data for Comoros
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,952 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Comoros?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Comoros was 3.82 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 7.17 live births per woman in 1973.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.82 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Comoros rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Comoros ranks 31st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.