Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Cyprus
Cyprus: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.38 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Cyprus, 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 Cyprus is 1.38 live births per woman, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Cyprus peaked at 3.87 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.3 live births per woman, in 2013.
That places Cyprus 197th 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 | 3.51 live births per woman | 3.38 live births per woman | 3.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.41 live births per woman | 3.19 live births per woman | 3.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 3.06 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.41 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.09 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | 2.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.64 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 live births per woman | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.36 live births per woman | 1.39 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More education data for Cyprus
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,389 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 104.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Cyprus?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Cyprus was 1.38 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 3.87 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3 live births per woman in 2013.
- How does Cyprus rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Cyprus ranks 197th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.