Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia
Czechia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.46 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia, 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
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia stood at 1.46 live births per woman.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia peaked at 2.82 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.14 live births per woman, in 1999.
That places Czechia 180th 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 | 2.56 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 2.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.08 live births per woman | 1.85 live births per woman | 2.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.25 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.96 live births per woman | 1.87 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.14 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 live births per woman | 1.15 live births per woman | 1.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.82 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 177 North Macedonia 1.47 live births per woman compare
- 178 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 179 Russia 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 181 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 182 Bhutan 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 183 Germany 1.45 live births per woman compare
More education data for Czechia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 25,979 (2013)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.5% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Czechia was 1.46 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 live births per woman in 1999.
- How does Czechia rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Czechia ranks 180th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.