Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Dominica
Dominica: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.48 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Dominica, 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 Dominica stood at 1.48 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Dominica peaked at 6.18 live births per woman in 1959 and was at its lowest, 1.48 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Dominica 174th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.79 live births per woman | 5.24 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.91 live births per woman | 5.41 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.86 live births per woman | 2.96 live births per woman | 5.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.1 live births per woman | 3.04 live births per woman | 3.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 3.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1 live births per woman | 1.92 live births per woman | 2.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.69 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.48 live births per woman | 1.48 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 171 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 live births per woman compare
- 172 French Polynesia 1.49 live births per woman compare
- 172 Hungary 1.49 live births per woman compare
- 175 Croatia 1.47 live births per woman compare
- 175 Grenada 1.47 live births per woman compare
- 177 North Macedonia 1.47 live births per woman compare
More education data for Dominica
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 552 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Dominica?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Dominica was 1.48 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 6.18 live births per woman in 1959.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.48 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Dominica rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Dominica ranks 174th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica 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.