Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ecuador
Ecuador: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.81 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ecuador, 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 Ecuador stood at 1.81 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ecuador peaked at 6.77 live births per woman in 1955 and was at its lowest, 1.81 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 126th 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 | 6.75 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 6.77 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.55 live births per woman | 6.25 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.5 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 6.14 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.21 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 4.73 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.42 live births per woman | 3.17 live births per woman | 3.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.85 live births per woman | 2.68 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 live births per woman | 1.81 live births per woman | 1.97 live births per woman | 5 |
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More education data for Ecuador
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 77,432 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ecuador?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ecuador was 1.81 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.77 live births per woman in 1955.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.81 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Ecuador ranks 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.