Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 4.12 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 4.12 live births per woman, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 5.99 live births per woman in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.08 live births per woman, in 2023.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.66 live births per woman | 5.65 live births per woman | 5.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.72 live births per woman | 5.65 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.8 live births per woman | 5.79 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.92 live births per woman | 5.83 live births per woman | 5.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.96 live births per woman | 5.88 live births per woman | 5.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.58 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 5.83 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.82 live births per woman | 4.43 live births per woman | 5.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2 live births per woman | 4.08 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 47.5% (2015)
- Primary education, teachers 4,021 (2015)
- School enrollment, primary, female 47.5% (2015)
- School enrollment, primary, male 47.6% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Equatorial Guinea was 4.12 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.99 live births per woman in 1990.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.08 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.