Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Eritrea
Eritrea: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.68 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Eritrea, 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
Eritrea recorded 3.68 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Eritrea peaked at 6.65 live births per woman in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.68 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Eritrea 37th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 6.5 live births per woman | 6.48 live births per woman | 6.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.49 live births per woman | 6.47 live births per woman | 6.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.58 live births per woman | 6.54 live births per woman | 6.62 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.57 live births per woman | 6.41 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.95 live births per woman | 5.52 live births per woman | 6.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.01 live births per woman | 4.66 live births per woman | 5.4 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.26 live births per woman | 4 live births per woman | 4.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8 live births per woman | 3.68 live births per woman | 3.93 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 34 Senegal 3.77 live births per woman compare
- 35 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 live births per woman compare
- 36 Sierra Leone 3.7 live births per woman compare
- 38 Zimbabwe 3.67 live births per woman compare
- 39 Rwanda 3.65 live births per woman compare
- 40 Sao Tome and Principe 3.6 live births per woman compare
More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Eritrea?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Eritrea was 3.68 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.65 live births per woman in 1983.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.68 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Eritrea rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Eritrea ranks 37th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.