Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.91 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia is 3.91 live births per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ethiopia peaked at 7.36 live births per woman in 1984 and was at its lowest, 3.91 live births per woman, in 2024.
Ethiopia ranks 28th of 236 countries on this measure, 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 | 6.46 live births per woman | 6.43 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.62 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.04 live births per woman | 6.78 live births per woman | 7.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.31 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 7.36 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.99 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.49 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.67 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 5.28 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.09 live births per woman | 3.91 live births per woman | 4.27 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 84.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 338,716 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 87.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ethiopia?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Ethiopia was 3.91 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.36 live births per woman in 1984.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.91 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Ethiopia ranks 28th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.