Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gabon
Gabon: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.59 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gabon, 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
Gabon recorded 3.59 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.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gabon peaked at 5.76 live births per woman in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.59 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Gabon 41st 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 | 4.08 live births per woman | 3.95 live births per woman | 4.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.75 live births per woman | 4.42 live births per woman | 5.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.37 live births per woman | 5.1 live births per woman | 5.61 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.69 live births per woman | 5.55 live births per woman | 5.76 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.97 live births per woman | 4.5 live births per woman | 5.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 4.47 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.99 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 4.15 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.71 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More education data for Gabon
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.2% (2019)
- Primary education, teachers 10,935 (2019)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.0% (2019)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.4% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gabon?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gabon was 3.59 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 5.76 live births per woman in 1983.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.59 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Gabon rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Gabon ranks 41st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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.