Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gibraltar
Gibraltar: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.89 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gibraltar, 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 Gibraltar is 1.89 live births per woman, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gibraltar peaked at 4.26 live births per woman in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1.63 live births per woman, in 2003.
Gibraltar ranks 123rd of 236 countries on this measure, 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 | 2.82 live births per woman | 2.68 live births per woman | 3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.49 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 4.26 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.64 live births per woman | 2.47 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.42 live births per woman | 2.35 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.33 live births per woman | 2.19 live births per woman | 2.44 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.63 live births per woman | 2.19 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.99 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gibraltar
More education data for Gibraltar
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.6% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 197 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gibraltar?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Gibraltar was 1.89 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 Gibraltar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.26 live births per woman in 1964.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Gibraltar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.63 live births per woman in 2003.
- How does Gibraltar rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Gibraltar ranks 123rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Gibraltar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gibraltar 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.