Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Malawi
Malawi: 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 Malawi, 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
Malawi 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.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Malawi peaked at 7.52 live births per woman in 1980 and was at its lowest, 3.59 live births per woman, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 42nd 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 | 6.88 live births per woman | 6.8 live births per woman | 7.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.15 live births per woman | 7.04 live births per woman | 7.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.37 live births per woman | 7.29 live births per woman | 7.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.2 live births per woman | 6.8 live births per woman | 7.52 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.43 live births per woman | 6.12 live births per woman | 6.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.8 live births per woman | 5.45 live births per woman | 6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.53 live births per woman | 3.95 live births per woman | 5.26 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.73 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 5 |
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More education data for Malawi
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 87,834 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 137.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Malawi?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Malawi 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 7.52 live births per woman in 1980.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.59 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Malawi ranks 42nd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.