Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Moldova
Moldova: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.73 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Moldova, 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
Moldova recorded 1.73 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Moldova peaked at 3.53 live births per woman in 1953 and was at its lowest, 1.45 live births per woman, in 2002.
Moldova ranks 135th 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 | 3.48 live births per woman | 3.37 live births per woman | 3.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.83 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 3.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.5 live births per woman | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.58 live births per woman | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.95 live births per woman | 1.56 live births per woman | 2.39 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.54 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.73 live births per woman | 1.69 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.76 live births per woman compare
- 133 Bulgaria 1.75 live births per woman compare
- 134 Brunei 1.73 live births per woman compare
- 136 Qatar 1.72 live births per woman compare
- 137 Armenia 1.72 live births per woman compare
- 138 Romania 1.71 live births per woman compare
More education data for Moldova
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,408 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.0% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Moldova?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 3.53 live births per woman in 1953.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.45 live births per woman in 2002.
- How does Moldova rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Moldova ranks 135th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.