Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Montserrat
Montserrat: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.45 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Montserrat, 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
Montserrat recorded 1.45 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Montserrat peaked at 4.87 live births per woman in 1953 and was at its lowest, 1.2 live births per woman, in 1999.
Montserrat ranks 184th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 4.78 live births per woman | 4.6 live births per woman | 4.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.28 live births per woman | 3.86 live births per woman | 4.55 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.04 live births per woman | 2.32 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.31 live births per woman | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.84 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | 2.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.54 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.61 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 1.86 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | 1.95 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montserrat
- 181 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 182 Bhutan 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 183 Germany 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 185 Cuba 1.45 live births per woman compare
- 186 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.44 live births per woman compare
- 187 Switzerland 1.44 live births per woman compare
More education data for Montserrat
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 107.2% (2023)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 44.7% (2019)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 32.2% (2019)
- Duration of compulsory education 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years (2025)
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school 93.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Montserrat?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Montserrat was 1.45 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 Montserrat?
- The highest recorded value was 4.87 live births per woman in 1953.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Montserrat?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 live births per woman in 1999.
- How does Montserrat rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Montserrat ranks 184th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Montserrat?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montserrat 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.