Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Reunion
Reunion: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 2.15 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Reunion, 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
Reunion recorded 2.15 live births per woman for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Reunion peaked at 6.97 live births per woman in 1951 and was at its lowest, 2.13 live births per woman, in 2019.
Reunion ranks 101st 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 | 6.66 live births per woman | 6.11 live births per woman | 6.97 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.91 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 6.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.68 live births per woman | 3.12 live births per woman | 4.3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.56 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 2.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.57 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.37 live births per woman | 2.5 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2 live births per woman | 2.13 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.19 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Reunion
- 98 Nicaragua 2.21 live births per woman compare
- 99 South Africa 2.21 live births per woman compare
- 100 Western Sahara 2.18 live births per woman compare
- 102 Bangladesh 2.14 live births per woman compare
- 103 Indonesia 2.12 live births per woman compare
- 104 Seychelles 2.11 live births per woman compare
More education data for Reunion
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.17 live births per woman (2023)
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 106.1% (1996)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 8.0% (1996)
- Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 7.3% (1996)
- Duration of compulsory education 0 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to compulsory education 0 years (2025)
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school 90.7% (1994)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Reunion?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Reunion was 2.15 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 Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 6.97 live births per woman in 1951.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.13 live births per woman in 2019.
- How does Reunion rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Reunion ranks 101st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Reunion 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.