Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in East Timor
East Timor: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 2.63 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in East Timor, 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 East Timor is 2.63 live births per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in East Timor peaked at 6.61 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 2.63 live births per woman, in 2024.
East Timor ranks 74th 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 | 6.49 live births per woman | 6.36 live births per woman | 6.61 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.04 live births per woman | 5.72 live births per woman | 6.32 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.3 live births per woman | 5.08 live births per woman | 5.66 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.6 live births per woman | 5.22 live births per woman | 5.76 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.91 live births per woman | 5.81 live births per woman | 5.97 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.59 live births per woman | 4.99 live births per woman | 5.93 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.92 live births per woman | 3.12 live births per woman | 4.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.81 live births per woman | 2.63 live births per woman | 3.01 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More education data for East Timor
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 7,144 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 120.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 118.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in East Timor?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in East Timor was 2.63 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 6.61 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.63 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does East Timor rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- East Timor ranks 74th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.