Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.57 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 3.57 live births per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vanuatu peaked at 7.04 live births per woman in 1954 and was at its lowest, 3.57 live births per woman, in 2024.
Vanuatu ranks 43rd 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 | 6.99 live births per woman | 6.84 live births per woman | 7.04 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.58 live births per woman | 6.41 live births per woman | 6.78 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.02 live births per woman | 5.73 live births per woman | 6.35 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.46 live births per woman | 5.21 live births per woman | 5.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.88 live births per woman | 4.56 live births per woman | 5.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 4.1 live births per woman | 4.54 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.97 live births per woman | 3.79 live births per woman | 4.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.65 live births per woman | 3.57 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 40 Sao Tome and Principe 3.6 live births per woman compare
- 41 Gabon 3.59 live births per woman compare
- 42 Malawi 3.59 live births per woman compare
- 44 Pakistan 3.55 live births per woman compare
- 45 Solomon Islands 3.51 live births per woman compare
- 46 Uzbekistan 3.49 live births per woman compare
More education data for Vanuatu
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,892 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 114.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vanuatu?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vanuatu was 3.57 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 7.04 live births per woman in 1954.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.57 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Vanuatu rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Vanuatu ranks 43rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.