Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vietnam
Vietnam: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 1.9 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vietnam, 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 Vietnam is 1.9 live births per woman, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vietnam peaked at 6.38 live births per woman in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1.87 live births per woman, in 2006.
That places Vietnam 120th out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 5.61 live births per woman | 4.65 live births per woman | 6.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.07 live births per woman | 5.48 live births per woman | 6.38 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.65 live births per woman | 4.94 live births per woman | 6.11 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.21 live births per woman | 3.62 live births per woman | 4.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.81 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 3.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.95 live births per woman | 1.87 live births per woman | 2.03 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.98 live births per woman | 1.88 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 live births per woman | 1.9 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More education data for Vietnam
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 380,535 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vietnam?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Vietnam was 1.9 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 6.38 live births per woman in 1963.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.87 live births per woman in 2006.
- How does Vietnam rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Vietnam ranks 120th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.