Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.67 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe, 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
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe stood at 3.67 live births per woman.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe peaked at 7.23 live births per woman in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3.63 live births per woman, in 2006.
Zimbabwe ranks 38th 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 | 7.1 live births per woman | 7.04 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.18 live births per woman | 7.04 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.82 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.89 live births per woman | 5.07 live births per woman | 6.52 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.33 live births per woman | 4.06 live births per woman | 4.88 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.83 live births per woman | 3.63 live births per woman | 4.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.94 live births per woman | 3.74 live births per woman | 4.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.74 live births per woman | 3.67 live births per woman | 3.77 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 35 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 live births per woman compare
- 36 Sierra Leone 3.7 live births per woman compare
- 37 Eritrea 3.68 live births per woman compare
- 39 Rwanda 3.65 live births per woman compare
- 40 Sao Tome and Principe 3.6 live births per woman compare
- 41 Gabon 3.59 live births per woman compare
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 90,330 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 92.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Zimbabwe was 3.67 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 7.23 live births per woman in 1962.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.63 live births per woman in 2006.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Zimbabwe ranks 38th out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.