Malawi vs OECD members: Fertility rate, total
Malawi
3.59 births per woman
in 2024
OECD members
1.48 births per woman
in 2024
Malawi rank
41st
OECD members rank
38th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Malawi
- OECD members
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.59 births per woman against 1.48 births per woman in OECD members, a difference of 2.11 births per woman.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.4 times OECD members's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 41st and OECD members ranks 38th of 217 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.15 births per woman | 3.12 births per woman | 4.03 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 7.37 births per woman | 2.48 births per woman | 4.89 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 7.2 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman | 5.12 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 6.43 births per woman | 1.9 births per woman | 4.53 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.8 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman | 4 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.53 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 2.8 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.73 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Malawi or OECD members?
- Malawi, at 3.59 births per woman against 1.48 births per woman in OECD members as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Malawi and OECD members?
- 2.11 births per woman, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and OECD members?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and OECD members rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Malawi ranks 41st and OECD members ranks 38th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.