Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Equatorial Guinea

4.08 live births per woman

in 2023

Ethiopia

3.99 live births per woman

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

26th

Ethiopia rank

28th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.08 live births per woman against 3.99 live births per woman in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.092 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Globally, Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th and Ethiopia ranks 28th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.