Ghana vs Vanuatu: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Ghana

3.4 live births per woman

in 2023

Vanuatu

3.6 live births per woman

in 2023

Ghana rank

47th

Vanuatu rank

44th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Ghana
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 3.6 live births per woman against 3.4 live births per woman in Ghana, a difference of 0.199 live births per woman.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 47th and Vanuatu ranks 44th 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.