Haiti vs Lesotho: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Haiti

2.66 live births per woman

in 2023

Lesotho

2.69 live births per woman

in 2023

Haiti rank

75th

Lesotho rank

72nd

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Haiti
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.69 live births per woman against 2.66 live births per woman in Haiti, a difference of 0.038 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Haiti ahead.

Globally, Haiti ranks 75th and Lesotho ranks 72nd 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.