Mauritania vs Mayotte: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Mauritania

4.7 live births per woman

in 2023

Mayotte

4.62 live births per woman

in 2023

Mauritania rank

11th

Mayotte rank

12th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Mauritania
Mayotte

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 4.7 live births per woman against 4.62 live births per woman in Mayotte, a difference of 0.081 live births per woman.

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

Globally, Mauritania ranks 11th and Mayotte ranks 12th 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.