Rwanda vs Sierra Leone: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Rwanda

3.7 live births per woman

in 2023

Sierra Leone

3.79 live births per woman

in 2023

Rwanda rank

39th

Sierra Leone rank

36th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Rwanda
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 3.79 live births per woman against 3.7 live births per woman in Rwanda, a difference of 0.093 live births per woman.

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

Globally, Rwanda ranks 39th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th 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.