Samoa vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Samoa

3.83 live births per woman

in 2023

Zimbabwe

3.72 live births per woman

in 2023

Samoa rank

34th

Zimbabwe rank

37th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Samoa
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 3.83 live births per woman against 3.72 live births per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.105 live births per woman.

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

Samoa ranks 34th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th 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.