Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Ethiopia or Kiribati?

Ethiopia, at 29.08 years against 29.08 years in Kiribati as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Kiribati?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs Kiribati: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Ethiopia

29.08 years

in 2023

Kiribati

29.08 years

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

125th

Kiribati rank

127th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Ethiopia
Kiribati

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 29.08 years against 29.08 years in Kiribati, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 125th and Kiribati ranks 127th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 6 and Kiribati in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Kiribati	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.97 years	29.25 years	0.7216 years	Ethiopia
1960s	29.66 years	29.24 years	0.4113 years	Ethiopia
1970s	29.23 years	29.2 years	0.0268 years	Ethiopia
1980s	29.49 years	29.46 years	0.0275 years	Ethiopia
1990s	29.59 years	29.8 years	0.2055 years	Kiribati
2000s	29.47 years	29.55 years	0.078 years	Kiribati
2010s	29.35 years	29.24 years	0.1171 years	Ethiopia
2020s	29.13 years	29.08 years	0.0478 years	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Ethiopia or Kiribati?: Ethiopia, at 29.08 years against 29.08 years in Kiribati as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Ethiopia and Kiribati?: 0 years, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Kiribati?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ethiopia and Kiribati rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Ethiopia ranks 125th and Kiribati ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit: years
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.