Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Rwanda or Saint Helena?

Saint Helena, at 30.6 years against 30.59 years in Rwanda as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Rwanda and Saint Helena?

0.01 years, with Saint Helena ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Saint Helena?

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

Where does this data come from?

Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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.

Rwanda vs Saint Helena: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Rwanda

30.59 years

in 2023

Saint Helena

30.6 years

in 2023

Rwanda rank

56th

Saint Helena rank

55th

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Rwanda
Saint Helena

How they compare

Saint Helena currently reports 30.6 years against 30.59 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Rwanda ranks 56th and Saint Helena ranks 55th of 236 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Saint Helena	Difference	Ahead
1950s	30.38 years	27.91 years	2.48 years	Rwanda
1960s	30.58 years	27.35 years	3.24 years	Rwanda
1970s	31.06 years	26.84 years	4.22 years	Rwanda
1980s	31.45 years	27.26 years	4.19 years	Rwanda
1990s	31.18 years	28.03 years	3.16 years	Rwanda
2000s	30.99 years	29 years	1.99 years	Rwanda
2010s	30.5 years	30.06 years	0.4448 years	Rwanda
2020s	30.61 years	30.56 years	0.0473 years	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Rwanda or Saint Helena?: Saint Helena, at 30.6 years against 30.59 years in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Rwanda and Saint Helena?: 0.01 years, with Saint Helena ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Saint Helena?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and Saint Helena rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Rwanda ranks 56th and Saint Helena ranks 55th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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 (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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: 30 October 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.