Statizoid

Congo vs Ethiopia: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Congo
4.11 births per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
24th
Ethiopia rank
27th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

  • Congo
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 4.11 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.2 births per woman.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Congo ranks 24th and Ethiopia ranks 27th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
Unit
births per woman
Source
United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.