Namibia vs Tuvalu: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Namibia

3.21 births per woman

in 2024

Tuvalu

3.17 births per woman

in 2024

Namibia rank

50th

Tuvalu rank

51st

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Namibia
Tuvalu

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.21 births per woman against 3.17 births per woman in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.037 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 50th and Tuvalu ranks 51st 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: 07 August 2026

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.