Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Rwanda

3.65 births per woman

in 2024

Zimbabwe

3.67 births per woman

in 2024

Rwanda rank

38th

Zimbabwe rank

37th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Rwanda
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 3.67 births per woman against 3.65 births per woman in Rwanda, a difference of 0.029 births per woman.

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

Rwanda ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th 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.