Guatemala vs Saudi Arabia: Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty

Guatemala
2.31 live births per woman
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
2.28 live births per woman
in 2023
Guatemala rank
89th
Saudi Arabia rank
92nd

Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty over time

  • Guatemala
  • Saudi Arabia
2468195019862023

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 2.31 live births per woman against 2.28 live births per woman in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.

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

Guatemala ranks 89th and Saudi Arabia ranks 92nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1950s 6.93 live births per woman 7.59 live births per woman 0.66 live births per woman Saudi Arabia
1960s 6.84 live births per woman 7.64 live births per woman 0.7994 live births per woman Saudi Arabia
1970s 6.42 live births per woman 7.41 live births per woman 0.9897 live births per woman Saudi Arabia
1980s 5.84 live births per woman 6.65 live births per woman 0.8085 live births per woman Saudi Arabia
1990s 5.11 live births per woman 5.08 live births per woman 0.0366 live births per woman Guatemala
2000s 4.04 live births per woman 3.42 live births per woman 0.6257 live births per woman Guatemala
2010s 3.03 live births per woman 2.69 live births per woman 0.347 live births per woman Guatemala
2020s 2.38 live births per woman 2.21 live births per woman 0.163 live births per woman Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty, Guatemala or Saudi Arabia?
Guatemala, at 2.31 live births per woman against 2.28 live births per woman in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty between Guatemala and Saudi Arabia?
0.03 live births per woman, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Saudi Arabia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Saudi Arabia rank globally for fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty?
Guatemala ranks 89th and Saudi Arabia ranks 92nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guatemala vs Saudi Arabia: Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://poverty.statizoid.com/compare/fertility-rate-vs-the-share-living-in-extreme-poverty/guatemala/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://poverty.statizoid.com/compare/fertility-rate-vs-the-share-living-in-extreme-poverty/guatemala/saudi-arabia/">Guatemala vs Saudi Arabia: Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty
Unit
live births per woman
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.