What is happening to the fertility rate? and the reason behind it

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Chart A - Overview of world map fertility rate. It can be seen that developed countries such as the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and developing countries such as China, Thailand all show a strong low birth rate. However, African countries such as Mali and Middle East countries such as Iraq, Iran all have high birth rates.

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Chart B - The countries selected below represent countries with high birth rates: Australia, USA, Japan, China, Canada and countries with low birth rates: Mali, Iran, Iraq.From 1990 to 2022, it is clear that the longer women have access to school, the lower the birth rate, and vice versa. This might indicate that educated women realize the value and function of having children and have more opportunity to develop themselves.

The education vs fertility rate

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Chart C - This graph depicts the impact of knowledge when women in developed and developing nations learn about contraceptive techniques therefore significantly influencing the birth rate. These countries continue to quickly increase their use of safety measures.These are encouraging statistics since they demonstrate that well-educated women are very concerned about their own reproductive requirements.

In contrast, in nations with high birth rates and poor education levels, women have limited access to and understanding about contraception. This might be attributed to a mix of cultural, religious, educational, and structural impediments, as well as insufficient government investment in family planning.

The Fertility rate vs labour force

These nations have relatively low levels of female labor force participation due to a variety of causes such as political instability, and rigid gender roles, with figures ranging from 10% to 50% across the time.Mali has a distinct pattern of strong development, which might be attributed to increased women’s empowerment or changes in economic and social policy.

These nations have greater levels of female labor force participation, reflecting developed nations have more comprehensive regulations to assist female employment, but cultural and structural impediments in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran prevent women from entering the workforce.These nations have much higher female labor force participation, consistently above 50%, than the countries in the top graph.