Women participating in decisionmaking vs. children per woman, 2020

Women aged 15-49 who participate in deciding their own healthcare, major household purchases, and visiting family. Children per woman defined as the averagenumber of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if the woman were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates, and the woman were tosurvive from birth to the end of her reproductive career.

% Women participating in decisionmaking20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Childrenperwoman0IndiaIndiaIndonesiaIndonesiaPakistanPakistanPhilippinesPhilippinesEgyptEgyptUgandaUgandaCote d'IvoireCote d'IvoireNigerNigerMalawiMalawiChadChadGabonGabonGuineaGuineaNamibiaNamibiaAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America1.2B1.2B400M400MDots sized byPopulation(historicalestimates)