Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
1.75
Montenegro
Lowest
1.01
Malta
Median
1.41
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
12,224

What the numbers show

Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 1.75 in Montenegro; the lowest is 1.01 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.41, and the mean is 1.4.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 13.9%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 31.6%).

Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
3 Montenegro 1.75 2024 down 0.1% rising
4 Bulgaria 1.72 2024 up 6.2% rising
5 United Kingdom 1.68 2018 down 12.0% rising
6 Albania 1.64 2024 down 8.2% falling
7 Serbia 1.64 2024 up 12.2% flat
8 France 1.61 2024 down 19.6% rising
9 Iceland 1.56 2024 down 19.2% falling
11 Slovenia 1.52 2024 down 3.7% rising
12 Türkiye 1.48 2024 down 31.6% falling
13 Ireland 1.47 2024 down 22.0% falling
14 Denmark 1.47 2024 down 13.2% falling
15 Croatia 1.46 2024 down 0.6% flat
16 Slovakia 1.46 2024 up 6.4% falling
17 Norway 1.45 2024 down 17.4% falling
18 Belgium 1.44 2024 down 17.1% flat
19 North Macedonia 1.44 2024 down 5.1% falling
20 Sweden 1.43 2024 down 23.8% falling
21 Netherlands 1.43 2024 down 16.7% flat
22 Hungary 1.41 2024 down 2.4% falling
23 Portugal 1.41 2024 up 13.9% falling
24 Romania 1.39 2024 down 11.0% rising
25 Cyprus 1.38 2024 up 5.3% falling
26 Liechtenstein 1.37 2024 down 13.9% flat
27 Czechia 1.36 2024 down 10.8% rising
28 Germany 1.36 2024 down 7.7% rising
29 Austria 1.31 2024 down 10.2% flat
30 Switzerland 1.29 2024 down 16.4% flat
31 Luxembourg 1.25 2024 down 16.4% falling
32 Finland 1.25 2024 down 26.8% falling
33 Greece 1.24 2024 down 4.4% flat
34 Latvia 1.24 2024 down 25.1% rising
35 Italy 1.18 2024 down 14.7% flat
36 Estonia 1.18 2024 down 23.6% flat
37 Poland 1.14 2024 down 13.8% falling
38 Lithuania 1.11 2024 down 29.1% falling
39 Spain 1.1 2024 down 16.3% flat
40 Malta 1.01 2024 down 26.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
458 places, 12,224 data points, 1990–2024
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