Average age of mother at childbirth in Italy 2002-2023

The figures show a gradual increase in the average age of mothers at childbirth in Italy between 2002 and 2023. As of 2023, the average age of mothers at childbirth in Italy was estimated to be 32.5 years, an increase of 1.9 years compared to 2002. Sicily was the Italian region with the lowest average age, with mothers aged 31.4 years on average when giving birth.Fertility rateMost developed countries today are characterized by a decline in the number of births. Italy hit a new low in 2022, with less than 400,000 births. In 2023, it was among the countries with the lowest fertility rate in the world, with every woman having 1.2 babies on average.Assisted reproductive treatment (ART)In 2021, roughly 3.7 percent of pregnancies in Italy were obtained through assisted reproductive treatments (ART) and women above 40 had the highest rate of pregnancies resulting from ART, with 18.13 percent. The number of ART undertaken in Italy increased constantly in the past two decades, except for a slight decline in 2020 when a general decrease in the number of births was experienced with the outbreak of COVID-19.

图表揭示了意大利自2002年至2023年间产妇平均生育年龄的逐步上升。截至2023年，意大利产妇的平均生育年龄估计为32.5岁，较2002年增长了1.9岁。西西里岛是意大利地区中平均生育年龄最低的区域，平均生育年龄为31.4岁。在生育率方面，当今大多数发达国家均呈现出出生人数的下降趋势。意大利在2022年创下了新的低点，出生人数不足40万。2023年，意大利成为全球生育率最低的国家之一，平均每位女性生育1.2个婴儿。在辅助生殖治疗（ART）方面，2021年，意大利大约有3.7%的妊娠是通过辅助生殖治疗获得的，40岁以上的女性中，通过ART实现的妊娠率最高，达到18.13%。在过去二十年里，意大利进行ART的次数持续增加，仅在2020年，由于COVID-19疫情的爆发导致出生人数普遍减少时，ART的次数略有下降。