Infertility prevalence worldwide by region 2022

Based on data from 1990 to 2021, it is estimated that the lifetime prevalence of infertility in the Americas is around 20 percent. Furthermore, it was also estimated that at any given point or interval in time, around 10.4 percent of people in the Americas are suffering from infertility. This statistic shows the prevalence of lifetime and period infertility worldwide, by WHO region.

Prevalence of lifetime and period infertility worldwide as of 2022, by WHO region

Characteristic	Lifetime prevalence of infertility*	Period prevalence of infertility**
Worldwide	17.5%	12.6%
Eastern Mediterranean region	10.7%	10%
European region	16.5%	12.4%
Region of the Americas	20%	10.4%
African region	13.1%	16.4%
Western Pacific region	23.2%	13%

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Based on data from 1990 to 2021.
* Lifetime prevalence is defined as the proportion of a population who have ever experienced infertility in their life.
** Period prevalence is defined as the proportion of a population with infertility at a given point or interval in time, which may be current or in the past.
WHO= World Health Organization

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