Fertility indicators

In 1982, Belgium's fertility indicators decreased by 3.0% compared to 1981, reaching 1.61.

Belgium ranks 17th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.8% (from 1.71 in 1977).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_find, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.