Mean age of women at childbirth and at birth of first child

In 2021, Belgium's mean age of women at childbirth and at birth of first child increased by 0.6% compared to 2020, reaching 31.0.

Belgium accounts for 99.7% of the EU-27 total of 31.1.

Belgium ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.6% (from 30.5 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00017, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.