Fertility indicators

In 1978, Ireland's fertility indicators decreased by 0.9% compared to 1977, reaching 3.21.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.5% (from 3.71 in 1973).

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