IE · 2017 · demo_find

Fertility indicators

Ireland, 2017

Fertility indicators
1.76
Ireland, 2017
▼ 2.8% vs 2016 (1.81)
Analysis

In 2017, Ireland's fertility indicators decreased by 2.8% compared to 2016, reaching 1.76.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.56.

Ireland ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.1% (from 1.98 in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
112.8%
EU-27: 1.56
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