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

In 2020, Ireland's mean age of women at childbirth and at birth of first child increased by 0.6% compared to 2019, reaching 32.6.

Ireland accounts for 105.5% of the EU-27 total of 30.9.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.2% (from 31.9 in 2015).

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