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Assisted reproduction births in Italy rise to 17,660 in 2024
Italy recorded 17,660 births through medically assisted reproduction in 2024, up from 17,235 in 2023.
These births accounted for 4.8% of all births in Italy, where 369,944 babies were born that year.
More couples used the treatments, and the number of treatment cycles also rose.
The average age of women using their own or their partner’s reproductive cells was 36.7 years, while it was 41.8 for women receiving donated eggs.
Italy has 320 assisted reproduction centres, with more than half in Lombardy, Campania, Lazio and Veneto.
Half of all treatment cycles took place in northern regions, and only 33.8% of higher-level centres carried out more than 500 cycles in the year.
The report says adequate activity levels matter for quality and safety, and notes that donated-cell treatments and genetic tests are more often done in private centres.
Italy recorded 17,660 births following medically assisted reproduction in 2024, up from 17,235 in 2023.
These births accounted for 4.8% of all births in Italy in 2024.
The number of couples undergoing the techniques rose to 92,394, and the number of cycles increased to 115,455.
The figures come from a Health Ministry report on implementation of Law 40, sent to Parliament and published on the ministry’s website.
The report also found that the share of cycles using donated gametes fell, while the share carried out in public and accredited private facilities rose.
- Who
- Couples and people undergoing medically assisted reproduction in Italy.
- What
- Births following the techniques rose to 17,660 in 2024.
- When
- In 2024; the figures were reported on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Italy recorded 17,235 births following medically assisted reproduction.
The number of births following medically assisted reproduction rose to 17,660.
ANSA reported figures from the Health Ministry’s report.
- Births in 2024
- 17,660
- Share of all births
- 4.8% of 369,944
- Couples undergoing techniques
- 92,394, up from 89,870 in 2023
- Cycles performed
- 115,455, up from 112,804 in 2023
- Assisted reproduction centres
- 320: 95 public, 18 accredited private and 207 private
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more present in the North of the country