Demography/Fertility · Italy

Fertility in Italy: 1.24 children per woman in 2022

Reference period: 2022 · Published: 27 Feb 2025

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1.24children per woman

In 2021 it was 1.25 children per woman.

Fertility · children per woman

Values as published by the source, at current prices.

The vertical axis does not start at zero.

Data table

Fertility · children per woman
		Status	Crises	Governments
2022	1.24	final	Energy crisis	Draghi government, Meloni government
2021	1.25	final	COVID-19 pandemic	Conte II government, Draghi government
2020	1.24	final	COVID-19 pandemic	Conte II government
2019	1.27	final		Conte I government, Conte II government
2018	1.31	final		Gentiloni government, Conte I government
2017	1.34	final		Gentiloni government
2016	1.36	final		Renzi government, Gentiloni government
2015	1.36	final		Renzi government
2014	1.38	final		Letta government, Renzi government
2013	1.39	final		Monti government, Letta government
2012	1.42	final	Sovereign debt crisis	Monti government
2011	1.42	final	Sovereign debt crisis	Berlusconi IV government, Monti government
2010	1.44	final		Berlusconi IV government
2009	1.44	final	Financial crisis	Berlusconi IV government
2008	1.44	final	Financial crisis	Prodi II government, Berlusconi IV government
2007	1.39	final		Prodi II government
2006	1.37	final		Berlusconi III government, Prodi II government
2005	1.33	final		Berlusconi II government, Berlusconi III government
2004	1.34	final		Berlusconi II government
2003	1.29	final		Berlusconi II government
2002	1.27	final		Berlusconi II government

EU comparison · Nominal (children per woman)

Same lens as the main chart: changing it here changes it above too. Context layers are those of the main country. Each country is read in the release published on the same date.

The vertical axis does not start at zero.

Data table

EU comparison · Nominal (children per woman)

2022	1.24	1.46	1.78	1.16	1.46
2021	1.25	1.58	1.83	1.18	1.53
2020	1.24	1.53	1.83	1.18	1.51
2019	1.27	1.54	1.86	1.23	1.53
2018	1.31	1.57	1.87	1.26	1.54
2017	1.34	1.57	1.89	1.31	1.56
2016	1.36	1.60	1.92	1.33	1.57
2015	1.36	1.50	1.96	1.33	1.54
2014	1.38	1.47	2.00	1.32	1.54
2013	1.39	1.42	1.99	1.27	1.51
2012	1.42	1.41	2.01	1.32	1.54
2011	1.42	1.39	2.01	1.34	1.54
2010	1.44	1.39	2.03	1.37	1.57
2009	1.44	1.36	2.00	1.38	1.56
2008	1.44	1.38	2.01	1.45	1.57
2007	1.39	1.37	1.98	1.38	1.52
2006	1.37	1.33	2.00	1.36	1.50
2005	1.33	1.34	1.94	1.33	1.47
2004	1.34	1.36	1.92	1.31	1.46
2003	1.29	1.34	1.89	1.30	1.44
2002	1.27	1.34	1.88	1.25	1.43

Descriptive analysis not yet available for this lens.

What it measures

Average number of children per woman (total fertility rate). Version published by Eurostat on 27 February 2025, retrieved from a copy kept by the Internet Archive.

Methodology

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have over her life if at each age she had the fertility observed in the year. The level that keeps a population stable without migration is about 2.1.

Source

Eurostat · Fertility indicators

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Context layers and attribution rules

Crises
Conventional whole-year periods chosen by the editors; each period's source documents the event. They apply to every EU country. They show temporal coincidences, not causes.
4 periods with source
1. Financial crisis1 Jan 2008 – 31 Dec 2009
2. Sovereign debt crisis1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2012
3. COVID-19 pandemic1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021
4. Energy crisis1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Governments
Each government covers the period from its swearing-in to the end date given by governo.it. An annual figure is not attributed to a single government: the bands show who was in office during the period, as a temporal coincidence. For public spending, the budget law for year N is passed by the government in office in year N−1.
14 periods with source
1. D'Alema II government22 Dec 1999 – 25 Apr 2000
2. Amato II government25 Apr 2000 – 11 Jun 2001
3. Berlusconi II government11 Jun 2001 – 23 Apr 2005
4. Berlusconi III government23 Apr 2005 – 17 May 2006
5. Prodi II government17 May 2006 – 6 May 2008
6. Berlusconi IV government8 May 2008 – 16 Nov 2011
7. Monti government16 Nov 2011 – 27 Apr 2013
8. Letta government28 Apr 2013 – 21 Feb 2014
9. Renzi government22 Feb 2014 – 12 Dec 2016
10. Gentiloni government12 Dec 2016 – 1 Jun 2018
11. Conte I government1 Jun 2018 – 4 Sept 2019
12. Conte II government5 Sept 2019 – 13 Feb 2021
13. Draghi government13 Feb 2021 – 22 Oct 2022
14. Meloni government22 Oct 2022 – in office

Release history

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