Assisted fertility treatments 2021–2022

More fertility treatments with donated gametes are performed in the public sector

In 2021, the total number of assisted fertility treatments was approximately 15 300. According to the preliminary data for 2022, about 14 400 assisted fertility treatment cycles were started. This is 6.1 per cent less than the year before.

In 2021, the total number of assisted fertility treatments was exceptionally high (+19.3% compared to year 2020) which was likely connected to the release of debt of health care services caused by the corona epidemic. The number of treatments declined slightly in 2020 as majority of the assisted fertility treatment clinics in Finland suspended their treatments in March 2020 for a few months.

According to preliminary data, the number of fertility treatments using couple’s own gametes declined in 2022 nearly to the level before corona epidemic. However, the number of treatments with donor gametes seems to have remained at an increased level.

The increase in the number of assisted fertility treatments using donor gametes in 2021–2022 is likely to be connected to the increased number of treatments in the public sector as the University hospitals begun treatments in 2020. According to preliminary data, in 2022 the public sector performed 32.4 per cent of all treatments using donor gametes which is more than ever before.

The proportion of treatments using donor gametes was 23.2 per cent of all assisted fertility treatments in 2021 and 24.3 per cent in 2022.

Of all the assisted fertility treatments performed in 2021, 18.4 per cent resulted in a birth. The proportion stayed stable compared to the previous year. Approximately 2880 children were born as a result of the treatments, representing an estimated 6,2 per cent of all children born (4.9% in 2020).

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Public sector share of all assisted fertility treatments, % 2001-2022. Preliminary data.

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Background information

Source

Hedelmöityshoidot 2021–2022
Assisterad befruktning 2021–2022
Assisted Fertility Treatments 2021–2022

Statistical Report 32/2023, 6th June 2023
Official Statistics of Finland, Assisted fertility treatments. THL. OSF-logo