Globally, one in six people have experienced infertility at some stage in their lives. global infertility prevalence report 2022 estimates,
Based on data from 1990 to 2021, the 2022 global infertility prevalence estimates, approximately one in six people have experienced infertility at some stage in their lives. The lifetime prevalence of infertility is 17.5%. The Period prevalence of infertility is 12.6%.
Lifetime prevalence is the proportion of a population who have ever experienced infertility in their life. Period prevalence is the proportion of a population with infertility at a given point or interval in time.
Estimates of infertility prevalence are similar across countries with different income levels. Lifetime infertility
prevalence was 17.8% for high-income countries and 16.5% for low- and middle-income countries. Period infertility prevalence was 12.6% for high-income countries and 12.6% for low- and middle-income countries.
Infertility affects a large proportion of the global population, with approximately one in six people experiencing infertility in their lifetimes. For primary infertility, the estimated pooled lifetime and period prevalences were 9.6% and 9.0% respectively.
More than 15 out of 100 people in Africa are suffering from infertility according to the data released World Health Organisation (WHO).
Around 17.5 percent of the adult population experience infertility, showing the urgent need to increase access to affordable high-quality fertility care.
