Research and data

Trends in egg, sperm and embryo donation 2020

Statistics on donation and donor treatments in the UK fertility sector.

View the Trends in egg, sperm and embryo donation 2020 report.

Trends in egg and sperm donation 2017 (published October 2019)

This data was produced for Fertility Week 2019.

This data includes an update of key information from the March 2019 report on donation. It includes updated data on the number of sperm and egg donor registrations.

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Trends in egg and sperm donation 2016 (released March 2019)

This report provides key information about the number and type of people newly registering as sperm and egg donors in the UK. It also gives information on trends in using donated sperm and eggs in fertility treatment, including how many treatments have been carried out and the demographics of patients.

This report complements our flagship annual publication, Fertility treatment: trends and figures, which provides key information about the number and type of fertility treatments that have been carried out across the UK and how many of these have led to a birth.

Download the trends in egg and sperm donation report

Download the underlying data for this report

Impact of COVID-19 on fertility treatment 2020

This report looks at changes in UK fertility treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, including treatment numbers, funding, and donation.

View the Impact of COVID-19 on fertility treatment 2020.

National Patient Survey 2021

Survey of UK fertility patients, 2 November – 7 December 2021.

View the National Patient Survey report 2021.

Previous editions

• National Patient Survey report 2018

Multiple births in fertility treatment 2019

This report looks at changes in multiple births over time, including differences by patient age, egg source, ethnicity and funding.

View the Multiple births in fertility treatment 2019.

Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures (published May 2021)

This is our annual publication covering key information about the number and type of patients treated, the different treatments they had and the pregnancy rates for fertility treatment.

View the Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures report here.

Previous editions

• Fertility treatment 2018: trends and figures (HTML)
• Fertility treatment 2017: trends and figures.pdf | 3,775KB
• Fertility treatment 2017: trends and figures underlying graph data.xlsx | 116KB
• Fertility treatment 2014 - 2016: trends and figures.pdf | 2,223KB
• Fertility treatment in 2014 - 2016 Datasheet.xlsx | 182KB
• Fertility treatment in 2014 - 2016 graph datasheet.xlsx | 92KB
• Fertility treatment 2014: Trends and figures.pdf | 1,344KB
• Fertility Trends 2014 Datasheet.xlsx | 88KB
• HFEA fertility trends 2013.pdf | 2,608KB
• HFEA fertility trends 2012.pdf | 1,951KB
• HFEA fertility trends 2011.pdf | 1,358KB

Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018

This report looks at how access to, and outcomes of fertility treatment, differ by ethnic group.

View the Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018 report here.

Family formations in fertility treatment 2018 (published September 2020)

This report covers UK in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and donor insemination (DI) statistics for heterosexual, female same-sex and single patients.

View the Family formations in fertility treatment 2018 report here.

The State of the fertility sector 2021/22 (published: October 2022)

Our "State of the sector" report provides an overview of the UK's fertility sector for 2021/22

View the State of the fertility sector 2021/2022 report

Previous editions

View the State of the fertility sector 2020/2021 report

Download the State of the fertility sector report 2019/2020

Download the State of the fertility sector report 2018/2019

Download the State of the fertility sector report 2018/2019 underlying data

Download the State of the fertility sector report 2017/2018

Egg freezing in fertility treatment (released September 2018)

Our egg freezing report covers the trends and figures relating to egg freezing and the use of thawed eggs in fertility treatment from 2010 to 2016.

When looking at success rates for frozen eggs, numbers tend to be quite low. The technology for egg freezing has also improved over the years which means older data isn’t comparable to current success rates. We advise patients to look at success rates for fresh IVF cycles with patients using their own eggs in their age band. We consider these rates to be more reliable as there are much higher numbers of fresh embryo transfers each year compared to egg freezing. This information can be found in Choose a Fertility Clinic and in our Fertility Trends report.

Download the full report (PDF 784 KB)

Download the patient friendly version of the report (PDF 1.07 MB)

Download the supplement to the report (PDF 92 KB)

Download the data sheet of this report (XLSX 56 KB)

Improving outcomes for fertility patients: multiple births

A multiple birth (twins, triplets or more) is the single biggest health risk associated with fertility treatment. Find out more about the risks of multiple births.

We've worked with the sector to reduce the proportion of multiple births and this report summarises our achievements to date.

Download the multiple births datasheet for 2015 (XLSX 46 KB)

Adverse incidents in fertility clinics: lessons to learn

The vast majority of fertility treatments are carried out without any problems occurring but, as in any clinical setting, mistakes can happen. Most people understand there are risks associated with any kind of healthcare, but they also rightly expect healthcare professionals to learn from those mistakes.  

This annual report provides details of clinic incidents, allowing clinics to learn from each other and improve patient care.