Is there a correlation between total fertility rate, utilization of assisted reproduction technology, and national wealth in Europe?

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Figure 1. Correlation between GDP, utilization of ART and TFR in Europe in 2016. ART, assisted reproduction technology; C/M, cycles per million population; TFR, total fertility rate; GDP, gross domestic product.

Table 1. Utilization of ART, TFR, and GDP in developed economies and economies in transition in Europe in 2016^a,b.

Developed economies				Economies in transition
Country	C/M	TFR	GDP	Country	C/M	TFR	GDP
Austria	1,110	1.53	52,633	Albania	608	1.66	12,003
Belgium	2,738	1.68	48,609	Armenia	295	1.74	10,704
Bulgaria	1,544	1.54	19,886	Belarus	360	1.73	17,726
Cyprus	2,020	1.35	35,389	Bosnia-Herzegovina,	239	1.29	12,990
Czech Republic	3,157	1.63	35,877	Kazakhstan	501	2.73	23,819
Denmark	3,088	1.79	51,971	Moldova	444	1.26	10,610
Estonia	2,245	1.60	31,231	Montenegro	1,137	1.73	18,085
Finland	1,673	1.57	44,930	North Macedonia	1,974	1.51	14,983
France	1,619	1.92	42,920	Russia	1,107	1.76	24,125
Germany	1,261	1.60	50,564	Serbia	162	1.46	15,734
Greece	2,603	1.38	27,823	Ukraine	549	1.47	11,148
Hungary	675	1.53	27,700	Mean	671	1.67	15,630
Iceland	1,928	1.74	53,025
Italy	1,280	1.34	39,923
Latvia	1,560	1.74	26,405
Lithuania	317	1.69	30,925
Luxembourg	1,684	1.41	110,650
Malta	822	1.37	38,700
Norway	1,963	1.71	58,934
Poland	816	1.39	28,284
Portugal	907	1.36	31,605
Romania	439	1.69	24,166
Slovenia	2,288	1.58	33,868
Spain	3,120	1.34	37,282
Sweden	2,026	1.85	50,425
Switzerland	1,309	1.54	65,720
The Nederlands	1,639	1.66	52,283
UK	1,041	1.79	44,163
Mean	1,674	1.58	42,710

^aCountries in EIM report. Croatia, Georgia, Slovakia, and Turkey did not submit a report.

^bIreland was excluded as the total number of clinics was not reported.

Abbreviations. ART, assisted reproduction technology; C/M, cycles per million population; TFR, total fertility rate; GDP, gross domestic product.

Figure 2. Longitudinal changes in TFR and GDP in Europe since the early 1990’s.