Epidural Rates by Country 2025

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Country
Epidural Rates
Multiparous
Nulliparous
Year
Belgium63%82%2013
Canada57.8%2016
China16.7%2019
Denmark17%40%2013
Finland59%83%2013
Iceland32%59%2013
Ireland38%64%2013
Malta15%40%2013
Netherlands10%30%2013
Norway23%51%2013
Sweden19%45%2013
United Kingdom11%19%2013
United States64%79%2013
  • Nulliparous women is a medical term that describes a female who has never given birth to a live baby.
  • Multiparous women is a medical term that describes a female who has given birth one or more times before in the past.
  • United Kingdom data is only from England