Healthcare Access
Home Birth Rates by Country 2025
Home Births (% of Total Births)
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- Percentages for EU countries are cumulative for the years 2015-2019. Percentages for the US are cumulative for the years 2019-2021. Percentages for all other countries are for data year 2021.
- All rates displayed are per 100k residents.
Sources
- Comparison of Frequency of Home Births in the Member States of the EU Between 2015 and 2019 - National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Prevalence of home birth among 880,345 women in 67 low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys - National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Changes in Home Births by Race and Hispanic Origin and State of Residence of Mother: United States, 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 - CDC National Center for Health Statistics/National Vital Statistics System
