IVF in Europe — Who Can Access Treatment
A simple, country-by-country view of eligibility for IVF/ICSI
Quick scan the map of access: see where heterosexual couples, female couples, single women, and male couples can receive IVF/ICSI — and where embryo donation is allowed. Use the search box to jump straight to a country.
Eligibility by Country
| Country | ART Law? | Hetero Couples | Female Couples | Single Women | Male Couples | Embryo Donation Allowed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Armenia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Austria | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Partly |
| Belarus | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Belgium | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina — Fed | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina — Rep | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Bulgaria | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Croatia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | Partly |
| Cyprus | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Czech Republic | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Denmark | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Estonia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Finland | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| France | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Georgia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Germany | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️* | ✔️* | ❌ | ❌ |
| Greece | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Hungary | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Iceland | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Ireland | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️*** | ✔️ |
| Italy | ✔️ | ✔️** | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Kazakhstan | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Latvia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Lithuania | ✔️ | ✔️** | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️** |
| Luxembourg | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Malta | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Montenegro | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Partly |
| Norway | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Poland | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Portugal | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Republic of Moldova | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Republic of North Macedonia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Romania | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Serbia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | Partly |
| Slovakia | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Slovenia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Spain | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | Partly |
| Sweden | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Switzerland | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Netherlands | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Turkey | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| UK | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ukraine | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
* Germany: Not possible in some areas. ** Lithuania/Italy: access limited to married or registered couples. *** Ireland: no legal prohibition for male couples, but the service is not performed.
Source: The European IVF-Monitoring Consortium (EIM) for ESHRE; Calhaz-Jorge C. et al., “Survey on ART