Average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao
Curacao: Average age of mothers at childbirth was 29.97 years in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
29.97 years
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
80th
of 236 countries
All-time high
29.97 years
in 2023
All-time low
27.23 years
in 1994
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 29.97 years for average age of mothers at childbirth in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao peaked at 29.97 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.23 years, in 1994.
Curacao ranks 80th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 29.2 years | — |
| 1951 | 29.2 years | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 29.21 years | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 29.22 years | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 29.22 years | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 29.23 years | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 29.23 years | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 29.24 years | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 29.26 years | +0.1% |
| 1959 | 29.25 years | -0.0% |
| 1960 | 29.23 years | -0.0% |
| 1961 | 29.19 years | -0.2% |
| 1962 | 29.1 years | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 29.02 years | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 28.93 years | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 28.81 years | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 28.68 years | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 28.57 years | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 28.43 years | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 28.32 years | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 28.21 years | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 28.09 years | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 28.01 years | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 27.93 years | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 27.86 years | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 27.8 years | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 27.74 years | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 27.7 years | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 27.65 years | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 27.61 years | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 27.58 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 27.54 years | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 27.53 years | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 27.52 years | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 27.52 years | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 27.51 years | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 27.51 years | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 27.5 years | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 27.5 years | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 27.5 years | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 27.49 years | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 27.48 years | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 27.48 years | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 27.32 years | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 27.23 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 27.26 years | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 27.26 years | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 27.36 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 27.58 years | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 27.78 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 27.87 years | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 27.87 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 28 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 28 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28.07 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 28.04 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 28.06 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 28.1 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 28.11 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28.28 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 28.32 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 28.34 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28.45 years | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 28.6 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 28.74 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 28.86 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 29.04 years | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 29.24 years | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 29.33 years | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 29.76 years | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 29.86 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 29.96 years | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 29.97 years | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 29.97 years | +0.0% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 29.97 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 30.49 years, 98% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 29.97 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 28.04 years, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29.23 years | 29.2 years | 29.26 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 28.83 years | 28.32 years | 29.23 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 27.86 years | 27.61 years | 28.21 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.52 years | 27.5 years | 27.58 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.42 years | 27.23 years | 27.78 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.04 years | 27.87 years | 28.28 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.87 years | 28.32 years | 29.76 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.94 years | 29.86 years | 29.97 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 77 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.07 years compare
- 78 Western Sahara 29.99 years compare
- 79 Bahrain 29.98 years compare
- 81 Hungary 29.96 years compare
- 82 Montserrat 29.95 years compare
- 83 Tonga 29.95 years compare
More reference data data for Curacao
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 90.8% (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, gaps filled 45,974 (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Landline phone subscriptions, per capita 0.2973 units per person (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 1 metric tons (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0 metric tons per person (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Landline phone subscriptions, annual growth rate -9.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao?
- Average age of mothers at childbirth in Curacao was 29.97 years in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 29.97 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest average age of mothers at childbirth recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.23 years in 1994.
- How does Curacao rank for average age of mothers at childbirth?
- Curacao ranks 80th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average age of mothers at childbirth rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.