"Trends in Egg, Sperm and Embryo Donation 2020"

# Trends in egg, sperm and embryo donation 2020

Statistics on donation and donor treatments in the UK fertility sector

Published: November 2022

[Download the underlying dataset as .xlsx](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/ycjb2gnm/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020-underlying-dataset.xlsx "Trends in egg, sperm and embryo donation 2020 - underlying dataset")

## Table of contents

- [Main points](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#main-points)

- [Foreword](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#foreword)

- [Section 1. Use of donor eggs, sperm and embryos has increased](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-1)

- [Section 2. Donor registrations have increased, though access to donors of ethnic minority backgrounds varies](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-2)

- [Section 3. Treatments using donor eggs, sperm and embryos less commonly funded by NHS](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-3)

- [Section 4. Donor eggs can increase birth rates for older patients](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-4)

- [Section 5. From 2023, donor-conceived people will be able to access information on their donors](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-5)

- [Section 6. Characteristics of egg and sperm donors have changed over time](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sperm-and-embryo-donation-2020/#section-6)

- [About our data](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/trends-in-egg-sp...