Most transgender people realize that the gender they were assigned at birth did not match their own gender identity in their childhood and adolescence in all European countries. On average, 73 percent realized before the age of 18, with this being highest in Luxembourg, at 90 percent, and lowest in Hungary, at 62 percent.
Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country
Characteristic
5 years old or less
6 to 9 years old
10 to 14 years old
15 to 17 years old
18 to 14 years old
25 to 34 years old
35 to 54 years old
55 years old and above
Prefer not to say
Luxembourg
23%
23%
26%
18%
4%
0%
3%
0%
3%
Lithuania
8%
16%
38%
21%
12%
2%
0%
0%
3%
Czechia
19%
12%
29%
23%
10%
1%
3%
0%
3%
Estonia
11%
11%
40%
20%
11%
3%
1%
0%
4%
Malta
16%
11%
37%
18%
11%
2%
2%
0%
3%
Slovakia
15%
9%
29%
28%
13%
3%
0%
0%
4%
Bulgaria
17%
12%
27%
24%
13%
7%
0%
0%
0%
Greece
19%
16%
31%
14%
8%
8%
0%
0%
4%
Poland
12%
14%
34%
19%
11%
4%
1%
0%
4%
North Macedonia
8%
17%
28%
26%
8%
5%
-
-
8%
Cyprus
12%
15%
30%
21%
8%
5%
0%
0%
8%
Portugal
12%
26%
24%
16%
9%
5%
0%
0%
8%
Latvia
17%
11%
36%
12%
16%
4%
1%
0%
3%
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Fundamental Rights Agency. (May 9, 2023). Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country." Chart. May 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/
Fundamental Rights Agency. (2023). Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "Age Range at Which Transgender People in Europe Realized That Their Gender Assigned at Birth Did Not Match Their Gender Identity in 2019, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/
Fundamental Rights Agency, Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/ (last visited May 12, 2025)
Age range at which transgender people in Europe realized that their gender assigned at birth did not match their gender identity in 2019, by country [Graph], Fundamental Rights Agency, May 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382996/lgbtq-europe-transgender-age-realized-gender-identity/
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