As many as 25-50% of women with infertility have endometriosis.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by WHO, ASRM, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and multiple peer-reviewed reviews (Oxford Academic, PMC, PubMed). Minor variation in cited ranges across sources reflects differing study populations, but the 25-50% figure is the most widely cited and consistent.
Sources
- Endometriosis (who.int)
- https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/practice-committee-documents/endometriosis-and-infertility-a-committee-opinion-2012/ (asrm.org)
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/endometriosis (hopkinsmedicine.org)
- https://academic.oup.com/hropen/article/2025/2/hoaf012/8046018 (academic.oup.com)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13437375/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28742581/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)