Intercountry adoptions into the U.S.: adoption fees by country 2021

In the fiscal year of 2021, adopting a child from the United Kingdom into the United States involved ASP Convention adoption fees of about 8,000 U.S. dollars. ASP Convention adoption fees were highest for adoptions from Moldova in that year, totaling to about 27,820 U.S. dollars.

Median ASP Convention adoption fees of intercountry adoptions into the U.S. in FY 2021, by convention country (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Median fees in U.S dollars
Moldova	27,820
Armenia	25,150
Madagascar	24,000
Haiti	22,975
Poland	22,149
Albania	22,014
Burundi	21,917
Lesotho	21,500
Hungary	21,294
South Africa	20,643
Burkina Faso	20,543
Costa Rica	19,900
Kyrgyzstan	18,475
Romania	18,413
Lithuania	17,925
Latvia	17,810
Brazil	17,523
Honduras	17,500
Bulgaria	17,495
Guinea	17,250
Dominican Republic	17,185
Colombia	16,950
Georgia	15,925
India	14,875
Peru	14,850
Mexico	14,750
Ghana	14,550
Vietnam	13,645
Belize	12,220
Serbia	10,678
El Salvador	10,295
Philippines	9,345
Zambia	9,125
United Kingdom	8,000
Thailand	6,000
Hong Kong SAR	5,950
Guyana	5,763

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

* Convention country refers to adoptions in countries who have signed the Hague Adoption Convention. The term ASP stands for adoption service provider. Further information can be accessed here.
The fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.

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