Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted--by Country
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 February 2003
Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions, most recent data
(in order of decreasing percentage)
country |
year |
% |
notes |
Albania |
1999 |
25.6 |
data incomplete |
Armenia |
1999 |
28.3 |
data incomplete |
Australia |
1997 |
23.1 |
Austria |
1999 |
3.0 |
Azerbaijan |
2000 |
13.0 |
data incomplete |
Belarus |
2000 |
56.5 |
Belgium |
1999 |
10.1 |
Belize |
1991 |
13.1 |
Bermuda |
1984 |
9.8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1988 |
48.9 |
Botswana |
1984 |
0.1 |
data incomplete |
Bulgaria |
1999 |
50.0 |
Canada |
1999 |
24.1 |
data incomplete |
Channel Islands |
1994 |
16.1 |
Chile |
1991 |
0.02 |
ROC Taiwan |
1999 |
13.0 |
data incomplete |
PR China |
1998 |
27.1 |
data incomplete |
Croatia |
2000 |
14.7 |
data incomplete |
Cuba |
1996 |
59.9 |
Czech Republic |
2000 |
27.6 |
Denmark |
1999 |
19.7 |
Dominican Republic |
1998 |
14.8 |
Estonia |
2000 |
48.6 |
Finland |
2000 |
15.7 |
France |
1998 |
19.6 |
data incomplete |
French Guiana |
1984 |
13.5 |
data incomplete |
Georgia |
2000 |
16.4 |
data incomplete |
Germany |
1997 |
13.9 |
Greece |
1996 |
11.1 |
Greenland |
2000 |
51.6 |
Guadaloupe |
1980 |
7.9 |
Hong Kong |
1995 |
26.7 |
data incomplete |
Hungary |
2000 |
37.8 |
Iceland |
2000 |
18.0 |
India |
1996 |
2.2 |
data incomplete |
Ireland |
2000 |
10.5 |
abortions abroad |
Israel |
1997 |
12.9 |
Italy |
1998 |
19.3 |
data incomplete |
Japan |
2000 |
22.3 |
data incomplete |
Kazakhstan |
1998 |
40.1 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1998 |
21.2 |
data incomplete |
South Korea |
1996 |
25.0 |
estimated |
Latvia |
2000 |
46.0 |
Lithuania |
2000 |
32.3 |
data incomplete |
Macedonia |
1997 |
29.0 |
data incomplete |
Martinique |
1985 |
23.5 |
Mexico |
1998 |
0.12 |
Moldova |
2000 |
35.6 |
data incomplete |
Mongolia |
1997 |
20.6 |
data incomplete |
Netherlands |
1998 |
10.8 |
New Zealand |
1998 |
21.4 |
Norway |
2000 |
19.8 |
Panama |
1982 |
0.02 |
data incomplete |
Poland |
1999 |
0.04 |
Puerto Rico |
1992 |
22.9 |
Reunion |
1988 |
24.1 |
Romania |
2000 |
52.4 |
data incomplete |
Russia |
2000 |
62.8 |
data incomplete |
Saint Helena |
1990 |
7.1 |
Seychelles |
1990 |
8.3 |
Singapore |
1998 |
24.0 |
Slovakia |
2000 |
25.1 |
Slovenia |
2000 |
31.7 |
South Africa |
1999 |
2.8 |
Spain |
1999 |
13.3 |
data incomplete |
Sweden |
2000 |
25.5 |
Switzerland |
1996 |
13.4 |
Tajikistan |
1993 |
17.7 |
(Texas) |
2001 |
16.9 |
Tunisia |
1996 |
9.6 |
Turkey |
1993 |
20.2 |
Turkmenistan |
1990 |
22.9 |
Ukraine |
2000 |
53.0 |
United Kingdom |
2000 |
22.7 |
United States |
2000 |
24.4 |
Uzbekistan |
1996 |
14.1 |
data incomplete |
Vietnam |
2000 |
33.0 |
data incomplete |
Yugoslavia |
1998 |
31.4 |
data incomplete |
Zambia |
1983 |
0.4 |
data incomplete |
List of nations by year of most recent data:
- 2001: (Texas)
- 2000: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland,
Georgia, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United
Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
- 1999: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, ROC Taiwan,
Denmark, Poland, South Africa, Spain
- 1998: PR China, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Yugoslavia
- 1997: Australia, Germany, Israel, Macedonia, Mongolia
- 1996: Cuba, Greece, India, South Korea, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan
- 1995: Hong Kong
- 1994: Channel Islands
- 1993: Tajikistan, Turkey
- 1992: Puerto Rico
- 1991: Belize, Chile
- 1990: Saint Helena, Seychelles, Turkmenistan
- 1988: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reunion
- 1985: Martinique
- 1984: Bermuda, Botswana, French Guiana
- 1983: Zambia
- 1982: Panama
- 1980: Guadaloupe
update of section VII, "Global Abortion Summary," version 3, March
2000
© 2000-2002, 2003 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 February
2003.
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