Historical abortion statistics, Austria

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Austria

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 2026

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
1948	123,221
1949	113,375
1950	107,854
1951	102,764
1952	103,012
1953	102,867
1954	103,985
1955	108,575
1956	115,827
1957	118,712
1958	119,755
1959	124,377
1960	125,945						18,926		1,916
1961	131,563						19,544		1,757
1962	133,253						20,141		1,835
1963	134,809						19,819		1,814
1964	133,841						19,260		1,687
1965	129,924						18,685		1,565
1966	128,577						19,367		1,471
1967	127,404						18,710		1,401
1968	126,115				9		17,782		1,370
1969	121,377				7		16,886		1,276
1970	112,301						15,613		1,141
1971	108,510				158		15,450		1,056
1972	104,033				257		15,185		1,005
1973	98,041				291		14,288		877
1974	97,430		(900)		268		15,111	(14,200)	828
1975	93,757		(12,900)		87		26,433	(13,500)	791
1976	87,446		(12,900)		91		25,417	(12,500)	683
1977	85,595		(11,300)		118		23,438	(12,100)	673
1978	85,402		(11,700)		104		23,630	(11,900)	562
1979	86,388		(11,000)		64		22,995	(12,000)	561
1980	90,872		(10,900)		58		23,394	(12,500)	602
1981	93,942		(8,900)		58		21,630	(12,700)	511
1982	94,840		(8,500)		49		21,187	(12,700)	469
1983	90,118		(8,200)		82		20,188	(12,000)	481
1984	89,234		(7,500)		107		19,242	(11,700)	409
1985	87,440		(6,600)		74		17,907	(11,300)	407
1986	86,964		(5,700)		59		16,846	(11,100)	385
1987	86,503		(4,600)		100		15,547	(10,900)	289
1988	88,052		(4,000)		100		15,082	(11,100)	325
1989	88,759	3,619	3,619	(3,619)	47	3,666			347	41.3	40.8	3.97	3.92
1990	90,454	3,505	3,505	(3,505)	36	3,541			325	39.1	38.7	3.77	3.73		2.41
1991	94,629	3,366	3,366	(3,366)	31	3,397			321	35.9	35.6	3.47	3.43		2.28
1992	95,302	3,175	3,175	(3,175)	43	3,218			339	33.8	33.3	3.27	3.22		2.15
1993	95,227	3,134	3,134	(3,134)	29	3,163			317	33.2	32.9	3.21	3.19		2.10
1994	92,415	2,752	2,752	(2,752)	33	2,785			307	30.1	29.8	2.93	2.89		1.84
1995	88,669	2,494	2,494	(2,494)	27	2,521			389	28.4	28.1	2.76	2.74		1.66
1996	88,809	2,511	2,511	(2,511)	28	2,539			399	28.6	28.3	2.78	2.75		1.68
1997	83,297	2,341	2,341	(2,341)	16	2,357			363	28.3	28.1	2.75	2.73		1.57
1998	81,233	2,367	2,367	(2,367)	14	2,381			334	29.3	29.1	2.85	2.83		1.60
1999	78,138	2,414	2,414	(2,414)	13	2,427			316	31.1	30.9	3.01	3.00		1.64
2000	78,268	2,380	2,380	(2,380)	14	2,394			331	30.6	30.4	2.97	2.95		1.63
2001	75,458	2,306	2,306	(2,306)	18	2,324			278	30.8	30.6	2.99	2.97		1.59
2002	78,399	2,243	2,243	(2,243)		2,243		57	338	28.6	28.6	2.78	2.78		1.56
2003	76,944	1,905	1,905	(1,905)		1,905		75	307	24.8	24.8	2.42	2.42		1.33
2004	78,968	1,831	1,831	(1,831)		1,831		67	313	23.2	23.2	2.27	2.27		1.29
2005	78,190	1,780	1,780	(1,780)		1,780		65	289	22.8	22.8	2.23	2.23		1.26
2006	77,914		(1,800)						313
2007	76,250		(1,800)						291
2008	77,752		(1,800)						258
2009	76,344		(1,800)						284
2010	78,742		(1,800)						296
2011	78,109		(1,800)		4	4			294
2012	78,952		(1,800)		3	3			260
2013	79,330		(1,800)		3	3			272
2014	82,166		(1,800)		4	4			273
2015	84,381		(1,800)		3				281
2016	87,675		(1,800)		4				290
2017	87,633		(1,800)		2				294
2018	85,535		(1,800)						277
2019	84,952		(1,800)		3				261
2020	83,603	900	(1,800)			900			317	10.8	10.8	1.07	1.07		(1.3)
2021	86,078		(1,800)						309
2022	82,627		(1,800)						282
2023	77,605		(1,800)						177
2024	77,238		(1,800)
2025			(1,800)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

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