Historical abortion statistics, Greece

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Greece

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022

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	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1949	139,108
1950	151,134		(200)
1951	155,422		(500)
1952	149,637		(700)
1953	143,765		(900)
1954	151,892		(1,100)
1955	154,263		(1,400)
1956	156,187		(1,600)
1957	155,192		(1,800)
1958	155,359		(2,100)
1959	160,199		(2,300)
1960	157,239		(2,900)				2,274
1961	150,716		(3,400)				2,042
1962	152,158		(4,200)				2,206
1963	148,249		(7,800)				2,211
1964	153,109		(5,400)				2,441
1965	151,448		(6,000)				2,384
1966	154,613		(6,600)				2,479
1967	162,839		(7,300)				2,434
1968	160,338		(7,900)				2,241
1969	154,077		(8,500)				2,238
1970	144,928	9,115	9,115	(9,115)		9,115	1,922	62.9	62.9	5.92	5.92
1971	141,126	8,544	8,544	(8,544)		8,544	1,920	60.5	60.5	5.71	5.71
1972	140,891	8,431	8,431	(8,431)		8,431	1,806	59.8	59.8	5.65	5.65
1973	137,526	7,328	7,328	(7,328)		7,328	1,697	53.3	53.3	5.06	5.06
1974	144,069	6,058	6,058	(6,058)		6,058	1,756	42.0	42.0	4.04	4.04
1975	142,273	6,202	6,202	(6,202)		6,202	1,701	43.6	43.6	4.18	4.18
1976	146,566	7,505	7,505	(7,505)		7,505	1,807	51.2	51.2	4.87	4.87
1977	143,739	6,194	6,194	(6,194)		6,194	1,566	43.1	43.1	4.13	4.13
1978	146,588	5,889	5,889	(5,889)		5,889	1,503	40.2	40.2	3.86	3.86
1979	147,965	8,638	8,638	(8,638)		8,638	1,454	58.4	58.4	5.52	5.52
1980	148,134	9,038	9,038	(9,038)		9,038	1,338	61.0	61.0	5.75	5.75
1981	140,953	8,564	8,564	(8,564)	11	8,575	1,294	60.8	60.8	5.73	5.73
1982	137,275	7,525	7,525	(7,525)	7	7,532	1,157	54.9	54.8	5.20	5.20
1983	132,608	6,725	6,725	(6,725)	10	6,735	1,141	50.8	50.7	4.83	4.83
1984	125,724	7,306	7,306	(7,306)	7	7,313	1,105	58.2	58.1	5.50	5.49
1985	116,481	7,184	7,184	(7,184)	8	7,192	935	61.7	61.7	5.82	5.81
1986	112,250	7,373	7,373	(7,373)	8	7,381	894	65.8	65.7	6.17	6.16
1987	105,899	8,758	8,758	(8,758)		8,758	825	82.7	82.7	7.64	7.64
1988	107,505	10,301	10,301	(10,301)		10,301	725	95.8	95.8	8.74	8.74
1989	101,149	11,222	11,222	(11,222)		11,222	719	110.9	110.9	9.99	9.99
1990	102,229	10,145	10,145	(10,145)		10,145	714	99.2	99.2	9.03	9.03		5.59
1991	102,620	11,109	11,109	(11,109)		11,109	688	108.3	108.3	9.77	9.77		6.05
1992	104,081	11,977	11,977	(11,977)		11,977	613	115.1	115.1	10.32	10.32		6.45
1993	101,799	12,289	12,289	(12,289)		12,289	649	120.7	120.7	10.77	10.77		6.55
1994	103,763	12,608	12,608	(12,608)		12,608	591	121.5	121.5	10.83	10.83		6.67
1995	101,495	13,532	13,532	(13,532)		13,532	637	133.3	133.3	11.76	11.76		7.13
1996	100,718	12,542	12,542	(12,542)		12,542	592	124.5	124.5	11.07	11.07		6.58
1997	102,038	12,853	12,853	(12,853)		12,853	620	126.0	126.0	11.19	11.19		6.72
1998	100,894	11,838	11,838	(11,838)		11,838	581	117.3	117.3	10.50	10.50		6.19
1999	100,643	11,824	11,824	(11,824)		11,824	588	117.5	117.5	10.51	10.51		6.20
2000	103,267	18,015	18,015	(18,015)		18,015	540	174.5	174.5	14.85	14.85		9.18
2001	102,282	22,223	22,223	(22,223)		22,223	588	217.3	217.3	17.85	17.85		11.29
2002	(102,500)	16,173	16,173	(16,173)		16,173	488	157.8	157.8	13.63	13.63		8.23
2003	104,420	15,782	15,782	(15,782)	10	15,792	471	151.2	151.1	13.14	13.13		8.08
2004	105,655	16,135	16,135	(16,135)	9	16,144	477	152.8	152.7	13.25	13.25		8.32
2005	107,545	16,495	16,495	(16,495)	8	16,503	421	153.5	153.4	13.30	13.30		8.58
2006	112,042	17,192	17,192	(17,192)	5	17,197	376	153.5	153.4	13.31	13.30		9.04
2007	111,926	16,264	16,264	(16,264)		16,264	434	145.3	145.3	12.69	12.69		8.68
2008	118,302	16,352	16,352	(16,352)	6	16,358	392	138.3	138.2	12.15	12.14		8.85
2009	117,933	16,399	16,399	(16,399)	7	16,406	505	139.1	139.1	12.21	12.21		8.99
2010	114,766	17,488	17,488	(17,488)		17,488	500	152.4	152.4	13.22	13.22		9.74
2011	106,428	13,656	13,656	(13,656)		13,656	431	128.3	128.3	11.37	11.37		7.76
2012	100,371	17,632	17,632	(17,632)		17,632	446	175.7	175.7	14.94	14.94		10.26
2013	94,146	21,974	21,974	(21,974)		21,974	298	233.4	233.4	18.92	18.92		13.10
2014	92,149	21,071	21,071	(21,071)		21,071	353	228.7	228.7	18.61	18.61		12.89
2015	91,852	21,561	21,561	(21,561)		21,561	312	234.7	234.7	19.01	19.01		13.54
2016	92,898		(21,600)				283
2017	88,553		(21,600)				316
2018	86,440		(21,600)		3		335
2019	83,763		(21,600)				295
2020	84,767		(21,600)				440
2021			(21,600)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (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.

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