Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted by Country
(countries listed by percentage)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 February 2007

Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions, most recent data (in order of decreasing percentage)

countryyear%notes
Russia200552.5 
Greenland 200450.2 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 198848.9 
Estonia 200447.4 
Romania 200446.9 
Belarus 200444.6 
Hungary 200442.0 
Guadeloupe 200541.4 
Ukraine 200440.4 
Bulgaria 200440.3 
Latvia 200440.3 
Vietnam 200137.1 
Cuba 200434.6 
Kazakhstan 200432.2 
Martinique 200532.0 
Moldova 200431.9 
Serbia and Montenegro199831.4 
Georgia 200530.0 
Cocos Islands 197828.6 
Belize 199628.0 
Slovakia200427.2 
PR China200126.9 
Slovenia 200426.3 
Sweden200525.3 
New Caledonia 199825.2 
ROK South Korea 199625.0 
Lithuania200524.6 
Singapore 200424.5 
Hong Kong 200424.2 
United States200323.9 
Macedonia 200123.9 
Canada200323.6*
French Guiana 200523.3 
New Zealand 200523.3 
Reunion 200322.9 
Seychelles 200322.7 
Montenegro200422.2 
Australia200422.1 
Guyana200322.0 
Armenia 200421.8 
United Kingdom200421.8 
France200421.5 
Japan 200421.4 
Czech Republic200520.6 
Norway200519.7 
Albania200419.6 
Denmark200519.0 
Italy200318.1 
Iceland 200417.4 
Mongolia200416.7 
Finland 200416.1 
Spain200415.8 
Kyrgyzstan 200415.4 
FR Germany200215.3 
Isle of Man 200515.2*
Dominican Republic 199814.8 
Anguilla 200314.7 
Channel Islands 200413.8*
Azerbaijan 200413.1 
Netherlands 200413.0 
Switzerland 200413.0 
Belgium 200312.9*
Turks and Caicos Islands 200412.5 
Israel 200412.3 
Turkmenistan 200311.6 
Croatia 200411.5 
Bahrain 200211.5*
Greece 199611.1 
Barbados 199510.3 
Tajikistan 200310.1 
Bermuda 19849.9 
Tunisia 19969.6 
Uzbekistan 20039.4 
South Africa20059.2 
Ireland 20049.2 
Saint Helena 19907.1 
Kosovo20056.4 
Faeroe Islands 20045.8 
Gibraltar 19973.6*
Austria 20003.0 
Suriname 19943.0 
Puerto Rico 20012.2 
Malta 20041.7*
Qatar 20041.3 
Portugal 20050.8 
Venezuela 19680.8 
Mexico 20030.2 
Poland 20040.06 
Panama 20000.02 
Chile 19910.02 

Notes: Data is for residents only. (*) indicates values which include abortions abroad. See respective country pages for sources.


update of section VII, "Global Abortion Summary," version 3, March 2000
© 2000-2005, 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 21 February 2007.
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