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

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 October 2008

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

countryyear%notes
Russia200652.0 
Greenland200550.3 
Romania200640.6 
Guadeloupe200639.1 
Hungary200638.9 
Estonia200638.7 
Belarus200637.7 
Latvia200634.7 
Cuba200534.1 
Bulgaria200633.5 
Ukraine200633.3 
Kazakhstan200631.9 
China (PRC)200631.5 
Martinique200630.8 
Georgia200630.7 
Moldova200629.5 
Cocos Islands197828.6 
Belize199628.0 
Czech Republic200627.4 
Serbia200626.6 
Slovakia200626.1 
Korea, South (ROK)199925.6 
Sweden200725.4 
New Caledonia199825.2 
Singapore200623.9 
Reunion200623.8 
French Guiana200623.4 
Lithuania200623.4 
New Zealand200623.3 
Vietnam200523.3 
Seychelles200623.2 
Slovenia200623.0 
Armenia200622.8 
United States200522.6 
Canada200522.1 
Albania200621.8 
United Kingdom200621.8 
Macedonia200621.4 
Australia200621.3 
France200521.0 
Guyana200320.9 
Mongolia200620.4 
Japan200620.2 
Hong Kong200519.9 
Croatia200619.7 
Italy200419.6 
Norway200619.5 
Denmark200618.8 
Montenegro200618.8 
Iceland200516.8 
Spain200516.1 
Finland200615.3 
Germany200615.1 
Channel Islands200413.8*
Dominican Republic200513.7 
Netherlands200613.3 
Turkmenistan200613.3 
Belgium200513.2*
Greece200313.1 
Andorra199513.0 
Taiwan (ROC)199913.0 
Switzerland200512.9 
Isle of Man200712.8*
Azerbaijan200612.3 
Israel200611.8 
Puerto Rico200511.7 
Bahrain200211.4 
Anguilla200511.2 
Kyrgyzstan200611.0 
Barbados199510.3 
Costa Rica200510.0 
Bermuda19849.9 
South Africa20059.2 
Turks and Caicos Islands20059.1 
Tajikistan20068.6 
Tunisia20018.4 
Uzbekistan20067.5 
Ireland20067.3*
Saint Helena19907.1 
Faeroe Islands20065.8 
Kosovo20064.6 
Bosnia and Herzegovina20013.2 
Austria20003.0 
Suriname19943.0 
India20002.7 
Gibraltar20051.9*
Malta20061.4*
Qatar20051.3 
Portugal20050.8 
Venezuela19680.8 
Poland20060.09 
Mexico20050.07*
Botswana19840.04 
Chile19910.02 
Luxembourg19970.02*
Panama20000.02 

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
© 2000-2007, 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 26 October 2008.
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