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

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 October 2008

Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions, most recent data

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

Notes: Data is for residents only. (*) indicates values which include abortions abroad, which in several cases account for most or all reported abortions. See respective country pages for sources.

List of nations by year of most recent data:


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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