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

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 February 2007

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

countryyear%notes
Albania200419.6 
Anguilla 200314.7 
Armenia 200421.8 
Australia200422.1 
Austria 20003.0 
Azerbaijan 200413.1 
Bahrain 200211.5*
Barbados 199510.3 
Belarus 200444.6 
Belgium 200312.9*
Belize 199628.0 
Bermuda 19849.9 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 198848.9 
Bulgaria 200440.3 
Canada200323.6*
Channel Islands 200413.8*
Chile 19910.02 
Cocos Islands 197828.6 
Croatia 200411.5 
Cuba 200434.6 
Czech Republic200520.6 
Denmark200519.0 
Dominican Republic 199814.8 
Estonia 200447.4 
Faeroe Islands 20045.8 
Finland 200416.1 
FR Germany200215.3 
France200421.5 
French Guiana 200523.3 
Georgia 200530.0 
Gibraltar 19973.6*
Greece 199611.1 
Greenland 200450.2 
Guadeloupe 200541.4 
Guyana200322.0 
Hong Kong 200424.2 
Hungary 200442.0 
Iceland 200417.4 
Ireland 20049.2 
Isle of Man 200515.2*
Israel 200412.3 
Italy200318.1 
Japan 200421.4 
Kazakhstan 200432.2 
Kosovo20056.4 
Kyrgyzstan 200415.4 
Latvia 200440.3 
Lithuania200524.6 
Macedonia 200123.9 
Malta 20041.7*
Martinique 200532.0 
Mexico 20030.2 
Moldova 200431.9 
Mongolia200416.7 
Montenegro200422.2 
Netherlands 200413.0 
New Caledonia 199825.2 
New Zealand 200523.3 
Norway200519.7 
Panama 20000.02 
Poland 20040.06 
Portugal 20050.8 
PR China200126.9 
Puerto Rico 20012.2 
Qatar 20041.3 
Reunion 200322.9 
ROK South Korea 199625.0 
Romania 200446.9 
Russia200552.5 
Saint Helena 19907.1 
Serbia and Montenegro 199831.4 
Seychelles 200322.7 
Singapore 200424.5 
Slovakia200427.2 
Slovenia 200426.3 
South Africa20059.2 
Spain200415.8 
Suriname 19943.0 
Sweden200525.3 
Switzerland 200413.0 
Tajikistan 200310.1 
Tunisia 19969.6 
Turkmenistan 200311.6 
Turks and Caicos Islands 200412.5 
Ukraine 200440.4 
United Kingdom200421.8 
United States200323.9 
Uzbekistan 20039.4 
Venezuela 19680.8 
Vietnam 200137.1 

Notes: Data is for residents only. (*) indicates values which include abortions abroad. 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
© 2000-2005, 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 21 February 2007.
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