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

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 12 March 2012

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

countryyear%notes
Greenland201049.8
Guadeloupe200942.3
Russia201039.9
Cuba200939.5
Nagorno-Karabakh200738.1
Romania201032.4
Estonia201030.9
Hungary201030.9
Martinique200930.8
Bulgaria201029.5
Georgia201029.0
Cocos Islands197828.6
Belize199628.0
Latvia201027.9
Moldova201026.8
Ukraine201026.2
French Guiana200925.8
Korea, South (ROK)199925.6
New Caledonia200624.9
China (PRC)200924.6
Sweden201024.6
Serbia201024.4
Singapore201024.1
Belarus201023.6
Reunion200923.5
Seychelles200923.0
Kazakhstan201022.4
Slovakia201022.2
United States200822.2
Armenia201021.5
France200920.9
New Zealand201020.7
United Kingdom201020.7
Norway201020.4
Canada200820.3
Denmark201020.2
Australia200919.6
Vietnam200818.7
Spain201018.6
Jersey200717.8*
Slovenia200917.6
Japan200917.3
Macedonia201017.3
Italy201017.1
Albania201017.0
Czech Republic201017.0
Turkey200817.0
Iceland201016.6
Mayotte200616.6
Lithuania201016.4
Portugal201016.1
Mongolia201015.9
Finland201014.4
Azerbaijan201013.9
Guernsey200913.9*
Germany201013.8
Dominican Republic200513.7
Guyana200713.2
Andorra199513.0
Taiwan (ROC)199913.0
Belgium200912.9*
Hong Kong200912.8
Greece200712.7
Netherlands201012.6
Switzerland201012.1
Bahrain200211.4
Anguilla200511.2
Isle of Man201011.1*
Israel201010.5
Barbados199510.3
Montenegro201010.3
Puerto Rico200610.2
Bermuda19849.9
Costa Rica20109.8
Turks and Caicos Islands20059.1
Kyrgyzstan20109.0
Croatia20108.5
Tunisia20098.3
South Africa20098.0
Saint Helena19907.1
Uzbekistan20105.8
Ireland20105.6
Turkmenistan20105.5
Faeroe Islands20104.9
Tajikistan20094.9
Kosovo20064.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina20013.2
Austria20003.0
Suriname19943.0
India20102.7
Gibraltar20081.7*
Malta20101.3*
Qatar20051.3*
Chile20050.8
Venezuela19680.8
Mexico20100.7*
Poland20100.16*
United Arab Emirates20100.14*
Botswana19840.04
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
© 2000-2010, 2012 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 12 March 2012.
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