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)
country | year | % | notes |
---|---|---|---|
Greenland | 2010 | 49.8 | |
Guadeloupe | 2009 | 42.3 | |
Russia | 2010 | 39.9 | |
Cuba | 2009 | 39.5 | |
Nagorno-Karabakh | 2007 | 38.1 | |
Romania | 2010 | 32.4 | |
Estonia | 2010 | 30.9 | |
Hungary | 2010 | 30.9 | |
Martinique | 2009 | 30.8 | |
Bulgaria | 2010 | 29.5 | |
Georgia | 2010 | 29.0 | |
Cocos Islands | 1978 | 28.6 | |
Belize | 1996 | 28.0 | |
Latvia | 2010 | 27.9 | |
Moldova | 2010 | 26.8 | |
Ukraine | 2010 | 26.2 | |
French Guiana | 2009 | 25.8 | |
Korea, South (ROK) | 1999 | 25.6 | |
New Caledonia | 2006 | 24.9 | |
China (PRC) | 2009 | 24.6 | |
Sweden | 2010 | 24.6 | |
Serbia | 2010 | 24.4 | |
Singapore | 2010 | 24.1 | |
Belarus | 2010 | 23.6 | |
Reunion | 2009 | 23.5 | |
Seychelles | 2009 | 23.0 | |
Kazakhstan | 2010 | 22.4 | |
Slovakia | 2010 | 22.2 | |
United States | 2008 | 22.2 | |
Armenia | 2010 | 21.5 | |
France | 2009 | 20.9 | |
New Zealand | 2010 | 20.7 | |
United Kingdom | 2010 | 20.7 | |
Norway | 2010 | 20.4 | |
Canada | 2008 | 20.3 | |
Denmark | 2010 | 20.2 | |
Australia | 2009 | 19.6 | |
Vietnam | 2008 | 18.7 | |
Spain | 2010 | 18.6 | |
Jersey | 2007 | 17.8 | * |
Slovenia | 2009 | 17.6 | |
Japan | 2009 | 17.3 | |
Macedonia | 2010 | 17.3 | |
Italy | 2010 | 17.1 | |
Albania | 2010 | 17.0 | |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 17.0 | |
Turkey | 2008 | 17.0 | |
Iceland | 2010 | 16.6 | |
Mayotte | 2006 | 16.6 | |
Lithuania | 2010 | 16.4 | |
Portugal | 2010 | 16.1 | |
Mongolia | 2010 | 15.9 | |
Finland | 2010 | 14.4 | |
Azerbaijan | 2010 | 13.9 | |
Guernsey | 2009 | 13.9 | * |
Germany | 2010 | 13.8 | |
Dominican Republic | 2005 | 13.7 | |
Guyana | 2007 | 13.2 | |
Andorra | 1995 | 13.0 | |
Taiwan (ROC) | 1999 | 13.0 | |
Belgium | 2009 | 12.9 | * |
Hong Kong | 2009 | 12.8 | |
Greece | 2007 | 12.7 | |
Netherlands | 2010 | 12.6 | |
Switzerland | 2010 | 12.1 | |
Bahrain | 2002 | 11.4 | |
Anguilla | 2005 | 11.2 | |
Isle of Man | 2010 | 11.1 | * |
Israel | 2010 | 10.5 | |
Barbados | 1995 | 10.3 | |
Montenegro | 2010 | 10.3 | |
Puerto Rico | 2006 | 10.2 | |
Bermuda | 1984 | 9.9 | |
Costa Rica | 2010 | 9.8 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2005 | 9.1 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 2010 | 9.0 | |
Croatia | 2010 | 8.5 | |
Tunisia | 2009 | 8.3 | |
South Africa | 2009 | 8.0 | |
Saint Helena | 1990 | 7.1 | |
Uzbekistan | 2010 | 5.8 | |
Ireland | 2010 | 5.6 | |
Turkmenistan | 2010 | 5.5 | |
Faeroe Islands | 2010 | 4.9 | |
Tajikistan | 2009 | 4.9 | |
Kosovo | 2006 | 4.6 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 3.2 | |
Austria | 2000 | 3.0 | |
Suriname | 1994 | 3.0 | |
India | 2010 | 2.7 | |
Gibraltar | 2008 | 1.7 | * |
Malta | 2010 | 1.3 | * |
Qatar | 2005 | 1.3 | * |
Chile | 2005 | 0.8 | |
Venezuela | 1968 | 0.8 | |
Mexico | 2010 | 0.7 | * |
Poland | 2010 | 0.16 | * |
United Arab Emirates | 2010 | 0.14 | * |
Botswana | 1984 | 0.04 | |
Panama | 2000 | 0.02 |
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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