compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022
Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions (excluding those ending in miscarriage), most recent data
| country | year | % | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2020 | 3.02 | |
| Andorra | 2018 | 18.59 | # |
| Anguilla | 2005 | 11.17 | |
| Argentina | 2020 | 2.62 | |
| Armenia | 2019 | 23.95 | |
| Australia | 2021 | 17.81 | E |
| Austria | 2005 | 2.23 | I |
| Azerbaijan | 2020 | 21.53 | |
| Bahrain | 2015 | 10.15 | |
| Bangladesh | 2018 | 4.72 | |
| Barbados | 2016 | 2.11 | |
| Belarus | 2019 | 19.51 | |
| Belgium | 2019 | 13.28 | |
| Belize | 1996 | 28.05 | |
| Bermuda | 2019 | 30.83 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2019 | 7.23 | |
| Brazil | 2017 | 0.06 | |
| Bulgaria | 2020 | 24.65 | |
| Burundi | 2019 | 2.41 | |
| Canada | 2020 | 17.14 | E |
| Chile | 2017 | 0.05 | |
| ROC Taiwan | 2018 | 13.54 | |
| PR China | 2020 | 42.71 | |
| Cocos Islands | 1978 | 29.00 | |
| Colombia | 2019 | 0.21 | |
| Comoros | 2011 | 0.16 | |
| Costa Rica | 2014 | 9.04 | |
| Croatia | 2020 | 6.75 | |
| Cuba | 2019 | 40.17 | |
| Czech Republic | 2020 | 13.29 | |
| Denmark | 2018 | 18.77 | |
| Dominican Republic | 2019 | 8.10 | |
| Ecuador | 2014 | 0.32 | E |
| Estonia | 2021 | 20.38 | |
| Ethiopia | 2014 | 9.00 | E |
| Faeroe Islands | 2020 | 3.97 | |
| Finland | 2020 | 15.20 | |
| France | 2020 | 22.95 | |
| French Guiana | 2020 | 28.43 | |
| Georgia | 2020 | 29.05 | |
| FR Germany | 2020 | 11.45 | |
| Gibraltar | 2018 | 0.74 | # |
| Greece | 2015 | 19.01 | |
| Greenland | 2019 | 51.51 | |
| Guadeloupe | 2020 | 40.55 | |
| Guam | 2020 | 0.00 | |
| Guernsey | 2018 | 17.23 | |
| Guyana | 2015 | 4.71 | |
| Hong Kong | 2019 | 13.53 | |
| Hungary | 2020 | 20.67 | |
| Iceland | 2018 | 19.88 | |
| India | 2016 | 2.94 | E I |
| Ireland | 2020 | 10.52 | |
| Isle of Man | 2020 | 1.64 | # |
| Israel | 2020 | 8.48 | |
| Italy | 2020 | 14.31 | |
| Japan | 2020 | 14.40 | |
| Jersey | 2020 | 17.94 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2019 | 16.10 | |
| ROK South Korea | 2017 | 12.21 | |
| Kosovo | 2006 | 4.61 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2017 | 5.94 | |
| Latvia | 2020 | 13.96 | |
| Lithuania | 2020 | 10.13 | |
| Luxembourg | 2020 | 6.62 | |
| Malta | 2020 | 0.45 | # |
| Martinique | 2020 | 35.92 | |
| Mayotte | 2020 | 14.23 | |
| Mexico | 2019 | 0.72 | I |
| Micronesia | 2015 | 0.04 | # |
| Moldova | 2020 | 21.25 | |
| Mongolia | 2020 | 15.84 | |
| Montenegro | 2019 | 8.33 | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 2019 | 23.31 | |
| Nepal | 2019 | 13.72 | I |
| Netherlands | 2020 | 15.68 | |
| New Caledonia | 2018 | 23.70 | |
| New Zealand | 2020 | 18.66 | |
| North Macedonia | 2019 | 16.04 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2013 | 0.30 | # |
| Norway | 2020 | 17.30 | |
| Palau | 2016 | 0.47 | # |
| Panama | 2000 | 0.02 | |
| Paraguay | 2018 | 4.25 | |
| Poland | 2020 | 0.39 | # |
| Portugal | 2020 | 14.52 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2012 | 7.39 | |
| Qatar | 2012 | 0.55 | # |
| Reunion | 2020 | 25.21 | |
| Romania | 2020 | 13.85 | |
| Russia | 2020 | 27.81 | |
| Saint Helena | 1990 | 7.14 | |
| Serbia | 2020 | 14.47 | |
| Seychelles | 2020 | 24.49 | |
| Singapore | 2020 | 14.70 | |
| Slovakia | 2019 | 10.48 | |
| Slovenia | 2020 | 13.56 | |
| South Africa | 2020 | 9.85 | |
| Spain | 2020 | 20.58 | |
| Suriname | 1994 | 3.02 | |
| Sweden | 2020 | 23.43 | |
| Switzerland | 2020 | 11.48 | |
| Tajikistan | 2020 | 4.59 | |
| Transnistria | 2014 | 39.85 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2004 | 0.03 | |
| Tunisia | 2009 | 7.39 | |
| Turkey | 2016 | 3.20 | |
| Turkmenistan | 2020 | 6.62 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2005 | 9.14 | |
| Ukraine | 2020 | 18.04 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 0.12 | # |
| United Kingdom | 2020 | 24.76 | |
| United States | 2021 | 20.54 | E |
| Uruguay | 2019 | 21.41 | |
| Uzbekistan | 2019 | 4.74 | |
| Venezuela | 1968 | 0.80 | |
| Vietnam | 2019 | 12.14 | E |
Notes: Data generally included in-country occurences regardless of residency of those obtaining abortions. (#) indicates values which include abortions by country residents obtained abroad. (E) indicates results based on estimates developed for the Abortion Worldwide Report. (I) indicates values known to be substantially incomplete. 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
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