Historical abortion statistics, Saarland (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Saarland (Germany)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by lander residents.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976	9,601	149		15.5	1.53
1977	9,876	401		40.6	3.90
1978	9,574	539		56.3	5.33
1979	9,787	573		58.5	5.53
1980	10,511	285		27.1	2.64
1981	10,496	256		24.4	2.38
1982	10,287	337		32.8	3.17
1983	9,918	654		65.9	6.19
1984	9,696	375		38.7	3.72
1985	9,800	323		33.0	3.19
1986	10,493	492		46.9	4.48
1987	10,517	949		90.2	8.28
1988	10,748	1,125		104.7	9.48
1989	10,661	1,258		118.0	10.55
1990	11,210	1,295	40	115.5	10.36
1991	11,052	1,154	45	104.4	9.45
1992	10,954	1,171	44	106.9	9.66
1993	10,653	1,179	27	110.7	9.96
1994	10,028	1,387	48	138.3	12.15
1995	9,727	1,433	40	147.3	12.84
1996	9,976	1,330	39	133.3	11.76
1997	9,987	1,287	40	128.9	11.42
1998	9,111	1,193	41	130.9	11.58
1999	8,941	1,288	38	144.1	12.59
2000	8,783	1,477	40	168.2	14.40
2001	8,196	1,327	32	161.9	13.93
2002	7,879	1,397	32	177.3	15.06
2003	7,598	1,459	35	192.0	16.11
2004	7,660	1,428	37	186.4	15.71
2005	7,484	1,400	34	187.1	15.76
2006	7,222	1,257	26	174.1	14.82
2007	7,274	1,380	28	189.7	15.95
2008	7,158	1,336	19	186.6	15.73
2009	6,927	1,278	24	184.5	15.58
2010	7,066	1,322	20	187.1	15.76
2011	7,088	1,217	21	171.7	14.65
2012	6,878	1,177	21	171.1	14.61
2013	6,848	1,168	23	170.6	14.57
2014	7,328	1,216	19	165.9	14.23
2015	7,511	1,196	34	159.2	13.74
2016	8,215	1,164	33	141.7	12.41
2017	8,313	1,311	39	157.7	13.62
2018	8,149	1,203	29	147.6	12.86
2019	8,006	1,242	36	155.1	13.43
2020	8,155	1,351	24	165.7	14.21
2021	8,339	1,974	37	236.7	19.14
2022	7,814	2,251	39	288.1	22.36
2023	7,769	2,150	36	276.7	21.68	11.52
2024	7,566	2,165	25	286.1	22.25
year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Sources:

Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, 26 March 2009, "Statistik der Schwangerschaftsabbrüche 1996 – 2008," Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, on line [http://www.ak-lebensrecht.de/info/stat_tab.html].
Federal Health Monitoring System, August 2013, "Live births with low birth weight," Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes, on line [http://www.gbe-bund.de/oowa921-install/servlet/oowa/aw92/dboowasys921.xwdevkit/xwd_init?gbe.isgbetol/xs_start_neu/&p_aid=3&p_aid=46893278&nummer=854&p_sprache=E&p_indsp=-&p_aid=91054487].
Federal Statistical Office, 9 March 2005, "Abortions in Germany, 1999 to 2004, by the land of the place of residence and ratio per 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/gesu/gesutab18.htm].
Federal Statistical Office, 2009, "Abortions: years from 2002 to 2008, by place of residence of the women and quota every 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/Content/Statistics/Gesundheit/Abortions/Tabellen/Content75/StateOfResidence,templateId=renderPrint.psml].
Federal Statistical Office, 2013, "Abortions," DeStatis, on line [https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Health/Abortions/Tables/StateOfResidence.html;jsessionid=D0FF256B3B067B8A38AC6E9333A725DE.cae4].
Statistisches Bundesamt, Aug. 1997 (on line 12 March 2007), "Gesundheitswesen: Schwangerschaftsabbrüche," Destatis, on line [].
Statistisches Bundesamt, 2025, "Totgeborene: Bundeslander, Jahre," Destatis, on line [https://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/12612/table/12612-0106/table-toolbar].
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