Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted--by Country

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 August 2005

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

countryyear%notes
Albania200114.7data incomplete
Armenia200222.5data incomplete
Australia200322.5data incomplete
Austria20003.0
Azerbaijan200213.0data incomplete
Bahrain20020.1abortions in the UK only
Barbados199511
Belarus200152.5
Belgium200112.2
Belize199628.1
Bermuda1984 9.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina198848.9
Botswana1984 0.1data incomplete
Bulgaria200243.3
Canada200224.2data incomplete
Channel Islands20008.7data incomplete
Chile1991 0.02
ROC Taiwan199913.0data incomplete
PR China200127.1data incomplete
Cocos Islands197829
Croatia200213.4data incomplete
Cuba200034.7
Czech Republic200225.1
Denmark200319.4
Dominican Republic199814.8
Egypt2003 0.001abortions in the UK only
Estonia200245.5
Faeroe Islands1975 3.2
Finland200315.9
France200221.3data incomplete
French Guiana198414.4data incomplete
Georgia200223.0data incomplete
Germany200315.0
Gibraltar19973.6abortions abroad, data incomplete
Greece199611.1
Greenland200246.6
Guadaloupe199841
Hong Kong200129.6data incomplete
Hungary200236.7
Iceland200318.7
India2001 2.8data incomplete
Ireland20039.3abortions abroad
Isle of Man200415.0abortions in the UK
Israel200312.2
Italy200219.1data incomplete
Japan200322.2data incomplete
Kazakhstan200137.9
South Korea199625.0estimated
Kuwait2001 0.05abortions in the UK only
Kyrgyzstan200119.2data incomplete
Latvia200242.3
Lithuania200229.4data incomplete
Luxembourg19970.02abortions abroad, data incomplete
Macedonia200028.0data incomplete
Malta20031.2abortions abroad, data incomplete
Martinique199930
Mexico2000 0.12data incomplete
Moldova200230.6data incomplete
Mongolia199720.6data incomplete
Netherlands200212.7
New Caledonia199825.2
New Zealand200324.8
Norway200419.8
Panama20000.02data incomplete
Poland20030.05
Portugal20020.3
Puerto Rico199222.9
Qatar2003 0.04abortions in the UK only
Reunion198824.1
Romania200351.2data incomplete
Russia200258.2data incomplete
Saint Helena1990 7.1
Saudi Arabia2003 0.002abortions in the UK only
Seychelles1990 8.3
Singapore200223.8
Slovakia200225.5
Slovenia200229.5
South Africa2003 8.0data incomplete
Spain200315.3data incomplete
Suriname19942.8data incomplete
Sweden200325.7
Switzerland200214.0
Tajikistan200011.7
(Texas)200217.0
Tunisia1996 9.6estimated
Turkey199319.7estimated
Turkmenistan199722.4
Turks and Caicos Islands199615
Ukraine200053.0
United Arab Emirates20030.2abortions in the UK only
United Kingdom200421.8
United States200224.3estimated
Uzbekistan20009.4data incomplete
Venezuela19680.8
Vietnam200237data incomplete
Yugoslavia199831.4data incomplete
Zambia1983 0.4data incomplete
Zimbabwe19960.01abortions in the UK only

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update of section VII, "Global Abortion Summary," version 3, March 2000
© 2000-2004, 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 13 August 2005.
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