Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted--by Percentage
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 February 2003
Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions, most recent data
(in order of decreasing percentage)
| country |
year |
% |
notes |
| Russia |
2000 |
62.8 |
data incomplete |
| Cuba |
1996 |
59.9 |
| Belarus |
2000 |
56.5 |
| Ukraine |
2000 |
53.0 |
| Romania |
2000 |
52.4 |
data incomplete |
| Greenland |
2000 |
51.6 |
| Bulgaria |
1999 |
50.0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1988 |
48.9 |
| Estonia |
2000 |
48.6 |
| Latvia |
2000 |
46.0 |
| Kazakhstan |
1998 |
40.1 |
| Hungary |
2000 |
37.8 |
| Moldova |
2000 |
35.6 |
data incomplete |
| Vietnam |
2000 |
33.0 |
data incomplete |
| Lithuania |
2000 |
32.3 |
data incomplete |
| Slovenia |
2000 |
31.7 |
| Yugoslavia |
1998 |
31.4 |
data incomplete |
| Macedonia |
1997 |
29.0 |
data incomplete |
| Armenia |
1999 |
28.3 |
data incomplete |
| Czech Republic |
2000 |
27.6 |
| PR China |
1998 |
27.1 |
data incomplete |
| Hong Kong |
1995 |
26.7 |
data incomplete |
| Albania |
1999 |
25.6 |
data incomplete |
| Sweden |
2000 |
25.5 |
| Slovakia |
2000 |
25.1 |
| South Korea |
1996 |
25.0 |
estimated |
| United States |
2000 |
24.4 |
| Canada |
1999 |
24.1 |
data incomplete |
| Reunion |
1988 |
24.1 |
| Singapore |
1998 |
24.0 |
| Martinique |
1985 |
23.5 |
| Australia |
1997 |
23.1 |
| Puerto Rico |
1992 |
22.9 |
| Turkmenistan |
1990 |
22.9 |
| United Kingdom |
2000 |
22.7 |
| Japan |
2000 |
22.3 |
data incomplete |
| New Zealand |
1998 |
21.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1998 |
21.2 |
data incomplete |
| Mongolia |
1997 |
20.6 |
data incomplete |
| Turkey |
1993 |
20.2 |
| Norway |
2000 |
19.8 |
| Denmark |
1999 |
19.7 |
| France |
1998 |
19.6 |
data incomplete |
| Italy |
1998 |
19.3 |
data incomplete |
| Iceland |
2000 |
18.0 |
| Tajikistan |
1993 |
17.7 |
| (Texas) |
2001 |
16.9 |
| Georgia |
2000 |
16.4 |
data incomplete |
| Channel Islands |
1994 |
16.1 |
| Finland |
2000 |
15.7 |
| Dominican Republic |
1998 |
14.8 |
| Croatia |
2000 |
14.7 |
data incomplete |
| Uzbekistan |
1996 |
14.1 |
data incomplete |
| Germany |
1997 |
13.9 |
| French Guiana |
1984 |
13.5 |
data incomplete |
| Switzerland |
1996 |
13.4 |
| Spain |
1999 |
13.3 |
data incomplete |
| Belize |
1991 |
13.1 |
| Azerbaijan |
2000 |
13.0 |
data incomplete |
| ROC Taiwan |
1999 |
13.0 |
data incomplete |
| Israel |
1997 |
12.9 |
| Greece |
1996 |
11.1 |
| Netherlands |
1998 |
10.8 |
| Ireland |
2000 |
10.5 |
abortions abroad |
| Belgium |
1999 |
10.1 |
| Bermuda |
1984 |
9.8 |
| Tunisia |
1996 |
9.6 |
| Seychelles |
1990 |
8.3 |
| Guadaloupe |
1980 |
7.9 |
| Saint Helena |
1990 |
7.1 |
| Austria |
1999 |
3.0 |
| South Africa |
1999 |
2.8 |
| India |
1996 |
2.2 |
data incomplete |
| Zambia |
1983 |
0.4 |
data incomplete |
| Mexico |
1998 |
0.1 |
| Botswana |
1984 |
0.1 |
data incomplete |
| Poland |
1999 |
0.04 |
| Chile |
1991 |
0.02 |
legal abortions |
| Panama |
1982 |
0.02 |
data incomplete |
List of nations by year of most recent data:
- 2001: (Texas)
- 2000: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland,
Georgia, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United
Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
- 1999: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, ROC Taiwan,
Denmark, Poland, South Africa, Spain
- 1998: PR China, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Yugoslavia
- 1997: Australia, Germany, Israel, Macedonia, Mongolia
- 1996: Cuba, Greece, India, South Korea, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan
- 1995: Hong Kong
- 1994: Channel Islands
- 1993: Tajikistan, Turkey
- 1992: Puerto Rico
- 1991: Belize, Chile
- 1990: Saint Helena, Seychelles, Turkmenistan
- 1988: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Reunion
- 1985: Martinique
- 1984: Bermuda, Botswana, French Guiana
- 1983: Zambia
- 1982: Panama
- 1980: Guadaloupe
update of section VII, "Global Abortion Summary," version 3, March
2000
© 2000-2002, 2003 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 February
2003.
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