List of countries by abortion rate explained

The following lists include countries by total reported abortions, annual abortions and rates according to reports from governments and statisticians.

The CDC or Guttmacher estimates do not account for medical abortions outside a clinic.^[1] Some analysts have estimated that the cumulative amount of abortions in the United States may have reached seventy million^[2] and that up to two million abortions occur annually.^{[3] [4]} The Soviet Union had more than 200 million reported abortions throughout its history according to the Johnstons Archive.^[5] Since legalization in 1967, there have been 9,331,978 abortions in the United Kingdom according to government reports collected by the Johnstons Archive.^[6] In 1974, the Max Planck Society estimated that twenty million abortions had possibly occurred in West Germany since the Second World War.^[7]

The Guttmacher study numbers used in the table below are estimates based on statistical models and are not actual reported numbers.^[8]

International Abortion Rate Report

Country	per1,000 women per year		Year	Age range
	84.7	870	2022^[9] ^[10]	17–64
	64.0	1,630,000	2019^[11]	15–49
	60.0	376,000	2019^[12]	15–49
	59.0	26,600	2019^[13]	15–49
	55.0	147,000	2019^[14]	15–49
	49.0	7,100	2019^[15]	15–49
	48.0	16,600,000	2019^[16]	15–49
	48.0	17,100	2019^[17]	15–49
	45.0	195,000	2019^[18]	15–49
	45.0	82,600	2019^[19]	15–49
	45.0	3,000	2019^[20]	15–49
	44.0	54,700	2019^[21]	15–49
	23.0	2,240,000	2019^[22]	15–49
	43.0	551,000	2019^[23]	15–49
	43.0	418,000	2019^[24]	15–49
	43.0	1,800	2019^[25]	15–49
	42.0	353,000	2019^[26]	15–49
	42.0	47,600	2019^[27]	15–49
	42.0	4,700	2019^[28]	15–49
	41.0	348,000	2019^[29]	15–49
	41.0	21,100	2019^[30]	15–49
	40.0	277,000	2019^[31]	15–49
	39.0	2,800	2019^[32]	15–49
	39.0	1,900	2019^[33]	15–49
	38.0	482,000	2019^[34]	15–49
	38.0	111,000	2019^[35]	15–49
	38.0	108,000	2019^[36]	15–49
	38.0	29,800	2019^[37]	15–49
	37.0	266,000	2019^[38]	15–49
	37.0	101,000	2019^[39]	15–49
	37.0	1,900	2019^[40]	15–49
	36.0	973,000	2019^[41]	15–49
	36.0	77,200	2019^[42]	15–49
	36.0	7,300	2019^[43]	15–49
	35.0	1,580,000	2019^[44]	15–49
	35.0	207,000	2019^[45]	15–49
	35.0	140,000	2019^[46]	15–49
	34.0	201,000	2019^[47]	15–49
	34.0	64,100	2019^[48]	15–49
	34.0	60,900	2019^[49]	15–49
	34.0	10,100	2019^[50]	15–49
	33.0	2,000,000	2020^[51] ^[52]
	33.0	593,000	2019^[53]	15–49
	33.0	368,000	2019^[54]	15–49
	33.0	229,000	2019^[55]	15–49
	32.0	1,830,000	2019^[56]	15–49
	32.0	84,300	2019^[57]	15–49
	32.0	60,300	2019^[58]	15–49
	32.0	6,400	2019^[59]	15–49
	32.0	4,900	2019^[60]	15–49
	32.0	3,300	2019^[61]	15–49
	31.0	1,040,000	2019^[62]	15–49
	31.0	134,000	2019^[63]	15–49
	31.0	49,500	2019^[64]	15–49
	31.0	23,100	2019^[65]	15–49
	31.0	18,600	2019^[66]	15–49
	31.0	6,100	2019^[67]	15–49
	31.0	4,500	2019^[68]	15–49
	30.0	461,000	2019^[69]	15–49
	30.0	136,000	2019^[70]	15–49
	30.0	31,200	2019^[71]	15–49
	29.0	93,200	2019^[72]	15–49
	29.0	18,600	2019^[73]	15–49
	29.0	8,800	2019^[74]	15–49
	29.0	2,100	2019^[75]	15–49
	28.0	9,700,000	2021^[76]
	28.0	149,000	2019^[77]	15–49
	28.0	123,000	2019^[78]	15–49
	28.0	84,300	2019^[79]	15–49
	27.0	360,000	2019^[80]	15–49
	27.0	28,500	2019^[81]	15–49
	26.0	387,000	2019^[82]	15–49
	26.0	77,400	2019^[83]	15–49
	26.0	65,000	2019^[84]	15–49
	26.0	58,100	2019^[85]	15–49
	25.0	1,770,000	2019^[86]	15–49
	25.0	437,000	2019^[87]	15–49
	25.0	63,600	2019^[88]	15–49
	25.0	620	2019^[89]	15–49
	24.0	632,000	2019^[90]	15–49
	24.0	43,300	2019^[91]	15–49
	23.0	198,000	2019^[92]	15–49
	23.0	92,600	2019^[93]	15–49
	23.0	12,800	2019^[94]	15–49
	23.0	1,050,000	2015^[95]	15–44
	21.0	50,000	2019^[96]	15–44
	21.0	53,000	2019^[97]	15–49
	21.0	27,500	2019^[98]	15–49
	21.0	17,400	2019^[99]	15–49
	21.0	16,500	2019^[100]	15–49
	21.0	5,100	2019^[101]	15–49
	20.1	71,442	2022^[102]
	19.0	85,400	2019^[103]	15–49
	19.0	28,900	2019^[104]	15–49
	18.6	214,256	2021^[105]
	18.0	67,300	2019^[106]	15–49
	18.0	19,400	2019^[107]	15–49
	17.0	93,211	2007^[108] ^[109]	15–44
	17.0	58,400	2019^[110]	15–49
	17.0	37,300	2019^[111]	15–49
	17.0	17,800	2019^[112]	15–49
	16.0	93,800	2019^[113]	15–49
	16.0	8,800	2019^[114]	15–49
	15.7	35,401	2022^[115]	15–44
	15.5	201,000	2021^[116] ^[117]	15–49
	15.0	69,000	2019^[118]	15–49
	15.0	57,900	2019^[119]	15–49
	15.0	34,600	2019^[120]	15–49
	14.4	930,160	2020^[121]	15–44
	14.0	26,800	2019^[122]	15–49
	14.0	7,300	2019^[123]	15–49
	13.1	553,500	2020^[124] ^[125]
	13.0	990	2019^[126]	15–49
	12.8	10,718	2020
	12.0	97,500	2019^[127]	15–49
	12.0	13,100	2019^[128]	15–49
	12.0	14,600	2019^[129]	15–49
	11.9	19,328	2020^[130] ^[131]
	11.8	34,712	2020
	11.4	16,696	2022^[132]
	11.0	13,100	2019^[133]	15–49
	11.0	9,500	2019^[134]	15–49
	11.0	8,500	2019^[135]	15–49
	10.7	450,000	2021^[136]
	10.3	3,741	2019
	10.0	93,000	2019^[137]	15–49
	9.8	23,901	2020
	9.0	6,548	2019^[138]
	8.4	17,582	2019^[139]	15–49
	8.0	19,500	2019^[140]	15–49
	7.5	88,269	2020
	7.0	33,000	2019^[141]
	7.0	26,500	2019^[142]	15–49
	6.7	31,889	2020
	6.5	8,322	2020
	6.4	16,886	2020
	6.4	2,848	2020
	6.1	2,945	2020
	5.1	122,725	2022^[143]
	6.0	64,893	2020
	6.0	860	2019^[144]	15–49
	5.6	14,075	2020
	5.4	99,948	2020
	5.2	559	2022^[145]
	5.1	10,775	2020
	5.0	7,400	2019^[146]	15–49
	4.9	65,757	2020
	4.8	8,005	2020
	4.4	6,180	2020
	4.3	2,794	2020
	2.7	43,000	2021^[147]
	2.7	2,594	2020
	1.3	1,800	2021^[148]
	0.4	8,000	2018^[149]

Other data

Country	^[150] ^[151] ^[152] ^[153]
	336,000,000+
	100,000,000+
	62,000,000+

See also

• Abortion in the United States by state

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Summary of reported abortions worldwide. www.johnstonsarchive.net.
6. Web site: Summary of reported abortions worldwide . Johnston's Archive . 2018-12-31 . . 2023-07-31.
7. Web site: "Das Monstrum ist nichtig" . DER SPIEGEL . 1974-11-10 . de . 2023-07-30.
8. Web site: Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide: Country-Level Estimates Explained . Guttmacher Institute . 9 July 2023 . en . 16 March 2022.
9. Web site: 2022-07-03 . Historical abortion statistics, Greenland . 2023-02-01 . Johnston's Archive . .
10. Web site: Greenland: population by gender 2023 . 2024-01-17 . Statista . en.
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12. Web site: Madagascar Guttmacher Institute . 2022-10-25.
13. Web site: Guinea-Bissau . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
14. Web site: Cuba . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
15. Web site: Cabo Verde . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
16. Web site: India . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
17. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
18. Web site: Cambodia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
19. Web site: Sierra Leone Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . 2022-10-26.
20. Web site: Barbados . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
21. Web site: Congo . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
22. Web site: Pakistan . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
23. Web site: Kenya . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
24. News: Uganda . en . Guttmacher Institute . 2022-10-25.
25. Web site: Samoa . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
26. Web site: Peru . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
27. Web site: Liberia . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
28. Web site: Maldives . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
29. Web site: Nepal . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
30. Web site: Gabon . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
31. Web site: Mozambique . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
32. Web site: Vanuatu . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
33. Web site: Sao Tome and Principe . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
34. Web site: United Republic of Tanzania . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 23 September 2021 . en.
35. Web site: Haiti . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
36. Web site: Bolivia Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . 2022-10-25.
37. Web site: Jamaica . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
38. Web site: Ghana . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
39. Web site: Dominican Republic . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
40. Web site: Saint Lucia . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
41. Web site: Philippines . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
42. Web site: Papua New Guinea . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
43. Web site: Guyana . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
44. Web site: Bangladesh . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
45. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire Guttmacher Institute . 2022-10-25.
46. Web site: Zambia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
47. Web site: Cameroon . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
48. Web site: Lao People's Democratic Republic . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
49. Web site: Paraguay . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
50. Web site: Timor-Leste . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
51. Web site: Over two million abortions occur annually in Nigeria – IPAS . ThisNigeria . 2021-04-14 . 2023-06-28.
52. Web site: Over 3 million abortion cases in Nigeria yearly . Chronicle.ng . 2020-01-26 . 2023-06-28.
53. Web site: Democratic Republic of the Congo . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 23 November 2021 . en.
54. Web site: Argentina . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
55. Web site: Angola . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
56. Web site: Brazil . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
57. Web site: Benin . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
58. Web site: Togo . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
59. Web site: Bhutan . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
60. Web site: Solomon Islands . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
61. Web site: Belize . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
62. Web site: Mexico . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
63. Web site: Malawi . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
64. News: Kyrgyzstan . en . Guttmacher Institute . 2022-10-26.
65. Web site: Puerto Rico . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
66. Web site: Botswana . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
67. Web site: Comoros . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
68. Web site: Suriname . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
69. Web site: South Africa . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
70. Web site: Burkina Faso . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
71. Web site: Panama . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
72. Web site: Somalia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
73. Web site: Namibia . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
74. Web site: Eswatini . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
75. Web site: French Guiana . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
76. News: Limiting access to abortions won't solve China's population woes . 2024-01-17 . The Economist . 0013-0613.
77. Web site: Sri Lanka . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
78. Web site: Ecuador . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
79. Web site: Rwanda . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
80. Web site: Colombia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
81. Web site: Central African Republic . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
82. Web site: Myanmar . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
83. News: Guinea . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
84. Web site: Burundi . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
85. Web site: Tajikistan . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
86. Web site: Indonesia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
87. Web site: Thailand . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
88. Web site: South Sudan . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
89. Web site: Tonga . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
90. Web site: Ethiopia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
91. Web site: El Salvador . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
92. Web site: Uzbekistan . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
93. Web site: Mali . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
94. Web site: Lesotho . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
95. 2015-04-15 . The Incidence of Abortion Worldwide . 2022-10-27 . International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health . 25 . 30–38 . en. Henshaw . Stanley K. . Singh . Susheela . Haas . Taylor .
96. Web site: Republic of Korea (South Korea) . 2022-10-25 . Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology . ko.
97. Web site: Honduras . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
98. Web site: Costa Rica . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
99. Web site: Mongolia . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
100. Web site: Eritrea . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
101. Web site: Djibouti . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
102. Web site: Historical abortion statistics, Kazakhstan . 2022-10-25 . www.johnstonsarchive.net.
103. Web site: Guatemala . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
104. Web site: Turkmenistan . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
105. Web site: Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2021 . 2022-10-25 . GOV.UK . en.
106. Web site: Zimbabwe . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
107. Web site: Republic of Moldova . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
108. News: Legal Abortion Worldwide in 2008: Levels and Recent Trends . 2024-05-16 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
109. News: Taiwan Birth and Abortion Rates . 2024-05-16 . World Birthrate Organization . en.
110. News: Chad . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
111. Web site: Sweden . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
112. Web site: Mauritania . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
113. Web site: Australia . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
114. Web site: Gambia . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
115. Web site: Steupert . Mia . 2023-10-16 . Abortion Reporting: Georgia (2022) . 2024-01-17 . Lozier Institute . en-US.
116. Web site: France . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
117. Web site: Abortion rate in France . 2022-10-25 . Statista . en.
118. Web site: Niger . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
119. Web site: Senegal . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
120. Web site: Greece . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
121. Web site: Diamant . Jeff . Mohamed . Besheer . What the data says about abortion in the U.S. . 2024-01-17 . Pew Research Center . en-US.
122. Web site: Nicaragua . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
123. Web site: North Macedonia . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
124. Web site: Number of abortions in Russia 2020 . 2022-10-27 . Statista . en.
125. Web site: Интерфакс-Религия: В России за год снизилось число абортов - Минздрав . 2022-10-27 . www.interfax-religion.ru.
126. Web site: Iceland . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
127. Web site: Canada . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
128. Web site: New Zealand . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
129. Web site: Denmark . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
130. Web site: Eurostat - Data Explorer . 2022-10-25.
131. Web site: Eurostat - Data Explorer . 2022-10-25.
132. Web site: Historical abortion statistics, Belarus . 2022-10-25 . www.johnstonsarchive.net.
133. Web site: Norway . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
134. Web site: Uruguay . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
135. Web site: Bosnia and Herzegovina . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
136. Web site: Iran: Repeal "crippling" new anti-abortion law – UN experts . 2022-10-27 . OHCHR . en.
137. Web site: Poland . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
138. Web site: 2021-04-08 . Albania Guttmacher Institute . 2024-06-04 . www.guttmacher.org . en.
139. Web site: RightToLifeUK . 2021-01-08 . Israel abortion rate continues 32-year decline . 2022-10-26 . righttolife.org.uk . en-GB.
140. Web site: Belgium . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
141. Web site: Chile . Ministry of Health . es.
142. Web site: Netherlands . 2022-10-25 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
143. Web site: Japan . 2024-05-05 . mhlw . ja.
144. Web site: Montenegro . 2022-10-27 . Guttmacher Institute . 8 April 2021 . en.
145. Web site: Historical abortion statistics, Luxembourg . 2022-10-27 . www.johnstonsarchive.net.
146. Web site: Singapore . 2022-10-26 . Guttmacher Institute . en.
147. Web site: Historical abortion statistics, Turkey . 2022-10-27 . www.johnstonsarchive.net.
148. Web site: Historical abortion statistics, Austria . 2022-10-26 . www.johnstonsarchive.net.
149. Web site: ALGERIA - Abortion has not been legalised in Algeria . 2022-10-27 . International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion (SAWR) . 21 August 2018 . en-GB.
150. Book: Hsu, S. . Lessons in Sustainable Development from China & Taiwan . September 23, 2013 . Springer . 9781137358509 . Google Books.
151. Book: Kaczor, C. . The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice . Taylor & Francis . 2022 . 978-1-000-65557-5 . Routledge Annals of Bioethics . 197 . 2022-11-01.
152. Book: Bloom . H. . Walker Percy . Golding . W. . Bloom . S.P.H.H. . Chelsea House . 1986 . 978-0-87754-714-3 . Modern critical views . 2022-11-01.
153. Book: Chandrasekhar, S. . India's Abortion Experience . University of North Texas Press . 1994 . 978-0-929398-80-8 . Philosophy and the environment series . 2022-11-01.