List of countries by abortion rate
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The following lists include countries by total reported abortions, annual abortions and rates according to reports from governments and statisticians.
Country | Total Reported[1][2][3][4] |
---|---|
China | 336,000,000+ |
India | 100,000,000+ |
United States | 62,000,000+ |
The CDC or Guttmacher estimates do not account for medical abortions outside a clinic.[5] Some analysts have estimated the amount of abortions in the US may have reached between 70 and 80 million[6] and that up to two million abortions occurred annually.[7] The U.S.S.R. had more than 200 million reported abortions throughout its history according to the Johnston's Archive.[8] A Guttmacher Institute study found 15.6 million abortions occur each year in India.[9] Some analysts have estimated more than a hundred million abortions have taken place in the country.[10]
Guttmacher and United Nations Report
Country | Rate per
1,000 women |
Annual Amount | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Georgia | 80 | 74,000 | 2019[11] |
Vietnam | 64.0 | 1,630,000 | 2019[12] |
Madagascar | 60.0 | 376,000 | 2019[13] |
Guinea-Bissau | 59.0 | 26,600 | 2019[14] |
Cuba | 55.0 | 147,000 | 2019[15] |
China | 49.0 | 17,700,000 | 2019[16] |
Cape Verde | 49.0 | 7,100 | 2019[17] |
India | 48.0 | 16,600,000 | 2019[18] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 48.0 | 17,100 | 2019[19] |
Cambodia | 45.0 | 195,000 | 2019[20] |
Sierra Leone | 45.0 | 82,600 | 2019[21] |
Barbados | 45.0 | 3,000 | 2019[22] |
Congo | 44.0 | 54,700 | 2019[23] |
Pakistan | 43.0 | 2,240,000 | 2019[24] |
Kenya | 43.0 | 551,000 | 2019[25] |
Uganda | 43.0 | 418,000 | 2019[26] |
Samoa | 43.0 | 1,800 | 2019[27] |
Peru | 42.0 | 353,000 | 2019[28] |
Liberia | 42.0 | 47,600 | 2019[29] |
Maldives | 42.0 | 4,700 | 2019[30] |
Nepal | 41.0 | 348,000 | 2019[31] |
Gabon | 41.0 | 21,100 | 2019[32] |
Mozambique | 40.0 | 277,000 | 2019[33] |
Vanuatu | 39.0 | 2,800 | 2019[34] |
Sao Tome and Principe | 39.0 | 1,900 | 2019[35] |
Tanzania | 38.0 | 482,000 | 2019[36] |
Haiti | 38.0 | 111,000 | 2019[37] |
Bolivia | 38.0 | 108,000 | 2019[38] |
Jamaica | 38.0 | 29,800 | 2019[39] |
Ghana | 37.0 | 266,000 | 2019[40] |
Dominican Republic | 37.0 | 101,000 | 2019[41] |
Saint Lucia | 37.0 | 1,900 | 2019[42] |
Philippines | 36.0 | 973,000 | 2019[43] |
Chile | 36.0 | 170,000 | 2019[44] |
Papua New Guinea | 36.0 | 77,200 | 2019[45] |
Guyana | 36.0 | 7,300 | 2019[46] |
Bangladesh | 35.0 | 1,580,000 | 2019[47] |
Ivory Coast | 35.0 | 207,000 | 2019[48] |
Zambia | 35.0 | 140,000 | 2019[49] |
Cameroon | 34.0 | 201,000 | 2019[50] |
Laos | 34.0 | 64,100 | 2019[51] |
Paraguay | 34.0 | 60,900 | 2019[52] |
East Timor | 34.0 | 10,100 | 2019[53] |
Nigeria | 33.0 | 1,430,000 | 2019[54] |
DR Congo | 33.0 | 593,000 | 2019[55] |
Argentina | 33.0 | 368,000 | 2019[56] |
Angola | 33.0 | 229,000 | 2019[57] |
Brazil | 32.0 | 1,830,000 | 2019[58] |
Benin | 32.0 | 84,300 | 2019[59] |
Togo | 32.0 | 60,300 | 2019[60] |
Bhutan | 32.0 | 6,400 | 2019[61] |
Solomon Islands | 32.0 | 4,900 | 2019[62] |
Belize | 32.0 | 3,300 | 2019[63] |
Mexico | 31.0 | 1,040,000 | 2019[64] |
Malawi | 31.0 | 134,000 | 2019[65] |
Kyrgyzstan | 31.0 | 49,500 | 2019[66] |
Puerto Rico | 31.0 | 23,100 | 2019[67] |
Botswana | 31.0 | 18,600 | 2019[68] |
Comoros | 31.0 | 6,100 | 2019[69] |
Suriname | 31.0 | 4,500 | 2019[70] |
South Africa | 30.0 | 461,000 | 2019[71] |
Burkina Faso | 30.0 | 136,000 | 2019[72] |
Panama | 30.0 | 31,200 | 2019[73] |
Somalia | 29.0 | 93,200 | 2019[74] |
Namibia | 29.0 | 18,600 | 2019[75] |
Eswatini | 29.0 | 8,800 | 2019[76] |
French Guiana | 29.0 | 2,100 | 2019[77] |
Sri Lanka | 28.0 | 149,000 | 2019[78] |
Ecuador | 28.0 | 123,000 | 2019[79] |
Rwanda | 28.0 | 84,300 | 2019[80] |
Colombia | 27.0 | 360,000 | 2019[81] |
Central African Republic | 27.0 | 28,500 | 2019[82] |
Myanmar | 26.0 | 387,000 | 2019[83] |
Guinea | 26.0 | 77,400 | 2019[84] |
Burundi | 26.0 | 65,000 | 2019[85] |
Tajikistan | 26.0 | 58,100 | 2019[86] |
Indonesia | 25.0 | 1,770,000 | 2019[87] |
Thailand | 25.0 | 437,000 | 2019[88] |
South Sudan | 25.0 | 63,600 | 2019[89] |
Tonga | 25.0 | 620 | 2019[90] |
Ethiopia | 24.0 | 632,000 | 2019[91] |
El Salvador | 24.0 | 43,300 | 2019[92] |
Uzbekistan | 23.0 | 198,000 | 2019[93] |
Mali | 23.0 | 92,600 | 2019[94] |
Lesotho | 23.0 | 12,800 | 2019[95] |
Egypt | 23.0 | 1,050,000 | 2015[96] |
Kazakhstan | 21.8 | 77,178 | 2019[97] |
South Korea | 21.0 | 260,000 | 2019[98] |
Honduras | 21.0 | 53,000 | 2019[99] |
Costa Rica | 21.0 | 27,500 | 2019[100] |
Mongolia | 21.0 | 17,400 | 2019[101] |
Eritrea | 21.0 | 16,500 | 2019[102] |
Djibouti | 21.0 | 5,100 | 2019[103] |
Guatemala | 19.0 | 85,400 | 2019[104] |
Turkmenistan | 19.0 | 28,900 | 2019[105] |
United Kingdom | 18.6 | 214,256 | 2021[106] |
Zimbabwe | 18.0 | 67,300 | 2019[107] |
Moldova | 18.0 | 19,400 | 2019[108] |
Chad | 17.0 | 58,400 | 2019[109] |
Sweden | 17.0 | 37,300 | 2019[110] |
Mauritania | 17.0 | 17,800 | 2019[111] |
Australia | 16.0 | 93,800 | 2019[112] |
Gambia | 16.0 | 8,800 | 2019[113] |
France | 15.5 | 201,000 | 2018[114][115] |
Niger | 15.0 | 69,000 | 2019[116] |
Senegal | 15.0 | 57,900 | 2019[117] |
Greece | 15.0 | 34,600 | 2019[118] |
Nicaragua | 15.0 | 28,600 | 2019[119] |
United States | 14.4 | 2,000,000 | [7] |
North Macedonia | 14.0 | 7,300 | 2019[120] |
Russia | 13.1 | 553,500 | 2020[121][122] |
Iceland | 13.0 | 990 | 2019[123] |
Armenia | 12.8 | 10,718 | 2020[124][125] |
Belarus | 12.5 | 18,600 | 2021[126] |
Canada | 12.0 | 97,500 | 2019[127] |
New Zealand | 12.0 | 13,100 | 2019[128] |
Denmark | 12.0 | 14,600 | 2019[129] |
Bulgaria | 11.9 | 19,328 | 2020[124][125] |
Azerbaijan | 11.8 | 34,712 | 2020[124][125] |
Norway | 11.0 | 13,100 | 2019[130] |
Uruguay | 11.0 | 9,500 | 2019[131] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0 | 8,500 | 2019[132] |
Iran | 10.7 | 450,000 | 2021[133] |
Estonia | 10.3 | 3,741 | 2019[124][125] |
Poland | 10.0 | 93,000 | 2019[134] |
Hungary | 9.8 | 23,901 | 2020[124][125] |
Israel | 8.4 | 17,582 | 2019[135] |
Belgium | 8.0 | 19,500 | 2019[136] |
Spain | 7.5 | 88,269 | 2020[124][125] |
Netherlands | 7.0 | 26,500 | 2019[137] |
Romania | 6.7 | 31,889 | 2020[124][125] |
Finland | 6.5 | 8,322 | 2020[124][125] |
Czech Republic | 6.4 | 16,886 | 2020[124][125] |
Latvia | 6.4 | 2,848 | 2020[124][125] |
Slovenia | 6.1 | 2,945 | 2020[124][125] |
Japan | 6.0 | 166,000 | 2019[138] |
Ukraine | 6.0 | 64,893 | 2020[124][125] |
Montenegro | 6.0 | 860 | 2019[139] |
Portugal | 5.6 | 14,075 | 2020[124][125] |
Germany | 5.4 | 99,948 | 2020[124][125] |
Switzerland | 5.1 | 10,775 | 2020[124][125] |
Singapore | 5.0 | 7,400 | 2019[140] |
Italy | 4.9 | 65,757 | 2020[124][125] |
Serbia | 4.8 | 8,005 | 2020[124][125] |
Slovakia | 4.4 | 6,180 | 2020[124][125] |
Luxembourg | 4.4 | 460 | 2021[141] |
Lithuania | 4.3 | 2,794 | 2020[124][125] |
Turkey | 2.7 | 43,000 | 2021[142] |
Croatia | 2.7 | 2,594 | 2020[124][125] |
Austria | 1.3 | 1,800 | 2021[143] |
Albania | 1.2 | 873 | 2020[124][125] |
Algeria | 0.4 | 8,000 | 2018[144] |
See also
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