Historical abortion statistics, Spain

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Spain

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 November 2023

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

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Spain regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1941								16,605
1942
1943
1944
1945	618,022							19,878
1946	578,943							17,415
1947	582,063							18,803
1948	638,797							21,159
1949	598,776							19,977
1950	562,376							18,753
1951	564,517							18,940
1952	590,123							21,087
1953	586,462							21,378
1954	575,232							21,210
1955	596,026							21,920
1956	605,208							21,692
1957	643,317							22,630
1958	650,039							22,895
1959	651,220							22,267
1960	654,537							24,140
1961	645,613							17,628
1962	649,680							17,156
1963	662,517							16,690
1964	688,708							16,044
1965	667,749							14,977
1966	661,731							14,164
1967	672,039							13,813
1968	659,677				6	6		13,337	0.01		0.00
1969	658,931				21	21		12,197	0.03		0.00
1970	656,102				100	100		11,847	0.15		0.02
1971	664,170				191	191		11,516	0.29		0.03
1972	665,569				730	730		11,256	1.1		0.11
1973	666,336				1,765	1,765		10,156	2.6		0.26
1974	682,010				2,978	2,978		9,460	4.4		0.43
1975	669,378				4,393	4,393		7,584	6.6		0.65
1976	677,456				6,397	6,397		7,291	9.4		0.94
1977	656,357				10,187	10,187		6,667	15.5		1.53
1978	636,892				14,015	14,015		5,853	22.0		2.15
1979	592,748				17,062	17,062		5,234	28.8		2.80
1980	565,401				18,342	18,342		4,460	32.4		3.14
1981	532,255				20,454	20,454		4,107	38.4		3.70
1982	509,685				21,415	21,415		3,512	42.0		4.03
1983	485,352				22,002	22,002		3,151	45.3		4.34
1984	465,709				20,060	20,060		2,894	43.1		4.13
1985	456,298	6,344	(2,000)	6,344	17,688	24,032	6,344	2,907	52.7	13.9	5.00	1.37
1986	438,750		(11,000)		11,935	11,935		2,581	27.2		2.65
1987	426,782	16,766	16,766	(16,766)	5,900	22,666		2,211	53.1	39.3	5.04	3.78
1988	418,919	26,069	26,069	(26,069)	3,200	29,269		2,064	69.9	62.2	6.53	5.86
1989	408,434	30,552	30,552	(30,552)	1,332	31,884		1,799	78.1	74.8	7.24	6.96
1990	401,425	37,231	37,231	(36,918)	886	37,804	313	1,617	94.2	92.7	8.61	8.49		4.94
1991	395,989	41,910	41,910	41,837	604	42,441	73	1,564	107.2	105.8	9.68	9.57		5.55
1992	396,747	44,962	44,962	44,861	464	45,325	101	1,602	114.2	113.3	10.25	10.18	5.1	5.89
1993	385,786	45,503	45,503	45,387	317	45,704	116	1,439	118.5	117.9	10.59	10.55	5.2	5.91
1994	365,124	47,832	47,832	47,632	127	47,759	200	1,387	130.8	131.0	11.57	11.58	5.4	6.16
1995	363,469	49,367	49,367	49,001	242	49,243	366	1,254	135.5	135.8	11.93	11.96	5.5	6.33
1996	352,249	51,002	51,002	50,370	66	50,436	632	1,423	143.2	144.8	12.52	12.65	5.7	6.53
1997	369,035	49,578	49,578	48,853	52	48,905	725	1,531	132.5	134.3	11.70	11.84	5.5	6.35
1998	365,193	53,847	53,847	52,910	39	52,949	937	1,416	145.0	147.4	12.66	12.85	6.0	6.90
1999	380,130	58,399	58,399	57,329	32	57,361	1,070	1,463	150.9	153.6	13.11	13.32	6.5	7.48
2000	397,632	63,756	63,756	62,791	32	62,823	965	1,479	158.0	160.3	13.64	13.82	7.1	8.15
2001	403,859	69,857	69,857	68,387	17	68,404	1,470	1,541	169.4	173.0	14.48	14.75	7.7	8.89
2002	411,513	77,125	77,125	75,433	35	75,468	1,692	1,470	183.4	187.4	15.50	15.78	8.5	9.75
2003	441,881	79,788	79,788	77,843	36	77,879	1,945	1,494	176.2	180.6	14.98	15.29	8.77	10.01
2004	453,278	84,985	84,985	(84,985)	33	85,018		1,438	187.6	187.5	15.79	15.79	8.94	10.61
2005	464,811	91,664	91,664	89,049	27	89,076	2,615	1,538	191.6	197.2	16.08	16.47	9.60	11.41
2006	481,102	101,592	101,592	98,176	13	98,189	3,383	1,612	204.1	211.2	16.95	17.43	10.62	12.61
2007	492,527	112,138	112,138	108,707	25	108,732	3,423	1,511	220.8	227.7	18.08	18.55	11.49	13.86
2008	519,050	115,812	115,812	113,780	31	113,811	2,031	1,602	219.3	223.1	17.98	18.24	11.78	14.31
2009	493,717	111,482	111,482	109,351	18	109,369	2,130	1,569	221.5	225.8	18.13	18.42	11.41	13.94
2010	479,999	113,031	113,031	110,966	12	110,978	2,065	1,501	231.2	235.5	18.78	19.06	11.49	14.45
2011	475,147	118,611	118,611	116,650	11	116,661	1,961	1,527	245.5	249.6	19.71	19.98	12.47	15.52
2012	453,637	113,419	113,419	111,378	10	111,388	2,041	1,483	245.5	250.0	19.71	20.00	12.12	15.25
2013	424,494	108,690	108,690	106,756	8	106,764	1,934	1,398	251.5	256.0	20.10	20.39	11.74	15.11
2014	426,076	94,796	94,796	93,279	13	93,292	1,517	1,347	219.0	222.5	17.96	18.20	10.46	13.64
2015	418,432	94,188	94,188	92,565	14	92,579	1,623	1,309	221.3	225.1	18.12	18.37	10.40	13.97
2016	408,734	93,131	93,131	91,425	7	91,432	1,706	1,331	223.7	227.9	18.28	18.56	10.36	14.18
2017	391,265	94,123	94,123	92,486	7	92,493	1,637	1,274	236.4	240.6	19.12	19.39	10.51	14.64
2018	370,827	95,917	95,917	93,995	4	93,999	1,922	1,174	253.5	258.7	20.22	20.55	11.12	15.11
2019	358,747	99,149	99,149	97,398	8	97,406	1,751	1,138	271.5	276.4	21.35	21.65	11.53	15.68
2020	340,635	88,269	88,269	86,990	3	86,993	1,279	1,022	255.4	259.1	20.34	20.58	10.33	14.01
2021	336,247	90,189	90,189	88,887		88,887	1,302		264.4	268.2	20.91	21.15	10.70	14.40
2022	330,043	98,316	98,316	96,600		96,600	1,716		292.7	297.9	22.64	22.95	11.68	15.75
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

Council of Europe, 2004, "Spain, Table 2: Births, deaths and legal abortions," in Recent Demographic Developments in Europe: Demographic Yearbook 2003, on line at COE [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/ETAB2.xls].
Del Campo, Salustiano, 1974, "Spain," in Population Policy in Developed Countries, ed. by Bernard Berelson, McGraw Hill (New York, NY), pp. 489-544.
Department of Health, 27 July 2005, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2004," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/75/74/04117574.pdf].
Department of Health, 30 Oct. 2003, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2002," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/08/00/59/04080059.PDF].
Department of Health, 4 July 2006, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2005," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/68/59/04136859.pdf].
Department of Health, Aug. 2004, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2003," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/66/26/04116626.pdf].
Eurostat, 6 March 2012, "Legally induced abortions by mother's age," Eurostat, on line [http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?wai=true&dataset=demo_fabort].
Government Statistical Service, 19 June 2007, "Statistical Bulletin: Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2006," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=142305&Rendition=Web].
Government Statistical Service, June 2008, "Statistical Bulletin: Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2007," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=142305&Rendition=Web].
Government Statistical Service, May 2010, "Statistical Bulletin: Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2009," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_116336.pdf].
Health Care Inspectorate, Oct. 2006, "Jaarrapportage 2005 van de Wet afbreking zwangerschap," Health Care Inspectorate, on line [http://www.igz.nl/33986/2006-10_Jaarrapportage_Wet_1.pdf].
Henshaw, Stanley K., T. A. Haas, K. Berentsen, and E. Carbone, eds., 2001, Readings on Induced Abortion, Volume 2: A World Review 2000, Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York, NY), on line at Access My Library [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/browse_JJ_R048].
IGZ, Dec. 2009, "Jaarrapportage 2008 van de Wet afbreking zwangerschap," IGZ (Netherlands), on line at IGZ [http://www.igz.nl/zoeken/download.aspx?download=Jaarrapportage_2008_Wet_afbreking_zwangerschap.pdf].
IGZ, December 2011, "Jaarrapportage 2010 van de wet afbreking zwangerschap," IGZ (Netherlands), on line at IGZ [http://www.igz.nl/Images/Jaarrapportage%20WAZ%202010_tcm294-320369.pdf].
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, 2006, "Demografia," in Anuario Estadistico de Espana 2006, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (Madrid, Spain), on line at Instituto Nacional de Estadistica [http://www.ine.es/prodyser/pubweb/anuario06/anu06_02demog.pdf].
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, 2006, "Salud," in Anuario Estadistico de Espana 2006, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (Madrid, Spain), on line at Instituto Nacional de Estadistica [http://www.ine.es/prodyser/pubweb/anuario06/anu06_05salud.pdf].
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2003, "Numero de interrupciones voluntarias del embarazo por Comunidad Autonoma de residencia," Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, on line [http://www.msc.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/docs/8.4.xls].
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2006, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: Datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2005," Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, on line [http://www.msc.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/docs/IVE_2005.pdf].
Ministerio de Sanidad, Politica Social e Igualdad, 2010, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: Datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2009," MSPS, on line [http://www.msps.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/docs/publicacionIVEcompleto_2009.pdf].
Ministerio de Sanidad, Politica Social e Igualdad, 2011, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: Datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2010," MSPS, on line [http://www.msps.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/embarazo/docs/IVE_2010.pdf].
Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, 2005, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo," Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, on line [http://www.mtas.es/mujer/mujeres/cifras/tablas/W802.XLS].
Minsterio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2007, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2006," MSC, on line [http://www.msc.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/docs/IVE_2006.pdf].
Minsterio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2008, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2007," MSC, on line [http://www.msc.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/docs/publicacionIVE_2007.pdf].
Minsterio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2009, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo: datos definitivos correspondientes al ano 2008," MSC, on line [http://www.msc.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/docs/publicacionIVE_2008.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1992, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1991," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB18_1991/ab18_1991.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1993, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1992," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB19_1992/ab19_1992.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1994, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1993," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB20_1993/ab20_1993.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1995, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1994," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB21_1994/ab21_1994.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1997, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1996," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB23_1996/ab23_1996.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1998, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1997," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB24_1997/ab24_1997.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 1999, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1998," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB25_1998/ab25_1998.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 2000, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1999," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB26_1999/ab26_1999.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 2001, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2000," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB27/AB_No27_V1.pdf].
Office for National Statistics, 2002, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2001," National Statistics, on line [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/AB28_2001/AB28_2001.pdf].
Potts, Malcolm, Peter Diggory, and John Peel, 1977, Abortion, Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge, UK).
Tietze, Christopher, ed., 1981, Induced Abortion: A World Review 1981, Population Council (New York, NY).
U.K. Parliament, 30 Nov. 1987, "Abortion," HANSARD 1803-2005, on line [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1987/nov/30/abortion].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2000, "Table 5. Live births by age of mother, sex and urban/rural residence: 1948-1997," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1948-1997: Historical Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab05.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 1. Live births by sex and urban/rural residence: 1980-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999 Natality Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBNat/NatStatTab01.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table09.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2010, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1999-2008," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2008, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2008/Table13.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2012, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2007-2011," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2011/Table09.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 9 Oct. 2009, "Table 4. Vital statistics summary and expectation of life at birth: 2003-2007," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table04.pdf].
United Nations Statistics Division, 21 Feb. 2008, "Live births by sex and urban/rural residence," on line at UNdata [http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a4].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Aug. 2009, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Aug. 2012, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Nov. 2007, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2013, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 2003-2012," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2012, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2012/Table13.pdf].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, April 2014, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://www.euro.who.int/en/data-and-evidence/databases/european-health-for-all-database-hfa-db].
Department of Health, 12 June 2014, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2013," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319460/Abortion_Statistics__England_and_Wales_2013.pdf].
Department of Health, July 2013, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2012," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211790/2012_Abortion_Statistics.pdf].
Department of Health, May 2012, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2011," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213386/Commentary1.pdf].
Statistics Estonia, 2014, "Number of live births," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://www.stat.ee/29946].
Eurostat, 2014, "Number of live births," Eurostat, on line [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00111].
Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, 2014, "Interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo, Datos estadisticos," Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, on line [http://www.msssi.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/embarazo/tablas_figuras.htm].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2014, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2009-2013," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2013, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2013/Table12.pdf].
Department of Health, June 2015, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2014, complete tables," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433457/2014_complete_tables.xlsx].
[http://www.msssi.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/embarazo/tablas_figuras.htm#Tabla9].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2015, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2010-2014," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2014, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table12.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2015, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2010-2014," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2014, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/UNSD/Demographic/products/dyb/dyb2014/Table09.pdf].

© 2000-2022, 2023 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 26 November 2023.
Return to Home. Return to Other Policy Issues. Return to Abortion Statistics.