Historical abortion statistics, Bonaire

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bonaire

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 2026

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.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004		(50)	(50)	(50)		(50)
2005		(50)	(50)	(50)		(50)
2006		(50)	(50)	(50)		(50)
2007	180	(50)	(50)	(50)		(50)		277.8	277.8	21.7	21.7		(10.9)
2008	194	(50)	(50)	(50)		(50)		257.7	257.7	20.5	20.5		(10.9)
2009	209	(50)	(50)	(50)	28	78		373	239.2	27.2	19.3		(10.9)
2010	183		(40)
2011	181		(30)
2012	191	23	23	(23)		23		120.4	120.4	10.7	10.7
2013	194	102	102	(102)		102		525.8	525.8	34.5	34.5
2014	207	121	121	(121)		121		584.5	584.5	36.9	36.9
2015	160	118	118	(118)		118		737.5	737.5	42.4	42.4
2016	195	98	98	(98)		98		502.6	502.6	33.4	33.4
2017	197	109	109	(109)		109		553.3	553.3	35.6	35.6
2018	206	130	130	(130)		130		631.1	631.1	38.7	38.7
2019	203	110	110	(110)		110		541.9	541.9	35.1	35.1
2020	228	112	112	(112)		112		491.2	491.2	32.9	32.9
2021	217	115	115	(115)		115		530.0	530.0	34.6	34.6
2022	229	124	124	(124)		124		541.5	541.5	35.1	35.1
2023	237	151	151	(151)		151		637.1	637.1	38.9	38.9
2024	231		(150)
2025			(150)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (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:

van der Wiele, W. M., Nov. 2010, "Abortus provocatus op de BES eilanden: Een nulmeting," Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal, on line https://www.eerstekamer.nl/behandeling/20111006/abortus_provocatus_op_de_bes/document3/f=/vitdlguvjnve.pdf
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2021/16/caribbean-netherlands-more-births-in-2020
https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/figures/detail/83774ENG?q=bonaire%20births
https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/en/dataset/80539ENG/table?searchKeywords=birth%20control

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