Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

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.

Hungary 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	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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)
1938	182,206
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946		2,006	2,006	(2,006)		2,006
1947		1,403	1,403	(1,403)		1,403
1948	191,907	1,604	1,604	(1,604)		1,604				8.4	8.4	0.83	0.83
1949	190,398	1,507	1,507	(1,507)		1,507	31,600		4,500	7.9	7.9	0.79	0.79
1950	195,567	1,707	1,707	(1,707)		1,707	34,300	38,428	4,200	8.7	8.7	0.87	0.87	14.2
1951	190,600	1,684	1,684	(1,684)		1,684	36,100		3,700	8.8	8.8	0.88	0.88	15.0
1952	185,800	1,715	1,715	(1,715)		1,715	42,000		3,500	9.2	9.2	0.91	0.91	17.3
1953	206,900	2,677	2,677	(2,677)		2,677	39,000		3,500	12.9	12.9	1.28	1.28	16.9
1954	223,300	16,281	16,281	(16,281)		16,281	42,000		3,700	72.9	72.9	6.80	6.80	23.1
1955	210,400	35,398	35,398	(35,398)		35,398	43,100		3,400	168.2	168.2	14.40	14.40	31.0
1956	192,800	82,463	82,463	(82,463)		82,463	41,100		3,000	427.7	427.7	29.96	29.96	38.0
1957	167,200	123,383	123,383	(123,383)		123,383	39,500		2,500	737.9	737.9	42.46	42.46	58.0
1958	158,400	145,578	145,578	(145,578)		145,578	37,400		2,200	919.1	919.1	47.89	47.89	68.8
1959	151,194	152,404	152,404	(152,404)		152,404	35,300		2,200	1,008.0	1,008.0	50.20	50.20	72.1
1960	146,461	162,160	162,160	(162,160)		162,160	33,800	35,756	1,957	1,107.2	1,107.2	52.54	52.54	76.5
1961	140,365	169,992	169,992	(169,992)		169,992	33,700		1,740	1,211.1	1,211.1	54.77	54.77	79.4
1962	130,053	163,656	163,656	(163,656)		163,656	33,900		1,597	1,258.4	1,258.4	55.72	55.72	75.2
1963	132,262	173,835	173,835	(173,835)		173,835	34,100		1,651	1,314.3	1,314.3	56.79	56.79	78.4
1964	132,141	184,367	184,367	(184,367)		184,367	34,300		1,549	1,395.2	1,395.2	58.25	58.25	82.2
1965	133,009	180,269	180,269	(180,269)		180,269	33,700		1,516	1,355.3	1,355.3	57.54	57.54	80.1
1966	138,489	186,773	186,773	(186,773)		186,773	33,600		1,515	1,348.6	1,348.6	57.42	57.42	82.8
1967	148,885	187,527	187,527	(187,527)		187,527			1,579	1,259.5	1,259.5	55.74	55.74	83.1
1968	154,200	201,096	201,096	(201,096)		201,096			1,547	1,304.1	1,304.1	56.60	56.60	88.8
1969	154,318	206,817	206,817	(206,817)		206,817			1,530	1,340.2	1,340.2	57.27	57.27	91.1
1970	151,819	192,283	192,283	(192,283)		192,283		31,357	1,520	1,266.5	1,266.5	55.88	55.88	83.8
1971	150,640	187,425	187,425	(187,425)		187,425			1,519	1,244.2	1,244.2	55.44	55.44	81.3
1972	153,265	179,035	179,035	(179,035)		179,035			1,423	1,168.1	1,168.1	53.88	53.88	77.5
1973	156,224	169,650	169,650	(169,650)		169,650			1,399	1,085.9	1,085.9	52.06	52.06	73.5
1974	186,288	102,600	102,600	(102,600)		102,600			1,669	550.8	550.8	35.52	35.52	44.3
1975	194,000	96,212	96,212	95,900		95,900			1,607	494.3	495.9	33.08	33.15	41.9
1976	185,405	94,720	94,720	93,090		93,090			1,511	502.1	510.9	33.43	33.81	41.5
1977	177,574	89,096	89,096	89,083		89,083			1,578	501.7	501.7	33.41	33.41	39.2
1978	168,160	83,545	83,545	82,771		82,771			1,364	492.2	496.8	32.99	33.19	37.0
1979	160,364	80,767	80,767	80,327		80,327			1,313	500.9	503.6	33.37	33.50	35.9
1980	148,673	80,882	80,882	79,894		79,894		21,128	1,156	537.4	544.0	34.95	35.23	36.3
1981	142,890	78,421	78,421	78,411		78,411			1,172	548.8	548.8	35.43	35.43	35.3
1982	133,559	78,682	78,682	78,661		78,661			1,020	589.0	589.1	37.07	37.07	35.5
1983	127,258	78,599	78,599	78,576		78,576			902	617.5	617.6	38.17	38.18	35.5
1984	125,359	82,191	82,191	82,183		82,183			799	655.6	655.6	39.60	39.60	37.1
1985	130,200	81,970	81,970	81,967		81,967			808	629.5	629.6	38.63	38.63	32.1
1986	128,204	83,586	83,586	83,582		83,582			828	651.9	652.0	39.47	39.47	37.7
1987	125,840	84,547	84,547	84,518		84,518			882	671.6	671.9	40.18	40.19	33.1
1988	124,296	87,106	87,106	87,101		87,101			764	700.8	700.8	41.20	41.20	39.5
1989	123,304	90,508	90,508	90,486		90,486			653	733.8	734.0	42.32	42.33	42.5
1990	125,679	90,394	90,394	90,371		90,371		18,295	699	719.1	719.2	41.83	41.83	42.5	49.43
1991	127,207	89,931	89,931	89,897		89,897			575	706.7	707.0	41.41	41.42	41.8	48.91
1992	121,724	87,065	87,065	87,045		87,045			509	715.1	715.3	41.69	41.70	40.0	47.24
1993	117,033	75,258	75,258	75,219		75,219			425	642.7	643.0	39.13	39.14	35.2	40.94
1994	115,598	74,491	74,491	74,388		74,388			408	643.5	644.4	39.15	39.19	34.7	40.86
1995	112,054	76,957	76,957	76,930		76,930			393	686.5	686.8	40.71	40.72	35.5	42.67
1996	105,272	76,600	76,600	76,582		76,582			397	727.5	727.6	42.11	42.12	35.1	42.89
1997	100,350	74,564	74,564	74,551		74,551			480	742.9	743.0	42.62	42.63	34.6	42.05
1998	97,301	68,971	68,971	68,951		68,951			556	708.6	708.8	41.47	41.48	32.3	39.11
1999	94,645	65,981	65,981	64,906		64,906			471	685.8	697.1	40.68	41.08	31.3	37.59
2000	97,597	59,249	59,249	58,338		58,338		15,461	538	597.7	607.1	37.41	37.78	29.0	33.85
2001	97,047	56,404	56,404	55,155		55,155		16,292	550	568.3	581.2	36.24	36.76	28.4	32.26
2002	96,804	56,075	56,075	54,799		54,799		17,035	523	566.1	579.3	36.15	36.68	28.8	32.06
2003	94,647	53,789	53,789	52,897		52,897		16,845	530	558.9	568.3	35.85	36.24	28.0	30.71
2004	95,137	52,539	52,539	52,482		52,482		16,879	476	551.6	552.2	35.55	35.58	27.9	29.98
2005	97,496	48,689	48,689	48,573		48,573		17,528	506	498.2	499.4	33.25	33.31	26.8	27.76
2006	99,871	46,324	46,324	46,127		46,127		17,847	489	461.9	463.8	31.59	31.69	26.2	26.39
2007	97,613	43,870	43,870	43,845		43,845		17,247	485	449.2	449.4	31.00	31.01	25.2	25.05
2008	99,149	44,089	44,089	44,076		44,076		17,714	431	444.5	444.7	30.77	30.78	18.4	25.32
2009	96,442	43,181	43,181	43,163		43,163		17,885	519	447.6	447.7	30.92	30.93	18.1	24.98
2010	90,335	40,449	40,449	40,433		40,433		16,710	387	447.6	447.8	30.92	30.93	17.0	23.59
2011	88,049	38,443	38,443	38,437	7	38,444		17,220	392	436.6	436.6	30.39	30.39	18.2	22.62
2012	90,269	36,118	36,118	36,115		36,115		16,450	378	400.1	400.1	28.58	28.58	17.3	21.51
2013	88,689	34,891	34,891	34,891		34,891		16,497	392	393.4	393.4	28.23	28.23	17.4	21.07
2014	91,510	32,663	32,663	32,655	4	32,659		16,456	421	356.9	356.9	26.30	26.30		20.12
2015	91,690	31,176	31,176	31,176	8	31,184		16,802	408	340.1	340.0	25.38	25.37		19.69
2016	93,063	30,439	30,439	30,427		30,427		17,204	410	327.0	327.1	24.64	24.65		19.70
2017	91,577	28,496	28,496	28,487	3	28,490		16,542	435	311.1	311.2	23.73	23.73		18.88
2018	89,807	26,941	26,941	26,936	4	26,940		16,220	383	300.0	300.0	23.08	23.08		18.24
2019	89,193	25,783	25,783	25,778		25,778		16,497	391	289.0	289.1	22.42	22.42		17.81
2020	92,338	23,901	23,901	23,901		23,901		15,300	405	258.8	258.8	20.56	20.56		16.79
2021	93,039	21,907	21,907	21,907	3	21,910		14,535	466	235.5	235.5	19.06	19.06		15.60
2022	88,491	21,779	21,779	21,779		21,779		14,141	420	246.1	246.1	19.75	19.75		15.69
2023	85,225	21,136	21,136	21,136		21,136		13,600	358	248.0	248.0	19.87	19.87		15.35
2024	77,511	20,257	20,257	20,257		20,257		12,400	359	261.3	261.3	20.72	20.72		14.83
2025	72,000	20,400	20,400	20,400		20,400			359	283.3	283.3	22.08	22.08
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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.

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