Historical abortion statistics, Latvia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Latvia

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 ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Latvia 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, illegal	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	abortions, illegal	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)
1923	41,796	1,498	1,498	(1,498)		1,498	1,498				35.8	35.8	3.46	3.46
1924	41,172	1,407	1,407	(1,407)		1,407	1,359				34.2	34.2	3.30	3.30
1925	41,314	1,181	1,181	(1,181)		1,181	1,142				28.6	28.6	2.78	2.78
1926	41,073	1,423	1,423	(1,423)		1,423	1,349				34.6	34.6	3.35	3.35
1927	41,610	1,462	1,462	(1,462)		1,462	1,393				35.1	35.1	3.39	3.39
1928	39,126	1,731	1,731	(1,731)		1,731	1,588				44.2	44.2	4.24	4.24
1929	35,673	2,299	2,299	(2,299)		2,299	2,110				64.4	64.4	6.05	6.05
1930	37,835	2,803	2,803	(2,803)		2,803	2,493				74.1	74.1	6.90	6.90
1931	36,972	2,996	2,996	(2,996)		2,996	2,613				81.0	81.0	7.50	7.50
1932	37,366	2,834	2,834	(2,834)		2,834	2,421				75.8	75.8	7.05	7.05
1933	34,576	3,110	3,110	(3,110)		3,110	2,522				89.9	89.9	8.25	8.25
1934	33,383	3,367	3,367	(3,367)		3,367	2,815				100.9	100.9	9.16	9.16
1935	34,419	3,594	3,594	(3,594)		3,594	3,070				104.4	104.4	9.45	9.45
1936	35,468	3,973	3,973	(3,973)		3,973	3,443				112.0	112.0	10.07	10.07
1937	34,863	4,119	4,119	(4,119)		4,119	3,711				118.1	118.1	10.57	10.57
1938	36,386	4,431	4,431	(4,431)		4,431	4,190				121.8	121.8	10.86	10.86
1939	36,932
1940	37,493
1941	36,295
1942	36,370
1943	35,915
1944
1945	26,217
1946	30,544
1947	34,832
1948	35,402
1949	35,671
1950	33,137
1951	32,764
1952	32,278
1953	30,986
1954	33,202		(1,000)
1955	32,968		(2,000)
1956	32,590		(11,000)
1957	33,714		(15,000)
1958	35,068		(24,000)
1959	35,028		(35,000)
1960	35,468		(54,000)							383
1961	35,993		(59,000)							401
1962	35,061		(61,000)							393
1963	33,843		(63,000)							365
1964	33,053		(67,000)							328
1965	31,212		(68,000)							331
1966	31,974		(68,000)							368
1967	32,232		(67,000)							272
1968	32,693		(66,000)							265
1969	32,915		(65,000)							249
1970	34,333		(66,000)							233
1971	35,239	66,122	66,122	(66,122)		66,122				191	1,876.4	1,876.4	65.23	65.23
1972	35,007	65,223	65,223	(65,223)		65,223				192	1,863.1	1,863.1	65.07	65.07
1973	34,008	64,117	64,117	(64,117)		64,117				178	1,885.4	1,885.4	65.34	65.34
1974	34,920	62,451	62,451	(62,451)		62,451				191	1,788.4	1,788.4	64.14	64.14
1975	34,810	58,786	58,786	(58,786)		58,786				170	1,688.8	1,688.8	62.81	62.81	107.1
1976	34,644	57,692	57,692	(57,692)		57,692				214	1,665.3	1,665.3	62.48	62.48
1977	34,240	58,617	58,617	(58,617)		58,617				189	1,711.9	1,711.9	63.13	63.13
1978	34,258	59,565	59,565	(59,565)		59,565				185	1,738.7	1,738.7	63.49	63.49
1979	34,683	59,208	59,208	(59,208)		59,208				176	1,707.1	1,707.1	63.06	63.06
1980	35,534	59,909	59,909	(59,909)		59,909				201	1,686.0	1,686.0	62.77	62.77	107.0
1981	35,732	59,067	59,067	(59,067)		59,067				205	1,653.1	1,653.1	62.31	62.31
1982	37,477	59,190	59,190	(59,190)		59,190				175	1,579.4	1,579.4	61.23	61.23	106.4
1983	40,572	57,426	57,426	(57,426)		57,426				196	1,415.4	1,415.4	58.60	58.60
1984	40,847	58,708	58,708	(58,708)		58,708				231	1,437.3	1,437.3	58.97	58.97	106.2
1985	39,751	57,873	57,873	(57,873)		57,873				206	1,455.9	1,455.9	59.28	59.28
1986	41,960	59,388	59,388	(59,388)		59,388				257	1,415.3	1,415.3	58.60	58.60	98.5
1987	42,135	56,900	56,900	(56,900)		56,900				230	1,350.4	1,350.4	57.45	57.45
1988	41,275	54,866	54,866	(54,866)		54,866				230	1,329.3	1,329.3	57.07	57.07	90.2
1989	38,922	53,169	53,169	(53,169)		53,169				241	1,366.0	1,366.0	57.74	57.74		111.13
1990	37,918	48,995	48,995	(48,995)		48,995		48,995	9,953	226	1,292.1	1,292.1	56.37	56.37	76.9	103.43
1991	34,633	38,837	38,837	(38,837)		38,837		44,900	6,100	315	1,121.4	1,121.4	52.86	52.86	64.7	82.65
1992	31,569	34,325	34,325	(34,325)		34,325		40,500	6,200	340	1,087.3	1,087.3	52.09	52.09	59.7	74.52
1993	26,759	31,352	31,352	(31,352)		31,352		37,300	5,900	276	1,171.6	1,171.6	53.95	53.95	55.2	69.87
1994	24,256	26,795	26,795	(26,795)		26,795		32,500	5,700	244	1,104.7	1,104.7	52.49	52.49	47.9	60.71
1995	21,595	25,933	25,933	(25,933)		25,933		31,300	5,400	194	1,200.9	1,200.9	54.56	54.56	46.7	59.63
1996	19,782	24,227	24,227	(24,227)	1	24,228		29,700	5,500	187	1,224.7	1,224.7	55.05	55.05	44.1	56.26
1997	18,830	21,768	21,768	(21,768)	1	21,769		27,200	5,400	169	1,156.1	1,156.0	53.62	53.62	36.5	51.01
1998	18,410	19,964	19,964	(19,964)	2	19,966		25,100	5,100	179	1,084.5	1,084.4	52.03	52.02	33.6	47.12
1999	19,396	18,031	18,031	(18,031)	2	18,033		23,000	5,000	161	929.7	929.6	48.18	48.18	30.4	42.73
2000	20,216	17,240	17,240	(17,240)		17,240		22,200	5,000	156	852.8	852.8	46.03	46.03	29.1	41.00
2001	19,605	15,647	15,647	(15,647)	1	15,648		20,300	4,700	138	798.2	798.1	44.39	44.39	26.6	37.40
2002	19,996	14,685	14,685	(14,685)		14,685		19,000	4,300	130	734.4	734.4	42.34	42.34	25.1	35.28
2003	20,984	14,508	14,508	(14,508)	1	14,509		18,973	4,465	129	691.4	691.4	40.88	40.88	29.0	35.06
2004	20,334	13,723	13,723	(13,723)	1	13,724		18,190	4,467	134	674.9	674.9	40.30	40.29	23.7	33.41
2005	21,497	12,785	12,785	(12,785)		12,785		17,338	4,553	128	594.7	594.7	37.29	37.29	22.4	31.45
2006	22,264	11,825	11,825	(11,825)	3	11,828		16,278	4,453	148	531.3	531.1	34.69	34.69	20.9	29.36
2007	23,099	11,814	11,814	(11,814)		11,814		16,290	4,476	121	511.5	511.5	33.84	33.84	21.2	29.70
2008	23,948	10,425	10,425	10,425		10,425		14,941	4,516	144	435.3	435.3	30.33	30.33	19.1	26.69
2009	21,679	8,881	8,881	8,881		8,881		12,435	3,554	128	409.7	409.7	29.06	29.06	16.8	23.50
2010	19,781	7,443	7,443	7,443	1	7,444		10,820	3,377	109	376.3	376.3	27.34	27.34	14.6	20.53
2011	18,828	7,089	7,089	7,089	2	7,091		10,320	3,231	112	376.6	376.5	27.36	27.35	16.5	20.40
2012	19,897	6,197	6,197	6,197	4	6,201		9,231	3,034	105	311.7	311.5	23.76	23.75	14.8	18.49
2013	20,596	5,557	5,557	5,557	2	5,559		8,715	3,158	114	269.9	269.8	21.25	21.25	13.6	17.16
2014	21,746	5,318	5,318	5,318	3	5,321		8,550	3,232	83	244.7	244.6	19.66	19.65	12.0	16.94
2015	21,979	4,802	4,802	4,802	1	4,803		7,854	3,052	72	218.5	218.5	17.93	17.93	11.0	15.72
2016	21,968	4,366	4,366	4,366	2	4,368		7,370	3,004	88	198.8	198.7	16.59	16.58	10.0	14.71
2017	20,828	3,917	3,917	3,917	5	3,922		6,599	2,680	70	188.3	188.1	15.85	15.83	9.3	13.55
2018	19,314	3,636	3,636	3,636	4	3,640		6,098	2,462	72	188.5	188.3	15.86	15.84	8.8	12.86
2019	18,786	3,367	3,367	3,367	2	3,369		5,784	2,417	59	179.3	179.2	15.21	15.20	8.3	12.14
2020	17,552	2,848	2,848	2,848	1	2,849		5,167	2,319	94	162.3	162.3	13.97	13.96	7.2	10.43
2021	17,420	2,698	2,698	2,698		2,698		4,907	2,209	86	154.9	154.9	13.41	13.41	6.9	10.02
2022	15,954	2,793	2,793	2,793		2,793		5,009	2,216	58	175.1	175.1	14.90	14.90	7.0	10.10
2023	14,490	2,700	2,700	2,700		2,700		4,611	1,911	45	186.3	186.3	15.71	15.71		9.52
2024	12,887	2,434	2,434	2,434		2,434		4,158	1,724		188.9	188.9	15.89	15.89		8.70
2025	11,637		(2,300)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	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	abortions, illegal	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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