Historical abortion statistics, Mexico

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Mexico

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.
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 15-44.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Mexico 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, occurrences (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, occurrences (AWR)
1948	1,090,867
1949	1,123,358
1950	1,174,947
1951	1,183,788
1952	1,195,209
1953	1,261,775
1954	1,339,837
1955	1,377,917
1956	1,427,722
1957	1,485,202
1958	1,447,578
1959	1,589,606
1960	1,608,174
1961	1,647,006
1962	1,705,481
1963	1,756,624
1964	1,849,408
1965	1,888,171
1966	1,954,340
1967	1,981,363
1968	2,058,251
1969	2,037,561
1970	2,132,630
1971	2,231,399
1972	2,346,002
1973	2,572,287
1974	2,522,580
1975	2,254,497
1976	2,366,305
1977	2,379,377							40,876
1978	2,346,862							34,694
1979	2,274,267							34,708
1980	2,446,238				3,130	3,130		32,464	1.28		0.13		0.22
1981	2,530,662				5,600	5,600		31,583	2.21		0.22		0.38
1982	2,392,849				2,000	2,000		28,792	0.84		0.08		0.13
1983	2,609,088
1984	2,511,894
1985	2,655,571
1986	2,577,045
1987	2,794,390							21,976
1988	2,622,031							19,033
1989	2,620,262							20,196
1990	2,735,312							21,349
1991	2,756,447							21,088
1992	2,797,397				(2,000)	2,000		20,863	0.71		0.07		0.10
1993	2,839,686				(2,300)	2,300		20,280	0.81		0.08		0.11
1994	2,922,369				(2,400)	2,400		19,914	0.82		0.08		0.11
1995	2,750,444	463	463	(463)	(1,900)	2,363		19,151	0.86	0.17	0.09	0.02	0.10	0.02
1996	2,707,718	2,724	2,724	(2,724)	(1,200)	3,924		18,025	1.45	1.01	0.14	0.10	0.17	0.13
1997	2,698,425	2,938	2,938	(2,938)	(2,000)	4,938		17,435	1.83	1.09	0.18	0.11	0.21	0.14
1998	2,668,428	3,189	3,189	(3,189)	(2,100)	5,289		17,700	1.98	1.20	0.20	0.12	0.22	0.15
1999	2,769,089	3,486	3,486	(3,486)	(1,400)	4,886		16,916	1.76	1.26	0.18	0.13	0.20	0.16
2000	2,798,339	3,281	3,281	(3,281)	(2,000)	5,283		16,487	1.89	1.17	0.19	0.12	0.21	0.15
2001	2,767,610	3,120	3,120	(3,120)	(2,600)	5,720		15,270	2.07	1.13	0.21	0.11	0.23	0.14
2002	2,699,084	3,223	3,223	(3,223)	(2,600)	5,823		14,965	2.16	1.19	0.22	0.12	0.23	0.15
2003	2,655,894	3,486	3,486	(3,486)	(1,400)	4,886		14,508	1.84	1.31	0.18	0.13	0.19	0.16
2004	2,625,056	752	752	(752)	(1,000)	1,752		14,090	0.67	0.29	0.07	0.03	0.07	0.03
2005	2,567,906	735	735	(735)	(1,000)	1,735		13,633	0.68	0.29	0.07	0.03	0.07	0.03
2006	2,151,204	799	799	(799)		799		12,812	0.37	0.37	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03
2007	2,186,374	4,799	4,799	4,792	1,124	5,916	80	12,325	2.71	2.19	0.27	0.22	0.22	0.20
2008	2,243,145	13,404	13,404	13,396	976	14,372	402	11,929	6.41	5.98	0.64	0.59	0.52	0.56
2009	2,252,786	16,475	16,475	16,471	666	17,137	474	11,459	7.61	7.31	0.75	0.73	0.60	0.68
2010	2,643,908	16,945	16,945	16,935	481	17,416	664	11,188	6.59	6.41	0.65	0.64	0.60	0.69
2011	2,586,287	20,319	20,319	20,312	525	20,837	737	11,096	8.06	7.86	0.80	0.78	0.71	0.81
2012	2,498,880	20,485	20,485	20,476	510	20,986		10,442	8.40	8.20	0.83	0.81	0.71	0.81
2013	2,478,889	20,765	20,765	20,750	403	21,153		9,911	8.53	8.38	0.85	0.83	0.70	0.81
2014	2,463,420	20,559	20,559	20,545	191	20,736		9,755	8.42	8.35	0.83	0.83	0.68	0.80
2015	2,353,596	18,942	18,942	18,848	256	19,104		9,685	8.12	8.05	0.81	0.80	0.62	0.73
2016	2,293,708	18,163	18,163	18,158		18,158		9,068	7.92	7.92	0.79	0.79	0.59	0.70
2017	2,234,039	17,595	17,595	17,590		17,590		8,968	7.87	7.88	0.78	0.78	0.56	0.68
2018	2,162,535	17,303	17,303	17,259		17,259		8,255	7.98	8.00	0.79	0.79	0.55	0.66
2019	2,092,214	15,180	15,180	15,180	4	15,184		9,311	7.26	7.26	0.72	0.72		0.58
2020	1,673,607	11,271	11,271	11,269		11,269		9,573	6.73	6.73	0.67	0.67		0.43
2021	1,912,178	12,307	12,307	12,307		12,307		9,072	6.44	6.44	0.64	0.64		0.47
2022	2,087,096	12,884	12,884	12,883		12,883		8,869	6.17	6.17	0.61	0.61		0.49
2023	2,065,728	13,692	13,692	13,692		13,692		8,291	6.63	6.63	0.66	0.66		0.52
2024	2,043,204	13,054	13,054	12,998		12,998			6.36	6.39	0.63	0.63		0.49
2025		6,875	(13,000)	6,811		6,811
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, occurrences (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, 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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