Historical abortion statistics, Moldova

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Historical abortion statistics, Moldova

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.

Moldova 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	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	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)
1940	(66,000)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945	42,795
1946	64,462
1947	57,555
1948	73,123
1949	94,180
1950	91,137
1951	91,645
1952	80,918
1953	79,041
1954	83,607
1955	79,772		(6,000)
1956	81,372		(13,000)
1957	85,743		(22,000)
1958	87,502		(33,000)
1959	92,176		48,000
1960	87,910	60,687	60,687	(60,687)		60,687		473	690.3	690.3	40.84	40.84
1961	86,683		(68,100)
1962	80,494		(71,800)
1963	78,422		(79,300)
1964	73,583		(84,400)
1965	67,996	88,604	88,604	(88,604)		88,604		520	1,303.1	1,303.1	56.58	56.58
1966	71,406		(92,000)
1967	71,380		(91,000)
1968	69,997		(88,300)
1969	67,575		(84,300)
1970	69,778	86,093	86,093	(86,093)		86,093		549	1,233.8	1,233.8	55.23	55.23
1971	73,643	86,959	86,959	(86,959)		86,959		648	1,180.8	1,180.8	54.15	54.15
1972	76,198	88,649	88,649	(88,649)		88,649		807	1,163.4	1,163.4	53.78	53.78
1973	76,339	91,450	91,450	(91,450)		91,450		1,042	1,197.9	1,197.9	54.50	54.50
1974	77,474	92,018	92,018	(92,018)		92,018		1,048	1,187.7	1,187.7	54.29	54.29
1975	79,169	93,394	93,394	(93,394)		93,394		1,098	1,179.7	1,179.7	54.12	54.12	102.7
1976	79,863	97,619	97,619	(97,619)		97,619		1,049	1,222.3	1,222.3	55.00	55.00
1977	79,022	105,808	105,808	(105,808)		105,808		1,076	1,339.0	1,339.0	57.25	57.25
1978	78,994	103,263	103,263	(103,263)		103,263		940	1,307.2	1,307.2	56.66	56.66
1979	80,152	100,484	100,484	(100,484)		100,484		902	1,253.7	1,253.7	55.63	55.63
1980	79,580	96,283	96,283	(96,283)		96,283		863	1,209.9	1,209.9	54.75	54.75	101.2
1981	82,279	92,432	92,432	(90,900)		90,900		814	1,104.8	1,123.4	52.49	52.91
1982	83,258	94,461	94,461	(92,550)		92,550		880	1,111.6	1,134.6	52.64	53.15	98.8
1983	89,637	94,840	94,840	(92,720)		92,720		859	1,034.4	1,058.0	50.85	51.41
1984	88,055	90,398	90,398	(87,616)		87,616		889	995.0	1,026.6	49.88	50.66	94.1
1985	90,453	102,703	102,703	(102,661)		102,661		794	1,135.0	1,135.4	53.16	53.17
1986	94,726	110,011	110,011	(110,011)		110,011		813	1,161.4	1,161.4	53.73	53.73	113.5
1987	91,762	112,426	112,426	(112,426)		112,426		868	1,225.2	1,225.2	55.06	55.06
1988	88,568	102,747	102,747	(95,075)		95,075		822	1,073.5	1,160.1	51.77	53.71	104.7
1989	82,221	90,860	90,860	(90,860)		90,860		641	1,105.1	1,105.1	52.50	52.50	82.8	104.78
1990	77,085	81,931	81,931	(81,931)		81,931		618	1,062.9	1,062.9	51.52	51.52	82.7	95.23
1991	72,020	73,454	73,454	(73,454)		73,454		1,084	1,019.9	1,019.9	50.49	50.49	66.7	85.92
1992	69,654	71,430	71,430	(71,430)		71,430		1,056	1,025.5	1,025.5	50.63	50.63	65.0	83.99
1993	66,179	64,178	64,178	(64,178)		64,178		947	969.8	969.8	49.23	49.23	58.1	75.80
1994	62,085	58,777	58,777	(58,777)		58,777		925	946.7	946.7	48.63	48.63	52.6	69.74
1995	56,411	57,181	57,181	(57,181)		57,181		708	1,013.6	1,013.6	50.34	50.34	50.5	68.13
1996	51,865	46,010	46,010	(46,010)		46,010		702	887.1	887.1	47.01	47.01	40.1	55.03
1997	45,583	38,258	38,258	(38,258)		38,258		540	839.3	839.3	45.63	45.63	35.8	46.20
1998	41,332	33,229	33,229	(33,229)		33,229		481	804.0	804.0	44.57	44.57	33.6	40.66
1999	38,501	27,908	27,908	(27,908)		27,908		453	724.9	724.9	42.02	42.02	28.0	34.58
2000	36,939	26,035	26,035	(26,035)		26,035	1,194	397	704.8	704.8	41.34	41.34	26.0	32.66
2001	36,448	16,028	16,028	(16,028)		16,028	1,009	428	439.7	439.7	30.54	30.54	15.9	20.30
2002	35,705	15,739	15,739	(15,739)		15,739	225	427	440.8	440.8	30.59	30.59	15.6	20.07
2003	36,471	17,551	17,551	(17,551)		17,551	203	352	481.2	481.2	32.49	32.49	17.2	22.52
2004	38,272	17,965	17,965	(17,965)		17,965	4,552	379	469.4	469.4	31.95	31.95	17.6	23.19
2005	37,695	16,642	16,642	(16,642)		16,642	4,112	339	441.5	441.5	30.63	30.63	16.3	21.47
2006	37,587	15,752	15,742	(15,752)		15,752		321	419.1	419.1	29.53	29.53	15.5	20.17
2007	37,973	15,843	15,843	(15,843)		15,843	4,011	286	417.2	417.2	29.44	29.44	15.8	20.20
2008	39,018	16,056	16,056	(16,056)		16,056	3,576	299	411.5	411.5	29.15	29.15	12.3	20.38
2009	40,803	14,751	14,751	(14,751)		14,751		283	361.5	361.5	26.55	26.55	14.7	18.63
2010	40,474	14,794	14,794	(14,794)		14,794		292	365.5	365.5	26.77	26.77	15.0	18.63
2011	39,182	15,732	15,732	(15,732)		15,732		279	401.5	401.5	28.65	28.65	18.6	19.83
2012	39,435	14,838	14,838	(14,838)		14,838		267	376.3	376.3	27.34	27.34	17.6	18.79
2013	37,871	14,511	14,511	(14,511)		14,511	3,701	271	383.2	383.2	27.70	27.70	17.3	18.49
2014	40,709	13,930	13,930	(13,930)		13,930	3,447	242	342.2	342.2	25.49	25.49	20	18.04
2015	40,547	14,059	14,059	(14,059)		14,059	3,300	239	346.7	346.7	25.75	25.75	20	18.67
2016	39,640	13,285	13,285	(13,285)		13,285	3,111	244	335.1	335.1	25.10	25.10	20	18.17
2017	36,363	12,025	12,025	(12,025)		12,025	3,223	224	330.7	330.7	24.85	24.85	18	17.00
2018	34,537	10,830	10,830	(10,830)		10,830	2,830	221	313.6	313.6	23.87	23.87	17	15.83
2019	32,423	10,889	10,889	(10,889)		10,889	2,791	202	335.8	335.8	25.14	25.14	18	16.44
2020	30,834	8,294	8,294	(8,294)		8,294	2,317	214	269.0	269.0	21.20	21.20	14	12.84
2021	29,320	8,573	8,573	(8,573)		8,573	2,456	224	292.4	292.4	22.62	22.62	14	13.50
2022	27,018	7,896	7,896	(7,896)		7,896	2,119	176	292.2	292.2	22.62	22.62	14	12.22
2023	24,123	7,298	7,298	(7,298)		7,298	2,369	154	302.5	302.5	23.23	23.23		11.15
2024	23,648	6,539	6,539	(6,539)		6,539			276.5	276.5	21.66	21.66		10.21
2025	24,123		(6,000)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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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