Historical abortion statistics, Slovakia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Slovakia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 May 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.

Slovakia 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)
1947	87,659
1948	91,189
1949	91,053
1950	99,721		(60)
1951	100,663		(120)
1952	100,824		(180)
1953	99,124	(235)	(235)	(235)		235				2.4	2.4	0.24	0.24
1954	98,310	(530)	(530)	(530)		530				5.4	5.4	0.54	0.54
1955	99,305	(310)	(310)	(310)		310				3.1	3.1	0.31	0.31
1956	99,467	(697)	(697)	(697)		697				7.0	7.0	0.70	0.70
1957	97,311	(1,558)	(1,558)	(1,558)		1,558				16.0	16.0	1.58	1.58
1958	93,272	17,300	17,300	(17,300)		17,300				185.5	185.5	15.65	15.65
1959	87,991	20,100	20,100	(20,100)		20,100				228.4	228.4	18.60	18.60
1960	88,412	21,800	21,800	(21,800)		21,800			971	246.6	246.6	19.78	19.78
1961	87,359	24,244	24,244	(24,244)		24,244			994	277.5	277.5	21.72	21.72
1962	83,899	23,784	23,784	(23,784)		23,784			893	283.5	283.5	22.09	22.09
1963	87,158	19,135	19,135	(19,135)		19,135			872	219.5	219.5	18.00	18.00
1964	86,878	19,213	19,213	(19,213)		19,213			842	221.1	221.1	18.11	18.11
1965	84,257	21,066	21,066	(21,066)		21,066			789	250.0	250.0	20.00	20.00
1966	81,453	24,463	24,463	(24,463)		24,463			770	300.3	300.3	23.10	23.10
1967	77,537	26,598	26,598	(26,598)		26,598			724	343.0	343.0	25.54	25.54
1968	76,370	27,411	27,411	(27,411)		27,411			647	358.9	358.9	26.41	26.41
1969	79,769	28,631	28,631	(28,631)		28,631			643	358.9	358.9	26.41	26.41
1970	80,666	27,874	27,874	(27,874)		27,874			665	345.5	345.5	25.68	25.68
1971	83,062	28,631	28,631	(28,631)		28,631			701	344.7	344.7	25.63	25.63
1972	87,794	26,240	26,240	(26,240)		26,240			667	298.9	298.9	23.01	23.01
1973	92,953	25,364	25,364	(25,364)		25,364			683	272.9	272.9	21.44	21.44
1974	97,585	26,112	26,112	(26,112)		26,112			707	267.6	267.6	21.11	21.11
1975	97,649	26,174	26,174	(26,174)		26,174			723	268.0	268.0	21.14	21.14	24.8
1976	99,814	27,716	27,716	(27,716)		27,716			714	277.7	277.7	21.73	21.73
1977	99,533	27,907	27,907	(27,907)		27,907			724	280.4	280.4	21.90	21.90
1978	100,193	28,677	28,677	(28,677)		28,677			699	286.2	286.2	22.25	22.25
1979	100,240	29,997	29,997	(29,997)		29,997			649	299.3	299.3	23.03	23.03
1980	95,100	31,270	31,270	(31,270)		31,270	40,691	9,421	620	328.8	328.8	24.74	24.74	28.7
1981	93,290	31,974	31,974	(31,974)		31,974	41,387	9,413	572	342.7	342.7	25.53	25.53
1982	92,618	33,131	33,131	(33,131)		33,131	42,532	9,401	574	357.7	357.7	26.35	26.35	29.9
1983	92,053	33,661	33,661	(33,661)		33,661	43,071	9,410	475	365.7	365.7	26.78	26.78
1984	90,843	34,297	34,297	(34,297)		34,297	43,594	9,297	502	377.5	377.5	27.41	27.41	30.5
1985	90,155	36,322	36,322	(36,322)		36,322	45,594	9,311	490	402.9	402.9	28.72	28.72	28.8
1986	87,138	40,656	40,656	(40,656)		40,656	50,124	9,468	503	466.6	466.6	31.81	31.81	35.6
1987	84,006	49,696	49,696	(49,696)		49,696	58,081	8,385	416	591.6	591.6	37.17	37.17
1988	83,242	51,000	51,000	(51,000)		51,000	59,352	8,352	417	612.7	612.7	37.99	37.99	43.1
1989	80,116	48,602	48,602	(48,602)		48,602	56,307	7,705	366	606.6	606.6	37.76	37.76	42.9
1990	79,989	48,437	48,437	(48,437)		48,437	56,176	7,739	401	605.5	605.5	37.72	37.72	42.4	48.15
1991	78,569	45,919	45,919	(45,919)		45,919	53,141	7,222	379	584.4	584.4	36.89	36.89	39.7	45.48
1992	74,640	42,631	42,631	(42,631)		42,631	49,530	6,899	357	571.2	571.2	36.35	36.35	36.5	42.11
1993	73,256	38,852	38,852	(38,852)		38,852	45,552	6,700	327	530.4	530.4	34.66	34.66	33.2	38.21
1994	66,370	35,410	35,410	(35,410)		35,410	41,264	6,381	274	533.5	533.5	34.79	34.79	29.7	34.63
1995	61,427	30,154	30,154	(30,154)		30,154	35,879	6,470	241	490.9	490.9	32.93	32.93	25.5	29.38
1996	60,123	25,173	25,173	25,173		25,173	30,885	5,712	240	418.7	418.7	29.51	29.51	21.7	24.50
1997	59,111	22,318	22,318	22,318		22,318	27,798	5,480	245	377.6	377.6	27.41	27.41	19.4	21.70
1998	57,582	21,109	21,109	21,109		21,109	26,658	5,549	281	366.6	366.6	26.83	26.83	18.5	20.48
1999	56,223	19,949	19,949	19,949		19,949	25,557	5,608	259	354.8	354.8	26.19	26.19	17.7	19.29
2000	55,103	18,468	18,468	18,468		18,468	23,593	5,125	215	335.2	335.2	25.10	25.10	16.3	17.79
2001	51,136	18,026	18,026	18,026		18,026	22,792	4,766	207	352.5	352.5	26.06	26.06	15.7	17.35
2002	50,841	17,382	17,382	17,382		17,382	22,141	4,759	194	341.9	341.9	25.48	25.48	15.3	16.74
2003	51,713	16,222	16,222	16,222		16,222	21,159	4,937	217	313.7	313.7	23.88	23.88	14.7	15.62
2004	53,747	15,307	15,307	15,307		15,307	20,075	4,768	211	284.8	284.8	22.17	22.17	13.9	14.74
2005	54,430	14,427	14,427	14,427		14,427	19,332	4,905	195	265.1	265.1	20.95	20.95	13.5	13.90
2006	53,904	14,243	14,243	14,243		14,243	19,054	4,811	218	264.2	264.2	20.90	20.90	13.3	13.70
2007	54,424	13,424	13,424	13,424		13,424	18,318	4,894	207	246.7	246.7	19.79	19.79	12.9	12.92
2008	57,360	13,394	13,394	13,394		13,394	18,452	5,058	226	233.5	233.5	18.93	18.93	9.4	12.94
2009	61,217	13,240	13,240	13,240		13,240	17,935	4,695	228	216.3	216.3	17.78	17.78	9.4	12.88
2010	60,410	12,582	12,582	12,582		12,582	17,218	4,636	189	208.3	208.3	17.24	17.24	9.0	12.39
2011	60,813	11,789	11,789	11,789	3	11,792	16,872	5,083	190	193.9	193.9	16.24	16.24	9.7	11.79
2012	55,535	11,214	11,214	11,214		11,214	16,377	5,163	180	201.9	201.9	16.80	16.80	9.3	11.37
2013	54,823	11,105	11,105	11,105	4	11,109	16,347	5,242	163	202.6	202.6	16.85	16.84	9.2	11.43
2014	55,033	10,582	10,582	10,582	3	10,585	15,615	5,033	166	192.3	192.3	16.13	16.13		11.08
2015	55,602	10,058	10,058	10,058		10,058			184	180.9	180.9	15.32	15.32		10.74
2016	57,557	9,390	9,390	9,390		9,390			160	163.1	163.1	14.03	14.03		10.24
2017	57,969	9,083	10,082	9,083		9,083			159	156.7	156.7	13.55	13.55		11.22
2018	57,639	9,039	9,039	9,039		9,039	13,924	4,885	169	156.8	156.8	13.56	13.56		10.29
2019	57,054	6,682	6,682	6,682		6,682			162	117.1	117.1	10.48	10.48		7.77
2020	56,650	6,180	5,460	6,180		6,180			180	109.1	109.1	9.84	9.84		6.48
2021	56,565	5,552	5,552	5,552		5,552	11,719	6,167	189	98.2	98.2	8.94	8.94		6.71
2022	52,668	5,891	5,891	5,891		5,891			182	111.9	111.9	10.06	10.06		6.98
2023	48,627	5,910	5,910	5,910		5,910			158	121.5	121.5	10.84	10.84		6.89
2024	46,241	5,518	5,518	5,518		5,518				119.3	119.3	10.66	10.66		6.56
2025	42,019	5,290	5,290	5,290		5,290	9,797	4,507	152	125.9	125.9	11.18	11.18
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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