Bosnia and Herzegovina abortion percentages by region, 2001-2023

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 September 2025

Abortion ratios for Bosnia and Herzegovina regions, 2001-2023

region 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 region

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA 79.3 191.6 189.2 179.0 144.1 188.9 216.1 253.6 240.1 227.9 244.7 222.5 233.7 204.5 217.3 209.9 203.4 189.7 184.1 173.5 164.1 172.8 176.4 REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

Banja Luka 274.5 279.5 300.2 276.4 259.9 262.3 229.8 245.6 213.1 222.6 241.3 237.6 206.5 220.2 220.0 223.0 214.3 211.2 Banja Luka

Bijeljina 173.3 191.6 163.4 167.2 167.9 181.9 164.7 116.1 157.1 116.6 119.2 106.8 119.4 98.1 61.0 56.5 48.9 51.3 Bijeljina

Doboj 107.9 247.8 369.0 382.4 316.9 360.9 362.9 367.8 274.4 317.4 247.7 229.4 229.6 213.6 252.5 154.6 191.7 241.9 Doboj

Istocno Sarajevo 87.3 88.7 74.7 59.4 77.4 119.6 88.5 120.9 148.1 132.9 115.3 91.5 97.3 63.8 40.7 57.3 69.7 139.1 Istocno Sarajevo

Foca 45.3 13.3 71.2 39.9 93.1 124.1 139.2 141.2 96.9 144.0 73.0 119.5 164.6 173.4 118.4 150.2 108.8 147.4 Foca

Trebinje 53.8 105.7 170.8 124.8 161.6 173.6 224.4 271.8 224.2 317.2 295.7 271.8 222.0 167.7 107.9 64.9 189.4 71.3 Trebinje

Zvornik 78.3 64.3 80.4 102.3 111.8 144.4 88.4 138.1 143.1 143.1 140.5 133.0 131.6 109.5 97.5 80.3 127.7 96.9 Zvornik

BRCKO DISTRICT 6.7 1.3 BRCKO DISTRICT

FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 50.0 94.6 72.2 65.3 57.3 48.1 46.4 41.8 35.7 43.3 32.4 23.8 25.5 75.0 72.7 90.0 83.1 80.4 81.0 FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Posavina 95.1 75.5 10.8 321.7 Posavina

Tusla 45.6 27.3 23.6 26.2 27.2 28.2 31.2 23.6 25.7 16.7 17.7 16.9 241.6 215.7 199.4 168.5 132.6 124.0 Tusla

Zenica-Doboj 267.9 193.4 195.8 155.2 131.2 124.1 98.4 82.7 91.7 74.0 54.4 54.3 84.0 85.4 68.6 66.3 51.3 52.7 Zenica-Doboj

Bosnian Podrinje 41.5 87.5 161.8 182.4 184.2 Bosnian Podrinje

Sarajevo 137.1 103.8 86.6 79.2 57.2 53.1 42.4 35.9 35.7 25.8 5.4 2.2 19.8 27.6 74.4 57.3 60.6 68.0 Sarajevo

Central Bosnia 15.4 6.5 3.5 14.0 10.2 14.3 17.8 22.6 20.7 12.4 12.2 7.1 149.8 169.9 227.5 242.2 Central Bosnia

Herzegovina-Neretva 58.6 83.2 44.7 27.1 16.0 11.0 18.2 15.5 19.7 14.8 7.9 24.1 30.6 32.6 33.2 33.3 Herzegovina-Neretva

West Herzegovina 54.0 53.4 60.8 34.6 36.0 21.5 9.1 17.6 14.5 6.1 5.4 2.7 1.3 2.5 West Herzegovina

Canton 10/Livno 2.2 6.8 2.3 Canton 10/Livno

Una-Sana 12.1 10.8 13.7 13.4 17.9 31.1 38.5 32.2 84.9 68.2 65.4 63.0 59.3 70.4 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.1 Una-Sana

TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 58.7 64.6 57.5 56.2 107.2 105.6 109.3 114.6 105.7 100.6 102.6 92.1 101.5 84.1 83.3 83.6 111.9 106.7 116.9 109.0 105.9 107.8 TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abortion percentages for Bosnia and Herzegovina regions, 2001-2023

region 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 region

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA 7.34 16.08 15.91 15.18 12.59 15.89 17.77 20.23 19.36 18.56 19.66 18.20 18.94 16.98 17.85 17.35 16.90 15.94 15.54 14.78 14.10 14.73 15.00 REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

Banja Luka 21.54 21.84 23.09 21.66 20.63 20.78 18.68 19.72 17.57 18.21 19.44 19.20 17.12 18.04 18.03 18.24 17.65 17.44 Banja Luka

Bijeljina 14.77 16.08 14.05 14.33 14.37 15.39 14.14 10.40 13.58 10.44 10.65 9.65 10.67 8.93 5.75 5.35 4.66 4.88 Bijeljina

Doboj 9.74 19.86 26.95 27.66 24.07 26.52 26.63 26.89 21.53 24.09 19.86 18.66 18.67 17.60 20.16 13.39 16.09 19.48 Doboj

Istocno Sarajevo 8.03 8.14 6.95 5.61 7.18 10.68 8.13 10.78 12.90 11.73 10.34 8.38 8.87 6.00 3.91 5.42 6.51 12.21 Istocno Sarajevo

Foca 4.34 1.32 6.65 3.84 8.52 11.04 12.22 12.37 8.83 12.59 6.81 10.67 14.14 14.78 10.59 13.06 9.82 12.85 Foca

Trebinje 5.11 9.56 14.59 11.10 13.91 14.79 18.33 21.37 18.32 24.08 22.82 21.37 18.17 14.36 9.74 6.09 15.92 6.65 Trebinje

Zvornik 7.26 6.04 7.44 9.28 10.05 12.62 8.13 12.14 12.52 12.52 12.32 11.74 11.63 9.87 8.88 7.43 11.32 8.84 Zvornik

BRCKO DISTRICT 0.66 0.13 BRCKO DISTRICT

FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 4.76 8.64 6.74 6.13 5.42 4.59 4.44 4.01 3.45 4.15 3.14 2.33 2.49 6.98 6.78 8.25 7.68 7.44 7.50 FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Posavina 8.68 7.02 1.07 24.34 Posavina

Tusla 4.36 2.66 2.31 2.56 2.64 2.74 3.03 2.30 2.51 1.64 1.74 1.66 19.46 17.74 16.62 14.42 11.71 11.03 Tusla

Zenica-Doboj 21.13 16.21 16.38 13.43 11.59 11.04 8.96 7.64 8.40 6.89 5.16 5.15 7.75 7.87 6.42 6.22 4.88 5.00 Zenica-Doboj

Bosnian Podrinje 3.98 8.05 13.93 15.43 15.56 Bosnian Podrinje

Sarajevo 12.06 9.41 7.97 7.34 5.41 5.05 4.06 3.46 3.45 2.52 0.54 0.21 1.94 2.69 6.93 5.42 5.71 6.37 Sarajevo

Central Bosnia 1.51 0.65 0.34 1.38 1.01 1.41 1.75 2.21 2.03 1.23 1.21 0.71 13.03 14.52 18.53 19.50 Central Bosnia

Herzegovina-Neretva 5.53 7.68 4.28 2.64 1.58 1.09 1.78 1.53 1.93 1.46 0.79 2.35 2.97 3.16 3.22 3.23 Herzegovina-Neretva

West Herzegovina 5.12 5.07 5.73 3.35 3.48 2.11 0.90 1.73 1.43 0.61 0.54 0.27 0.13 0.25 West Herzegovina

Canton 10/Livno 0.22 0.68 0.23 Canton 10/Livno

Una-Sana 1.20 1.06 1.35 1.32 1.76 3.01 3.70 3.12 7.83 6.39 6.14 5.93 5.60 6.58 0.17 0.19 0.22 0.21 Una-Sana

TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 5.55 6.07 5.43 5.32 9.69 9.55 9.85 10.28 9.56 9.14 9.30 8.43 9.22 7.76 7.69 7.72 10.06 9.64 10.47 9.83 9.58 9.73 TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Abortion ranks for Bosnia and Herzegovina regions, 2006-2023

region 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 region

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

Banja Luka 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 Banja Luka

Bijeljina 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 7 4 7 6 7 7 8 10 11 12 7 Bijeljina

Doboj 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 1 Doboj

Istocno Sarajevo 6 6 8 7 8 7 6 6 5 6 7 8 8 11 12 10 9 4 Istocno Sarajevo

Foca 12 13 9 9 7 6 5 4 7 4 8 6 5 4 6 5 8 3 Foca

Trebinje 10 5 3 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 5 7 8 4 6 Trebinje

Zvornik 8 8 6 6 6 5 7 5 6 5 5 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 Zvornik

BRCKO DISTRICT 13 16 BRCKO DISTRICT

FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Posavina 9 14 1 Posavina

Tusla 13 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 12 2 3 3 4 6 7 Tusla

Zenica-Doboj 2 3 5 4 5 8 8 8 8 9 10 9 10 10 9 12 11 Zenica-Doboj

Bosnian Podrinje 11 9 5 3 5 Bosnian Podrinje

Sarajevo 5 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 14 14 12 12 9 11 9 10 Sarajevo

Central Bosnia 15 15 13 14 13 13 12 12 13 11 13 6 3 1 1 Central Bosnia

Herzegovina-Neretva 7 10 11 13 14 12 14 13 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 Herzegovina-Neretva

West Herzegovina 11 9 10 10 12 14 13 14 14 13 14 15 14 West Herzegovina

Canton 10/Livno 15 15 15 Canton 10/Livno

Una-Sana 14 12 14 12 10 10 10 9 9 8 9 10 11 15 14 15 14 Una-Sana

region	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	region
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA																			REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Banja Luka	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	1	2	2	2	2	Banja Luka
Bijeljina	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	7	4	7	6	7	7	8	10	11	12	7	Bijeljina
Doboj	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	2	1	4	3	1	Doboj
Istocno Sarajevo	6	6	8	7	8	7	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	11	12	10	9	4	Istocno Sarajevo
Foca	12	13	9	9	7	6	5	4	7	4	8	6	5	4	6	5	8	3	Foca
Trebinje	10	5	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	5	7	8	4	6	Trebinje
Zvornik	8	8	6	6	6	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	7	6	5	Zvornik
BRCKO DISTRICT														13	16				BRCKO DISTRICT
FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA																			FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Posavina	9	14									1								Posavina
Tusla	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	2	3	3	4	6	7		Tusla
Zenica-Doboj	2	3	5	4	5	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	12	11		Zenica-Doboj
Bosnian Podrinje												11	9		5	3	5		Bosnian Podrinje
Sarajevo	5	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	14	14	12	12	9	11	9	10		Sarajevo
Central Bosnia	15	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	13			6	3	1	1		Central Bosnia
Herzegovina-Neretva	7	10	11	13	14	12	14	13	12	12	11			12	13	13	13		Herzegovina-Neretva
West Herzegovina	11	9	10	10	12	14	13	14	14	13				14	15	14			West Herzegovina
Canton 10/Livno			15	15					15										Canton 10/Livno
Una-Sana	14	12	14	12	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	11	15	14	15	14		Una-Sana

Sources (incomplete):

Institute for Public Health FB&H, 2025, "Zdravstveno statisticki godisnjaci Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine," Institute for Public Health FB&H, on line [https://www.zzjzfbih.ba/knjiznica/biblioteka/publikacije/statisticki-godisnjaci/].
Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska, 2025, "Zdrаvstvеnо stаnjе stаnоvnistvа," Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska, on line [https://www.phi.rs.ba/index.php?view=publikacije&id=publikacije].
Vukas, Delila Hasanbegovic, 2023, "Research on regulation, availability and practic of abortion in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Sarajevski Otvoreni Center, on line [https://soc.ba/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ENG-Istrazivanje-o-regulaciji-dostupnosti-i-praksi-abortusa-u-BIH-WEB-2023_9_21.pdf].

© 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 14 September 2025.
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region	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	region
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA	79.3	191.6	189.2	179.0	144.1	188.9	216.1	253.6	240.1	227.9	244.7	222.5	233.7	204.5	217.3	209.9	203.4	189.7	184.1	173.5	164.1	172.8	176.4	REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Banja Luka						274.5	279.5	300.2	276.4	259.9	262.3	229.8	245.6	213.1	222.6	241.3	237.6	206.5	220.2	220.0	223.0	214.3	211.2	Banja Luka
Bijeljina						173.3	191.6	163.4	167.2	167.9	181.9	164.7	116.1	157.1	116.6	119.2	106.8	119.4	98.1	61.0	56.5	48.9	51.3	Bijeljina
Doboj						107.9	247.8	369.0	382.4	316.9	360.9	362.9	367.8	274.4	317.4	247.7	229.4	229.6	213.6	252.5	154.6	191.7	241.9	Doboj
Istocno Sarajevo						87.3	88.7	74.7	59.4	77.4	119.6	88.5	120.9	148.1	132.9	115.3	91.5	97.3	63.8	40.7	57.3	69.7	139.1	Istocno Sarajevo
Foca						45.3	13.3	71.2	39.9	93.1	124.1	139.2	141.2	96.9	144.0	73.0	119.5	164.6	173.4	118.4	150.2	108.8	147.4	Foca
Trebinje						53.8	105.7	170.8	124.8	161.6	173.6	224.4	271.8	224.2	317.2	295.7	271.8	222.0	167.7	107.9	64.9	189.4	71.3	Trebinje
Zvornik						78.3	64.3	80.4	102.3	111.8	144.4	88.4	138.1	143.1	143.1	140.5	133.0	131.6	109.5	97.5	80.3	127.7	96.9	Zvornik
BRCKO DISTRICT																			6.7	1.3				BRCKO DISTRICT
FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	50.0				94.6	72.2	65.3	57.3	48.1	46.4	41.8	35.7	43.3	32.4	23.8	25.5	75.0	72.7	90.0	83.1	80.4	81.0		FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Posavina					95.1	75.5	10.8									321.7								Posavina
Tusla					45.6	27.3	23.6	26.2	27.2	28.2	31.2	23.6	25.7	16.7	17.7	16.9	241.6	215.7	199.4	168.5	132.6	124.0		Tusla
Zenica-Doboj					267.9	193.4	195.8	155.2	131.2	124.1	98.4	82.7	91.7	74.0	54.4	54.3	84.0	85.4	68.6	66.3	51.3	52.7		Zenica-Doboj
Bosnian Podrinje																	41.5	87.5		161.8	182.4	184.2		Bosnian Podrinje
Sarajevo					137.1	103.8	86.6	79.2	57.2	53.1	42.4	35.9	35.7	25.8	5.4	2.2	19.8	27.6	74.4	57.3	60.6	68.0		Sarajevo
Central Bosnia					15.4	6.5	3.5	14.0	10.2	14.3	17.8	22.6	20.7	12.4	12.2	7.1			149.8	169.9	227.5	242.2		Central Bosnia
Herzegovina-Neretva					58.6	83.2	44.7	27.1	16.0	11.0	18.2	15.5	19.7	14.8	7.9	24.1			30.6	32.6	33.2	33.3		Herzegovina-Neretva
West Herzegovina					54.0	53.4	60.8	34.6	36.0	21.5	9.1	17.6	14.5	6.1	5.4				2.7	1.3	2.5			West Herzegovina
Canton 10/Livno								2.2	6.8					2.3										Canton 10/Livno
Una-Sana					12.1	10.8	13.7	13.4	17.9	31.1	38.5	32.2	84.9	68.2	65.4	63.0	59.3	70.4	1.7	1.9	2.2	2.1		Una-Sana
TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	58.7	64.6	57.5	56.2	107.2	105.6	109.3	114.6	105.7	100.6	102.6	92.1	101.5	84.1	83.3	83.6	111.9	106.7	116.9	109.0	105.9	107.8		TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

region	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	region
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA	7.34	16.08	15.91	15.18	12.59	15.89	17.77	20.23	19.36	18.56	19.66	18.20	18.94	16.98	17.85	17.35	16.90	15.94	15.54	14.78	14.10	14.73	15.00	REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Banja Luka						21.54	21.84	23.09	21.66	20.63	20.78	18.68	19.72	17.57	18.21	19.44	19.20	17.12	18.04	18.03	18.24	17.65	17.44	Banja Luka
Bijeljina						14.77	16.08	14.05	14.33	14.37	15.39	14.14	10.40	13.58	10.44	10.65	9.65	10.67	8.93	5.75	5.35	4.66	4.88	Bijeljina
Doboj						9.74	19.86	26.95	27.66	24.07	26.52	26.63	26.89	21.53	24.09	19.86	18.66	18.67	17.60	20.16	13.39	16.09	19.48	Doboj
Istocno Sarajevo						8.03	8.14	6.95	5.61	7.18	10.68	8.13	10.78	12.90	11.73	10.34	8.38	8.87	6.00	3.91	5.42	6.51	12.21	Istocno Sarajevo
Foca						4.34	1.32	6.65	3.84	8.52	11.04	12.22	12.37	8.83	12.59	6.81	10.67	14.14	14.78	10.59	13.06	9.82	12.85	Foca
Trebinje						5.11	9.56	14.59	11.10	13.91	14.79	18.33	21.37	18.32	24.08	22.82	21.37	18.17	14.36	9.74	6.09	15.92	6.65	Trebinje
Zvornik						7.26	6.04	7.44	9.28	10.05	12.62	8.13	12.14	12.52	12.52	12.32	11.74	11.63	9.87	8.88	7.43	11.32	8.84	Zvornik
BRCKO DISTRICT																			0.66	0.13				BRCKO DISTRICT
FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	4.76				8.64	6.74	6.13	5.42	4.59	4.44	4.01	3.45	4.15	3.14	2.33	2.49	6.98	6.78	8.25	7.68	7.44	7.50		FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Posavina					8.68	7.02	1.07									24.34								Posavina
Tusla					4.36	2.66	2.31	2.56	2.64	2.74	3.03	2.30	2.51	1.64	1.74	1.66	19.46	17.74	16.62	14.42	11.71	11.03		Tusla
Zenica-Doboj					21.13	16.21	16.38	13.43	11.59	11.04	8.96	7.64	8.40	6.89	5.16	5.15	7.75	7.87	6.42	6.22	4.88	5.00		Zenica-Doboj
Bosnian Podrinje																	3.98	8.05		13.93	15.43	15.56		Bosnian Podrinje
Sarajevo					12.06	9.41	7.97	7.34	5.41	5.05	4.06	3.46	3.45	2.52	0.54	0.21	1.94	2.69	6.93	5.42	5.71	6.37		Sarajevo
Central Bosnia					1.51	0.65	0.34	1.38	1.01	1.41	1.75	2.21	2.03	1.23	1.21	0.71			13.03	14.52	18.53	19.50		Central Bosnia
Herzegovina-Neretva					5.53	7.68	4.28	2.64	1.58	1.09	1.78	1.53	1.93	1.46	0.79	2.35			2.97	3.16	3.22	3.23		Herzegovina-Neretva
West Herzegovina					5.12	5.07	5.73	3.35	3.48	2.11	0.90	1.73	1.43	0.61	0.54				0.27	0.13	0.25			West Herzegovina
Canton 10/Livno								0.22	0.68					0.23										Canton 10/Livno
Una-Sana					1.20	1.06	1.35	1.32	1.76	3.01	3.70	3.12	7.83	6.39	6.14	5.93	5.60	6.58	0.17	0.19	0.22	0.21		Una-Sana
TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	5.55	6.07	5.43	5.32	9.69	9.55	9.85	10.28	9.56	9.14	9.30	8.43	9.22	7.76	7.69	7.72	10.06	9.64	10.47	9.83	9.58	9.73		TOTAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA