Bulgaria abortion percentages by oblasts, 2006-2024

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 August 2025

Abortion ratios for Bulgaria oblasts, 2006-2024

oblast 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 oblast

Blagoevgrad 395.2 388.0 113.5 127.7 122.5 127.0 111.5 89.9 Blagoevgrad

Burgas 474.2 332.1 330.6 319.6 340.7 337.8 312.2 305.6 Burgas

Varna 279.9 277.0 206.1 178.7 189.8 224.4 240.1 245.0 Varna

Veliko Tarnovo 436.9 372.0 308.7 296.0 256.4 310.0 262.1 288.3 Veliko Tarnovo

Vidin 833.7 803.5 116.8 158.6 85.2 56.0 40.6 47.3 Vidin

Vratsa 533.5 427.2 128.3 100.4 122.4 117.4 103.6 98.9 Vratsa

Gabrovo 429.3 402.2 339.5 382.6 318.0 264.2 250.8 222.0 Gabrovo

Dobrich 944.7 887.4 731.6 660.1 644.2 682.1 630.6 679.8 Dobrich

Kardzhali 224.7 208.2 145.2 153.7 384.8 330.6 293.0 338.7 Kardzhali

Kyustendil 526.3 529.6 248.6 245.9 226.0 228.8 245.8 205.4 Kyustendil

Lovech 526.0 372.5 217.8 146.6 119.2 87.9 36.8 15.7 Lovech

Montana 311.0 222.3 35.3 23.8 15.7 2.2 6.7 10.3 Montana

Pazardzhik 827.0 787.0 455.4 414.0 444.3 468.1 421.4 425.6 Pazardzhik

Pernik 702.1 514.9 214.4 247.8 234.5 267.4 272.3 252.2 Pernik

Pleven 508.2 461.7 308.7 298.0 369.5 389.6 400.8 359.2 Pleven

Plovdiv 399.2 424.8 161.9 104.9 117.0 134.9 109.3 207.3 Plovdiv

Razgrad 417.5 349.0 139.3 154.4 88.8 62.2 40.9 82.6 Razgrad

Ruse 682.9 697.6 362.7 330.9 280.9 325.4 304.6 343.8 Ruse

Silistra 247.2 327.2 454.2 417.1 455.5 444.3 357.0 421.4 Silistra

Sliven 656.4 655.5 232.2 184.2 157.0 163.6 125.3 73.7 Sliven

Smolyan 425.0 526.2 134.7 93.5 160.1 228.2 123.1 75.2 Smolyan

Sofia city 435.0 405.4 157.0 173.4 167.7 176.0 154.8 167.4 Sofia city

Sofia 420.2 386.2 189.7 180.9 156.6 164.0 226.1 243.4 Sofia

Stara Zagora 607.9 580.8 343.6 287.8 304.1 379.5 299.4 333.9 Stara Zagora

Targovishte 848.1 775.0 492.2 454.0 444.0 365.8 335.0 291.8 Targovishte

Haskovo 344.9 492.6 325.5 350.3 257.4 220.0 220.8 241.3 Haskovo

Shumen 429.9 450.7 205.1 256.3 249.8 286.4 249.8 247.0 Shumen

Yambol 369.2 603.9 387.1 349.7 312.1 386.8 379.9 417.0 Yambol

BULGARIA TOTAL 503.8 459.9 470.9 416.7 417.8 447.7 433.9 443.2 416.4 421.3 406.4 379.8 376.8 241.2 224.8 223.7 236.4 216.9 229.9 BULGARIA TOTAL

Abortion percentages for Bulgaria oblasts, 2006-2007

oblast 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 oblast

Blagoevgrad 28.33 27.95 10.19 11.32 10.92 11.27 10.03 8.25 Blagoevgrad

Burgas 32.17 24.93 24.85 24.22 25.41 25.25 23.79 23.40 Burgas

Varna 21.87 21.69 17.09 15.16 15.95 18.33 19.36 19.68 Varna

Veliko Tarnovo 30.41 27.11 23.59 22.84 20.41 23.67 20.77 22.38 Veliko Tarnovo

Vidin 45.47 44.55 10.46 13.69 7.85 5.30 3.90 4.52 Vidin

Vratsa 34.79 29.93 11.37 9.13 10.90 10.51 9.38 9.00 Vratsa

Gabrovo 30.04 28.69 25.35 27.67 24.13 20.90 20.05 18.17 Gabrovo

Dobrich 48.58 47.02 42.25 39.76 39.18 40.55 38.67 40.47 Dobrich

Kardzhali 18.35 17.23 12.68 13.32 27.79 24.85 22.66 25.30 Kardzhali

Kyustendil 34.48 34.62 19.91 19.74 18.44 18.62 19.73 17.04 Kyustendil

Lovech 34.47 27.14 17.88 12.79 10.65 8.08 3.55 1.55 Lovech

Montana 23.72 18.19 3.41 2.33 1.55 0.22 0.67 1.02 Montana

Pazardzhik 45.27 44.04 31.29 29.28 30.76 31.88 29.65 29.86 Pazardzhik

Pernik 41.25 33.99 17.66 19.86 18.99 21.10 21.41 20.14 Pernik

Pleven 33.70 31.58 23.59 22.96 26.98 28.03 28.61 26.42 Pleven

Plovdiv 28.53 29.82 13.94 9.50 10.48 11.89 9.86 17.17 Plovdiv

Razgrad 29.45 25.87 12.22 13.38 8.15 5.85 3.93 7.63 Razgrad

Ruse 40.58 41.09 26.62 24.86 21.93 24.55 23.35 25.58 Ruse

Silistra 19.82 24.66 31.24 29.43 31.29 30.76 26.31 29.65 Silistra

Sliven 39.63 39.60 18.85 15.56 13.57 14.06 11.13 6.86 Sliven

Smolyan 29.82 34.48 11.87 8.55 13.80 18.58 10.96 6.99 Smolyan

Sofia city 30.31 28.84 13.57 14.78 14.36 14.97 13.40 14.34 Sofia city

Sofia 29.59 27.86 15.94 15.32 13.54 14.09 18.44 19.57 Sofia

Stara Zagora 37.81 36.74 25.57 22.35 23.32 27.51 23.04 25.03 Stara Zagora

Targovishte 45.89 43.66 32.99 31.22 30.75 26.78 25.09 22.59 Targovishte

Haskovo 25.65 33.00 24.56 25.94 20.47 18.04 18.09 19.44 Haskovo

Shumen 30.07 31.07 17.02 20.40 19.99 22.26 19.99 19.81 Shumen

Yambol 26.97 37.65 27.91 25.91 23.79 27.89 27.53 29.43 Yambol

BULGARIA TOTAL 33.50 31.50 32.01 29.41 29.47 30.92 30.26 30.71 29.40 29.64 28.90 27.52 27.37 19.43 18.35 18.28 19.12 17.83 18.69 BULGARIA TOTAL

Abortion ranks for Bulgaria oblasts, 2006-2024

oblast 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 oblast

Blagoevgrad 22 19 27 24 22 23 22 22 Blagoevgrad

Burgas 13 24 9 9 7 8 7 9 Burgas

Varna 26 26 17 18 17 17 16 14 Varna

Veliko Tarnovo 14 22 12 11 13 11 12 11 Veliko Tarnovo

Vidin 3 2 26 20 27 27 26 26 Vidin

Vratsa 9 15 25 26 23 24 24 21 Vratsa

Gabrovo 17 18 8 5 8 14 13 17 Gabrovo

Dobrich 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dobrich

Kardzhali 28 28 22 22 5 9 10 7 Kardzhali

Kyustendil 10 9 13 15 16 15 15 19 Kyustendil

Lovech 11 21 15 23 24 25 27 27 Lovech

Montana 25 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 Montana

Pazardzhik 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 Pazardzhik

Pernik 5 11 16 14 15 13 11 12 Pernik

Pleven 12 13 11 10 6 4 3 5 Pleven

Plovdiv 21 16 20 25 25 22 23 18 Plovdiv

Razgrad 20 23 23 21 26 26 25 23 Razgrad

Ruse 6 5 6 8 11 10 8 6 Ruse

Silistra 27 25 4 3 2 3 5 3 Silistra

Sliven 7 6 14 16 20 21 20 25 Sliven

Smolyan 18 10 24 27 19 16 21 24 Smolyan

Sofia city 15 17 21 19 18 19 19 20 Sofia city

Sofia 19 20 19 17 21 20 17 15 Sofia

Stara Zagora 8 8 7 12 10 6 9 8 Stara Zagora

Targovishte 2 4 2 2 4 7 6 10 Targovishte

Haskovo 24 12 10 6 12 18 18 16 Haskovo

Shumen 16 14 18 13 14 12 14 13 Shumen

Yambol 23 7 5 7 9 5 4 4 Yambol

Sources (incomplete):

Council of Ministers, 2009, "Za izpelneniye na natsionalnata strategiya za demografsko razvitiye na republika bulgariya 2006-2010," Public Consultations Portal, on line [http://www.strategy.bg/FileHandler.ashx?fileId=797].
National Center of Health Informatics, 2008, "Izversheni aborti po vezrast na zhenata, po oblasti i po vid prez 2006," National Center of Health Informatics, on line [http://www.nchi.government.bg/OperaInf/ab-god-06.pdf].
National Statistical Institute, 2008, "Live births, deaths and natural increase of the population by districts, municipalities and sex in 2006," National Statistical Institute, on line [http://www.nsi.bg/Population_e/T7_2006.htm].
National Statistical Institute, 2009, "Live births, deaths and natural increase of the population by districts, municipalities and sex in 2007," National Statistical Institute, on line [http://www.nsi.bg/Population_e/T7_2007.htm].
https://www.nsi.bg/en/search?q=births&filters=data
https://ncpha.government.bg/index/166-izvursheni-aborti.html

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oblast	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	oblast
Blagoevgrad	395.2	388.0												113.5	127.7	122.5	127.0	111.5	89.9	Blagoevgrad
Burgas	474.2	332.1												330.6	319.6	340.7	337.8	312.2	305.6	Burgas
Varna	279.9	277.0												206.1	178.7	189.8	224.4	240.1	245.0	Varna
Veliko Tarnovo	436.9	372.0												308.7	296.0	256.4	310.0	262.1	288.3	Veliko Tarnovo
Vidin	833.7	803.5												116.8	158.6	85.2	56.0	40.6	47.3	Vidin
Vratsa	533.5	427.2												128.3	100.4	122.4	117.4	103.6	98.9	Vratsa
Gabrovo	429.3	402.2												339.5	382.6	318.0	264.2	250.8	222.0	Gabrovo
Dobrich	944.7	887.4												731.6	660.1	644.2	682.1	630.6	679.8	Dobrich
Kardzhali	224.7	208.2												145.2	153.7	384.8	330.6	293.0	338.7	Kardzhali
Kyustendil	526.3	529.6												248.6	245.9	226.0	228.8	245.8	205.4	Kyustendil
Lovech	526.0	372.5												217.8	146.6	119.2	87.9	36.8	15.7	Lovech
Montana	311.0	222.3												35.3	23.8	15.7	2.2	6.7	10.3	Montana
Pazardzhik	827.0	787.0												455.4	414.0	444.3	468.1	421.4	425.6	Pazardzhik
Pernik	702.1	514.9												214.4	247.8	234.5	267.4	272.3	252.2	Pernik
Pleven	508.2	461.7												308.7	298.0	369.5	389.6	400.8	359.2	Pleven
Plovdiv	399.2	424.8												161.9	104.9	117.0	134.9	109.3	207.3	Plovdiv
Razgrad	417.5	349.0												139.3	154.4	88.8	62.2	40.9	82.6	Razgrad
Ruse	682.9	697.6												362.7	330.9	280.9	325.4	304.6	343.8	Ruse
Silistra	247.2	327.2												454.2	417.1	455.5	444.3	357.0	421.4	Silistra
Sliven	656.4	655.5												232.2	184.2	157.0	163.6	125.3	73.7	Sliven
Smolyan	425.0	526.2												134.7	93.5	160.1	228.2	123.1	75.2	Smolyan
Sofia city	435.0	405.4												157.0	173.4	167.7	176.0	154.8	167.4	Sofia city
Sofia	420.2	386.2												189.7	180.9	156.6	164.0	226.1	243.4	Sofia
Stara Zagora	607.9	580.8												343.6	287.8	304.1	379.5	299.4	333.9	Stara Zagora
Targovishte	848.1	775.0												492.2	454.0	444.0	365.8	335.0	291.8	Targovishte
Haskovo	344.9	492.6												325.5	350.3	257.4	220.0	220.8	241.3	Haskovo
Shumen	429.9	450.7												205.1	256.3	249.8	286.4	249.8	247.0	Shumen
Yambol	369.2	603.9												387.1	349.7	312.1	386.8	379.9	417.0	Yambol
BULGARIA TOTAL	503.8	459.9	470.9	416.7	417.8	447.7	433.9	443.2	416.4	421.3	406.4	379.8	376.8	241.2	224.8	223.7	236.4	216.9	229.9	BULGARIA TOTAL

oblast	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	oblast
Blagoevgrad	28.33	27.95												10.19	11.32	10.92	11.27	10.03	8.25	Blagoevgrad
Burgas	32.17	24.93												24.85	24.22	25.41	25.25	23.79	23.40	Burgas
Varna	21.87	21.69												17.09	15.16	15.95	18.33	19.36	19.68	Varna
Veliko Tarnovo	30.41	27.11												23.59	22.84	20.41	23.67	20.77	22.38	Veliko Tarnovo
Vidin	45.47	44.55												10.46	13.69	7.85	5.30	3.90	4.52	Vidin
Vratsa	34.79	29.93												11.37	9.13	10.90	10.51	9.38	9.00	Vratsa
Gabrovo	30.04	28.69												25.35	27.67	24.13	20.90	20.05	18.17	Gabrovo
Dobrich	48.58	47.02												42.25	39.76	39.18	40.55	38.67	40.47	Dobrich
Kardzhali	18.35	17.23												12.68	13.32	27.79	24.85	22.66	25.30	Kardzhali
Kyustendil	34.48	34.62												19.91	19.74	18.44	18.62	19.73	17.04	Kyustendil
Lovech	34.47	27.14												17.88	12.79	10.65	8.08	3.55	1.55	Lovech
Montana	23.72	18.19												3.41	2.33	1.55	0.22	0.67	1.02	Montana
Pazardzhik	45.27	44.04												31.29	29.28	30.76	31.88	29.65	29.86	Pazardzhik
Pernik	41.25	33.99												17.66	19.86	18.99	21.10	21.41	20.14	Pernik
Pleven	33.70	31.58												23.59	22.96	26.98	28.03	28.61	26.42	Pleven
Plovdiv	28.53	29.82												13.94	9.50	10.48	11.89	9.86	17.17	Plovdiv
Razgrad	29.45	25.87												12.22	13.38	8.15	5.85	3.93	7.63	Razgrad
Ruse	40.58	41.09												26.62	24.86	21.93	24.55	23.35	25.58	Ruse
Silistra	19.82	24.66												31.24	29.43	31.29	30.76	26.31	29.65	Silistra
Sliven	39.63	39.60												18.85	15.56	13.57	14.06	11.13	6.86	Sliven
Smolyan	29.82	34.48												11.87	8.55	13.80	18.58	10.96	6.99	Smolyan
Sofia city	30.31	28.84												13.57	14.78	14.36	14.97	13.40	14.34	Sofia city
Sofia	29.59	27.86												15.94	15.32	13.54	14.09	18.44	19.57	Sofia
Stara Zagora	37.81	36.74												25.57	22.35	23.32	27.51	23.04	25.03	Stara Zagora
Targovishte	45.89	43.66												32.99	31.22	30.75	26.78	25.09	22.59	Targovishte
Haskovo	25.65	33.00												24.56	25.94	20.47	18.04	18.09	19.44	Haskovo
Shumen	30.07	31.07												17.02	20.40	19.99	22.26	19.99	19.81	Shumen
Yambol	26.97	37.65												27.91	25.91	23.79	27.89	27.53	29.43	Yambol
BULGARIA TOTAL	33.50	31.50	32.01	29.41	29.47	30.92	30.26	30.71	29.40	29.64	28.90	27.52	27.37	19.43	18.35	18.28	19.12	17.83	18.69	BULGARIA TOTAL