Historical abortion statistics, Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by lander residents.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976	95,492	2,078		21.8	2.13
1977	90,981	8,517		93.6	8.56
1978	89,924	10,958		121.9	10.86
1979	92,425	10,135		109.7	9.88
1980	99,721	11,350		113.8	10.22
1981	100,673	10,660		105.9	9.57
1982	100,268	10,094		100.7	9.15
1983	95,447	9,221		96.6	8.81
1984	94,414	7,910		83.8	7.73
1985	94,442	7,093		75.1	6.99
1986	101,616	6,337		62.4	5.87
1987	103,590	6,440		62.2	5.85
1988	110,627	5,412		48.9	4.66
1989	111,600	4,701		42.1	4.04
1990	118,579	4,260	386	35.9	3.47
1991	117,528	5,390	388	45.9	4.39
1992	117,559	7,715	331	65.6	6.16
1993	117,982	9,838	351	83.4	7.70
1994	113,398	10,167	465	89.7	8.23
1995	112,459	9,847	466	87.6	8.05
1996	114,657	14,728	475	128.5	11.38
1997	116,419	14,654	501	125.9	11.18
1998	111,056	14,513	387	130.7	11.56
1999	107,973	13,738	313	127.2	11.29
2000	106,182	14,373	414	135.4	11.92
2001	101,366	14,541	393	143.5	12.55
2002	99,604	14,214	337	142.7	12.49
2003	97,596	14,385	321	147.4	12.85
2004	96,655	14,300	328	147.9	12.89
2005	94,279	13,455	337	142.7	12.49
2006	91,955	13,119	303	142.7	12.49
2007	92,823	12,359	300	133.1	11.75
2008	91,909	12,020	306	130.8	11.57
2009	89,678	11,539	275	128.7	11.40
2010	90,695	11,828	268	130.4	11.54
2011	88,823	11,882	308	133.8	11.80
2012	89,477	11,809	305	132.0	11.66
2013	91,505	11,176	297	122.1	10.88
2014	95,632	10,452	291	109.3	9.85
2015	100,269	10,667	313	106.4	9.62
2016	107,487	9,661	387	89.9	8.25
2017	107,375	9,505	349	88.5	8.13
2018	108,919	9,937	360	91.2	8.36
2019	108,985	10,145	412	93.1	8.52
2020	108,024	10,208	398	94.5	8.63
2021	113,534	8,974	449	79.0	7.33
2022	104,549	9,862	421	94.3	8.62
2023	98,419	10,531	362	107.0	9.67	4.50
2024	97,507	11,075	378	113.6	10.20
year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Sources:

Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, 26 March 2009, "Statistik der Schwangerschaftsabbrüche 1996 – 2008," Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, on line [http://www.ak-lebensrecht.de/info/stat_tab.html].
Federal Health Monitoring System, August 2013, "Live births with low birth weight," Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes, on line [http://www.gbe-bund.de/oowa921-install/servlet/oowa/aw92/dboowasys921.xwdevkit/xwd_init?gbe.isgbetol/xs_start_neu/&p_aid=3&p_aid=46893278&nummer=854&p_sprache=E&p_indsp=-&p_aid=91054487].
Federal Statistical Office, 9 March 2005, "Abortions in Germany, 1999 to 2004, by the land of the place of residence and ratio per 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/gesu/gesutab18.htm].
Federal Statistical Office, 2009, "Abortions: years from 2002 to 2008, by place of residence of the women and quota every 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/Content/Statistics/Gesundheit/Abortions/Tabellen/Content75/StateOfResidence,templateId=renderPrint.psml].
Federal Statistical Office, 2013, "Abortions," DeStatis, on line [https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Health/Abortions/Tables/StateOfResidence.html;jsessionid=D0FF256B3B067B8A38AC6E9333A725DE.cae4].
Statistisches Bundesamt, Aug. 1997 (on line 12 March 2007), "Gesundheitswesen: Schwangerschaftsabbrüche," Destatis, on line [].
Statistisches Bundesamt, 2025, "Totgeborene: Bundeslander, Jahre," Destatis, on line [https://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/12612/table/12612-0106/table-toolbar].
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Last modified 11 October 2025.
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