Germany abortion percentages by states, 1990-2024

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 September 2025

     

Abortion ratios by German states, 1990-2024

state1976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024state
Baden-WurttembergBaden-Wurttemberg21.893.6121.9109.7113.8105.9100.796.683.875.162.462.248.942.135.945.965.683.489.787.6128.5125.9130.7127.2135.4143.5142.7147.4147.9142.7142.7133.1130.8128.7130.4133.8132.0122.1109.3106.489.988.591.293.194.579.094.3107.0113.6Baden-Wurttemberg
BayernBavaria12.155.258.452.452.4 61.9 45.1 51.458.146.236.737.142.639.146.976.476.598.4113.2125.2127.2137.5142.0139.6139.5145.3133.2129.7125.0119.8116.2111.1118.9112.5108.5106.2100.091.496.293.094.697.084.596.4108.5107.0Bavaria
BerlinBerlin    217.3   162.0 160.4253.0202.9198.4268.4164.4151.2286.2339.5300.9393.3386.6384.8400.2402.6405.4393.9378.8373.4367.1338.3308.6302.1292.9284.6284.0267.3251.2231.3223.3215.9231.3236.9244.2253.0223.9280.1287.9304.6Berlin
BrandenburgBrandenburgxxxxxxxxxxxxxx373.4512.8530.3454.5406.3365.2373.4329.9324.1308.6275.0280.5256.9249.5252.4243.2234.0221.3216.2215.1203.6204.7189.2188.7163.9171.8159.7161.6171.8173.4177.2162.4175.8199.4205.2Brandenburg
BremenBremen    854.8   1198.3 983.3940.4780.1782.3718.1680.4699.6580.1521.6480.6288.1240.7279.2285.4289.5312.0300.5316.1342.0312.8299.3300.8278.5297.4285.6302.5279.8267.4228.8237.2208.0209.6203.4170.5191.4318.5357.9366.3375.9Bremen
HamburgHamburg81.3325.2414.9455.0408.5396.8416.9395.5457.8465.7423.1471.4408.1357.9341.3289.1280.5253.9217.1218.4233.6215.5245.3240.8262.3284.2271.0260.2265.1236.4239.2239.8231.7228.7247.5231.8218.4200.6174.3148.7143.9156.2159.6170.6163.8188.1227.5192.7237.0Hamburg
HessenHesse    307.9   389.6 385.6373.5387.1331.8360.6292.6263.4239.1170.7161.0166.5159.7166.1164.6183.6190.0191.1204.6198.3198.9186.5177.4179.5172.1167.7165.8169.5157.6149.6142.2131.5136.4137.3135.2134.3132.4161.0180.4171.2Hesse
Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Western Pomeraniaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx364.8513.1591.8420.7353.8277.6371.4305.1297.7275.2286.7289.9291.3273.0257.4280.0252.6242.0237.5240.8234.2236.7233.6225.4205.2196.6206.4188.3183.8182.8191.8172.7207.4235.3238.6Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
NiedersachsenLower Saxony    121.6   102.076.660.060.450.244.339.338.748.560.761.758.7120.1112.3122.7127.7137.6144.3144.8147.9152.7158.9161.4153.0150.0146.8144.0145.0139.2129.9118.9115.0104.1113.8112.7112.2116.494.1106.7112.9115.5Lower Saxony
Nordrhein-WestfalenNorth Rhine-Westphalia10.662.2113.7141.0144.6160.5163.0160.2159.7155.3156.6150.6136.1123.5114.3114.7116.7111.4108.7105.6140.1143.0146.0152.3156.9163.5164.2162.9165.0164.8166.5162.1160.8159.6155.4155.4150.0143.0129.6129.5121.4127.2123.5126.5121.8115.3138.3151.4156.0North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinland-PfalzRhineland-Palatinate3.217.229.335.434.933.248.850.559.350.445.948.631.129.534.430.432.446.054.353.7106.3112.9119.0120.1126.2133.3133.3130.8139.0138.8143.0136.6138.8146.8135.6126.1126.2125.4114.2114.0101.3100.499.096.685.468.280.696.497.3Rhineland-Palatinate
SaarlandSaarland15.540.656.358.527.124.432.865.938.733.046.990.2104.7118.0115.5104.4106.9110.7138.3147.3133.3128.9130.9144.1168.2161.9177.3192.0186.4187.1174.1189.7186.6184.5187.1171.7171.1170.6165.9159.2141.7157.7147.6155.1165.7236.7288.1276.7286.1Saarland
SachsenSaxonyxxxxxxxxxxxxxx379.3470.6496.9408.1320.5284.2313.4258.8245.8219.1198.7235.1217.4205.1201.0203.3199.3187.6180.1176.8167.7171.5161.3158.2150.8139.4141.5151.5146.3149.6152.3160.0196.4225.1225.5Saxony
Sachsen-AnhaltSaxony-Anhaltxxxxxxxxxxxxxx371.0509.2564.3496.6402.4361.1376.4338.6328.2309.1286.8307.3291.0279.8284.7278.3266.4252.4245.1246.0235.7241.5230.4216.3203.6204.8187.9185.6189.8201.3203.3188.6212.5229.2247.5Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-Holstein43.4133.7161.5183.6164.6158.2162.1169.5197.9174.8156.3143.4117.6100.896.792.982.373.864.470.0113.7119.5132.8137.6146.7148.7149.8151.8160.0160.4153.7161.5159.1164.8161.0165.8158.5153.6140.8133.3130.4129.6131.9132.3135.1116.5135.5153.0156.3Schleswig-Holstein
ThuringenThuringiaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx386.3535.4575.8438.3389.7318.1341.3315.9309.4298.6287.9281.3272.4253.6263.0252.4256.4230.9210.9224.1213.2213.0198.7193.9191.0178.4171.4164.6176.1176.3187.4185.1217.6243.2259.3Thuringia
GERMANY21.693.3127.6144.0141.3140.2146.6145.6147.7142.5134.6137.9123.7110.5160.4149.8146.6139.3134.6128.0163.7160.6167.3168.7175.0183.1180.6180.4183.1180.1177.2169.8166.7165.4161.5162.8157.0149.1137.7133.0123.4127.6126.9128.3128.5118.9140.7153.3157.2GERMANY


Abortion percentages by German states, 1990-2024

state1976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024state
Baden-WurttembergBaden-Wurttemberg    10.22   7.73 5.875.854.664.043.474.396.167.708.238.0511.3811.1811.5611.2911.9212.5512.4912.8512.8912.4912.4911.7511.5711.4011.5411.8011.6610.889.859.628.258.138.368.528.637.338.629.6710.20Baden-Wurttemberg
BayernBavaria1.205.235.524.984.98 5.83 4.31 4.895.494.423.543.584.083.764.487.107.118.9610.1611.1211.2912.0912.4312.2512.2412.6911.7511.4811.1110.7010.4110.0010.6310.119.799.609.098.378.788.518.648.847.798.809.799.66Bavaria
BerlinBerlin    17.85   13.94 13.8220.1916.8616.5521.1614.1213.1422.2525.3523.1328.2327.8827.7928.5828.7028.8528.2627.4727.1926.8525.2823.5823.2022.6522.1522.1221.0920.0718.7818.2617.7618.7919.1519.6220.1918.2921.8822.3623.35Berlin
BrandenburgBrandenburgxxxxxxxxxxxxxx27.1933.9034.6531.2528.8926.7527.1924.8124.4823.5821.5721.9120.4419.9720.1519.5618.9618.1217.7817.7016.9216.9915.9115.8814.0814.6613.7713.9114.6614.7815.0513.9714.9516.6317.03Brandenburg
BremenBremen    46.09   54.51 49.5848.4643.8243.8941.7940.4941.1636.7134.2832.4622.3719.4021.8322.2122.4523.7823.1124.0225.4823.8323.0423.1321.7822.9222.2123.2321.8721.1018.6219.1717.2217.3316.9014.5716.0724.1526.3626.8127.32Bremen
HamburgHamburg7.5224.5429.3231.2729.0028.4129.4228.3431.4031.7729.7332.0428.9826.3625.4422.4321.9120.2517.8417.9218.9417.7319.7019.4120.7822.1321.3220.6520.9619.1219.3019.3418.8118.6219.8418.8217.9316.7114.8412.9412.5813.5113.7614.5814.0815.8318.5316.1519.16Hamburg
HessenHesse    23.54   28.04 27.8327.1927.9124.9126.5022.6420.8519.2914.5813.8714.2813.7714.2514.1315.5115.9716.0416.9816.5516.5915.7215.0715.2214.6814.3614.2214.4913.6113.0112.4511.6212.0112.0711.9111.8411.6913.8615.2814.62Hesse
Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Western Pomeraniaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx26.7333.9137.1829.6126.1321.7327.0823.3822.9421.5822.2822.4822.5621.4520.4721.8820.1619.4819.1919.4118.9819.1418.9418.3917.0316.4317.1115.8515.5215.4616.0914.7317.1819.0519.26Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
NiedersachsenLower Saxony    10.84   9.257.115.665.694.784.243.783.734.635.725.815.5410.7210.1010.9311.3312.1012.6112.6512.8913.2513.7113.9013.2713.0412.8012.5912.6712.2211.4910.6310.329.4310.2210.1310.0910.438.609.6410.1410.36Lower Saxony
Nordrhein-WestfalenNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.055.8610.2112.3612.6313.8314.0213.8113.7713.4413.5413.0911.9810.9910.2610.2910.4510.029.819.5512.2912.5112.7413.2213.5614.0514.1114.0014.1614.1514.2813.9513.8513.7613.4513.4513.0412.5111.4711.4710.8311.2810.9911.2310.8510.3412.1513.1513.49North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinland-PfalzRhineland-Palatinate0.321.692.853.423.373.224.654.815.604.804.394.633.012.873.332.953.144.405.155.109.6110.1510.6310.7211.2011.7611.7611.5712.2112.1912.5112.0212.1812.8011.9411.2011.2011.1410.2510.239.209.129.018.817.876.387.468.798.87Rhineland-Palatinate
SaarlandSaarland1.533.905.335.532.642.383.176.193.723.194.488.289.4810.5510.369.459.669.9612.1512.8411.7611.4211.5812.5914.4013.9315.0616.1115.7115.7614.8215.9515.7315.5815.7614.6514.6114.5714.2313.7412.4113.6212.8613.4314.2119.1422.3621.6822.25Saarland
SachsenSaxonyxxxxxxxxxxxxxx27.5032.0033.1928.9824.2722.1323.8620.5619.7317.9716.5719.0317.8617.0216.7416.9016.6215.8015.2615.0214.3614.6413.8913.6613.1112.2312.3913.1612.7613.0113.2213.7916.4118.3818.40Saxony
Sachsen-AnhaltSaxony-Anhaltxxxxxxxxxxxxxx27.0633.7436.0733.1828.6926.5327.3525.3024.7123.6122.2923.5122.5421.8622.1621.7721.0420.1619.6919.7419.0819.4518.7317.7816.9117.0015.8215.6515.9516.7616.9015.8717.5218.6519.84Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-Holstein4.1611.7913.9015.5214.1313.6613.9514.4916.5214.8813.5212.5410.529.168.828.507.616.876.056.5410.2110.6811.7212.1012.7912.9513.0313.1813.7913.8213.3213.9013.7314.1513.8614.2213.6813.3212.3411.7611.5311.4711.6511.6811.9010.4311.9313.2713.51Schleswig-Holstein
ThuringenThuringiaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx27.8734.8736.5430.4728.0424.1325.4524.0123.6322.9922.3621.9521.4120.2320.8320.1520.4118.7617.4218.3117.5717.5616.5816.2416.0415.1414.6314.1314.9714.9915.7815.6217.8719.5620.59Thuringia
GERMANY2.128.5311.3112.5912.3812.2912.7912.7112.8712.4711.8712.1211.019.9513.8213.0312.7812.2311.8611.3514.0713.8414.3414.4414.9015.4715.3015.2815.4715.2615.0514.5214.2914.2013.9114.0013.5712.9812.1111.7410.9911.3211.2611.3711.3910.6312.3313.2913.59GERMANY


Abortion ranks by German states, 1990-2024

state1976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024state
Baden-WurttembergBaden-Wurttemberg    8   8 78991513131212121212131415141414141415151515151414151515161616161515151514Baden-Wurttemberg
BayernBavaria    9   10 91010101414151513131614141514151515151616161616161616161616151515151414141415Bavaria
BerlinBerlin    4   5 444499976511111111111112222212111113322Berlin
BrandenburgBrandenburgxxxxxxxxxxxxxx44532233336777767767777786666568989Brandenburg
BremenBremen    1   1 111111111177652222222221111121222741111Bremen
HamburgHamburg    2   2 222288788888877565476555355568787685497Hamburg
HessenHesse    3   3 3333778999999999999991010101011910109101010101110101010Hesse
Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Western Pomeraniaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx63255745565434635444543334334337756Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
NiedersachsenLower Saxony    7   7 89881315141415151316151313131313131312131314131313131313131313131313131313Lower Saxony
Nordrhein-WestfalenNorth Rhine-Westphalia    6   6 55551110101011111010101011101111111111111112121212121212121212121212111212North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinland-PfalzRhineland-Palatinate    10   9 111111111616161616161515161616161616161514141413141515141414141414141616161616Rhineland-Palatinate
SaarlandSaarland    11   11 107761011111110101111121110111010101010888888877878872233Saarland
SachsenSaxonyxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3666766678888888899999109910999999878Saxony
Sachsen-AnhaltSaxony-Anhaltxxxxxxxxxxxxxx55423322224343343333434443443224665Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-Holstein    5   4 66671212121314141413111212121212121213121211111011111111111111111011121111Schleswig-Holstein
ThuringenThuringiaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx22344454443656554676666655555456544Thuringia


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