Norway abortion percentages by county, 1979-2024

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 October 2025

   

Note: Norway counties were reorganized in 2018-2023.

Abortion rates for Norway counties, 1979-2024 (per 1,000 women ages 15-49)

county1979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024county
Viken                                    11.310.710.810.19.79.29.29.9  Viken
Østfold 13.9         12.3         13.5    13.513.914.414.815.213.513.012.310.911.611.111.710.910.59.89.810.29.910.49.8Østfold
Akershus 14.0         14.6         13.9    12.914.014.214.514.613.513.312.612.011.611.610.410.610.29.69.18.910.210.510.4Akershus
Buskerud 14.1         13.6         14.0    13.012.212.614.513.312.911.812.312.411.710.710.410.79.59.88.98.89.59.79.8Buskerud
Oslo 22.3         27.4         19.6    17.317.518.518.818.618.618.318.216.716.216.114.513.512.611.811.110.211.312.611.4Oslo
Innlandet                                    11.99.910.29.69.010.09.310.110.410.6Innlandet
Hedmark 15.5         12.9         12.9    12.315.212.413.713.613.112.611.312.812.012.010.111.09.6      Hedmark
Oppland 15.1         12.3         13.9    12.612.413.414.514.014.112.913.812.611.211.99.89.59.5      Oppland
Vestfold og Telemark                                    11.610.210.49.59.28.88.99.8  Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold 13.8         12.8         13.7    13.213.514.915.113.314.312.712.312.511.511.510.010.69.89.38.89.010.111.510.4Vestfold
Telemark 13.4         12.8         12.7    12.612.913.314.714.413.613.712.813.012.211.610.510.29.19.18.88.79.38.69.1Telemark
Agder                                    8.78.58.28.98.07.87.88.59.18.3Agder
Aust-Agder 10.9         10.2         9.5    10.911.111.811.613.310.810.811.310.210.39.08.28.09.3      Aust-Agder
Vest-Agder 10.0         8.6         10.1    9.710.29.511.110.611.310.49.89.89.38.68.68.48.7      Vest-Agder
Rogaland 9.6         10.3         10.4    9.510.110.411.111.410.610.19.89.88.39.48.98.18.68.07.17.18.17.87.1Rogaland
(Stavanger)                                    11.511.59.39.59.29.08.09.48.97.9(Stavanger)
(remaining Rogaland)                                              (remaining Rogaland)
Vestland                                    10.39.98.68.88.67.98.28.28.97.9Vestland
Hordaland 11.7         13.1         11.8    10.711.111.712.611.712.112.110.910.810.410.39.98.99.1      Hordaland
(Bergen)                                    11.510.99.89.79.78.88.98.810.48.5(Bergen)
(remaining Hordaland)                                              (remaining Hordaland)
Sogn og Fjordane 12.4         11.0         9.5    9.09.210.411.311.810.510.110.910.69.19.99.77.27.3      Sogn og Fjordane
Møre og Romsdal 12.2         11.2         10.1    10.49.610.411.810.210.710.211.29.38.98.88.78.08.27.67.07.38.38.48.2Møre og Romsdal
Trondelag                                   11.510.110.410.29.99.38.07.68.69.29.7Trondelag
Sør-Trøndelag 15.6         15.5         14.8    13.912.813.914.813.913.513.512.712.611.410.210.310.4       Sør-Trøndelag
(Trondheim)                                    10.710.810.610.49.28.18.09.09.610.4(Trondheim)
(remaining Sør-Trøndelag)                                              (remaining Sør-Trøndelag)
Nord-Trøndelag 10.0         11.5         11.0    13.414.113.114.613.313.912.313.413.011.89.910.99.3       Nord-Trøndelag
Nordland 18.7         15.8         15.2    12.013.115.114.714.814.813.713.713.412.713.112.511.810.810.28.99.311.111.311.5Nordland
Troms og Finnmark                                    14.112.813.513.713.411.611.612.6  Troms og Finnmark
Troms 16.9         17.4         17.4    16.916.718.916.916.617.916.315.514.614.013.612.213.513.513.110.910.611.712.813.9Troms
(Tromsø)                                    12.213.013.214.213.711.210.210.912.713.6(Tromsø)
(remaining Troms)                                              (remaining Troms)
Finnmark 20.3         19.4         20.3    18.817.017.516.715.118.019.518.018.014.615.414.013.714.114.013.413.915.116.115.9Finnmark
NORWAY TOTAL 14.6    14.7    14.7    12.8    13.713.012.712.913.112.913.213.814.514.013.813.313.112.511.811.711.010.610.39.79.29.09.910.410.3NORWAY TOTAL


Abortion ratios for Norway counties, 1979-2024

county1979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024county
Viken                                    250.1242.3247.6234.8226.5218.2207.1243.7  Viken
Østfold281.3276.3292.9264.4304.1299.9306.4334.6297.7270.1286.7239.9265.3248.8240.3252.9229.1254.5258.1267.1253.9269.6268.6258.0297.8287.9292.0280.6301.0307.8292.1278.5278.7268.1243.7258.5251.8267.6253.6255.0232.8242.1238.3250.3253.7236.4Østfold
Akershus297.6301.3315.0284.2309.7320.7327.7320.3301.3298.2290.8265.8276.2260.5262.2253.9242.6205.9230.5249.4257.1255.1254.7239.2246.4249.3257.8267.8274.9286.1287.3266.7275.0258.3256.7247.5247.9225.0238.3227.3230.6209.5196.2244.6254.6235.7Akershus
Buskerud304.1289.9253.6260.2277.5271.3283.3319.9318.0297.9278.9256.8256.4283.6271.2247.5240.9242.6230.0260.3236.6276.2250.2242.3240.3239.2266.9244.2255.0273.5262.5263.7242.7256.0272.2246.4234.8240.2241.2218.7209.9216.5204.0235.7241.4241.0Buskerud
Oslo480.2440.4474.2455.6502.8535.3512.8520.4520.7510.8498.1452.1451.1443.8430.5399.9342.0353.1333.8335.2340.2335.9306.4300.8288.3284.7276.8272.3292.8290.9285.1292.6297.2303.8290.8278.4289.1261.9258.9250.7236.6229.8204.4259.5288.5247.9Oslo
Innlandet                                    286.6238.1250.6243.7226.0256.8229.4251.4261.2269.2Innlandet
Hedmark325.0350.6324.9308.5316.8304.6287.9329.0302.1306.3295.9265.2271.4283.2264.8277.2231.1242.2283.9282.8268.7262.7285.9289.6278.3269.3286.9334.4285.6298.8288.7295.3290.0247.3304.6290.7292.2243.2264.8238.1      Hedmark
Oppland301.5312.2277.0311.7300.5287.8279.2299.7275.4273.0304.3239.7266.3246.8244.7266.8251.8288.0249.4246.2272.2271.3265.4256.3264.0281.5276.7268.7302.3305.8299.6303.5290.0312.5299.2251.1276.2226.7235.3240.4      Oppland
Vestfold og Telemark                                    263.1227.0246.7222.9220.5217.8213.0247.4  Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold301.2282.4291.1304.0296.4265.2301.2264.3272.2269.0263.5247.8268.1260.9258.1251.4216.0231.6255.1268.5261.0255.4265.1303.7280.8281.4281.6284.0321.8314.4281.5309.2271.9277.1284.1270.6256.8228.9252.0232.2218.2214.9214.6260.0296.9254.8Vestfold
Telemark279.5257.6266.6239.1247.9250.8260.7281.3250.6231.4241.8242.2240.0229.3254.6243.3222.3231.1241.5248.2280.4256.8257.3270.9288.6274.5281.3285.6288.7312.6317.5286.8297.8278.1293.7275.3281.5232.1249.3216.4224.0222.3211.4230.2213.0228.3Telemark
Agder                                    177.6169.7177.9200.5180.7183.8174.4199.3219.1193.0Agder
Aust-Agder187.3182.7170.9163.7183.1178.2189.3177.3213.1184.9197.0187.0156.2189.4153.4195.3201.9154.8170.1183.8173.5178.1176.6192.9227.4209.3226.1214.0231.2228.8249.8201.1210.7225.4207.8223.4191.2170.8181.8212.7      Aust-Agder
Vest-Agder155.3155.4154.9169.1159.8179.3189.4165.9159.5145.3154.8140.3152.4138.5145.1153.0146.1154.6159.8177.3166.0180.0177.3159.6190.5178.1189.2181.6173.6195.1181.5201.7191.6179.7184.3188.4169.8169.5174.8193.0      Vest-Agder
Rogaland152.2139.0145.8153.4154.5160.1167.4176.4163.1165.0169.0153.7145.9150.7157.4153.4153.0152.1153.4157.2148.0169.7174.3172.8158.1172.8166.1166.4176.3182.7184.8169.0170.4166.8172.3149.2171.0162.2150.6170.4163.9148.0139.9177.0171.2151.7Rogaland
(Stavanger)                                    216.8219.0177.2194.4197.0201.8170.1231.0212.7 (Stavanger)
(remaining Rogaland)                                    151.5138.2139.1160.1149.8126.0127.5156.1154.5 (remaining Rogaland)
Vestland                                    193.0189.3177.3186.2184.3174.1171.5187.6210.2180.4Vestland
Hordaland210.7193.9199.3203.9207.2216.0223.6233.6227.4224.0212.1208.1201.7194.1194.8177.1175.2183.8185.7193.6205.6195.7202.3198.7197.5198.4191.4199.5208.9219.6202.4214.7220.0199.9204.2199.3191.9187.8180.8192.6      Hordaland
(Bergen)                                    222.6209.8208.5208.7209.6194.7192.2207.6256.5 (Bergen)
(remaining Hordaland)                                    155.1160.3148.4172.7      (remaining Hordaland)
Sogn og Fjordane192.2187.8217.5183.1190.0193.8174.8178.5166.1169.7169.0179.6163.2152.7160.6156.8168.4168.9152.1156.5167.2159.9168.5180.6166.7195.2165.0176.8194.1208.8221.6196.2191.9214.7219.4186.9206.0204.8150.2159.8      Sogn og Fjordane
Møre og Romsdal201.8198.9215.9199.9184.8200.5202.1224.2203.6200.4181.9190.2185.3192.7177.7180.8155.6173.2175.9171.1174.2179.2178.9183.2181.2187.4199.6194.5198.4222.5184.3206.4193.5217.4186.8180.6178.9180.1165.2173.1165.2158.4150.9195.2203.2186.9Møre og Romsdal
Trondelag                                    205.1213.0214.5220.2205.9183.1161.5197.8215.4223.1Trondelag
Sør-Trøndelag300.4277.3308.7286.2298.6301.4329.5326.0293.6274.8284.8263.8242.3232.2254.3231.2233.6216.7232.4213.1249.9262.2248.8258.7278.4275.1259.8234.3256.9258.8249.3242.0257.5247.3246.3220.9205.2205.0219.30.0      Sør-Trøndelag
(Trondheim)                                    215.5217.8226.1238.8201.7193.9174.0220.2239.3 (Trondheim)
(remaining Sør-Trøndelag)                                    185.9181.7206.90.0      (remaining Sør-Trøndelag)
Nord-Trøndelag203.0175.4225.4225.2199.6200.8218.2218.4213.8212.7203.4194.3186.3227.0210.9194.2192.5190.6184.1218.5212.4192.2193.1222.8213.0217.8257.2268.6255.1280.6250.5264.7245.1271.8251.2245.5204.0230.3199.60.0      Nord-Trøndelag
Nordland324.4314.2294.6277.8273.3281.2284.2287.9307.6259.3266.9273.2283.8265.0251.4259.8231.2260.2258.0259.1255.1288.4286.3270.5269.3285.1245.8275.8299.7295.0290.2301.3278.2285.6284.0276.4277.8274.8263.5248.7238.4219.0199.6265.0252.3273.8Nordland
Troms og Finnmark                                    297.9274.4307.9310.3310.0277.6249.5308.7  Troms og Finnmark
Troms322.5277.9299.0255.8294.7297.8305.9325.0314.4313.2307.1290.6286.0297.0271.4263.1271.4288.0273.6271.8286.0299.1320.2325.4328.3328.0320.1305.6342.5308.3312.2333.3335.8317.8305.3297.0285.1261.9307.4300.9308.5263.9230.2284.7304.2338.8Troms
(Tromsø)                                    237.6266.6286.2300.0314.1270.5210.0267.7304.1 (Tromsø)
(remaining Troms)                                    339.8256.9331.2301.9302.3256.8254.5302.7304.4 (remaining Troms)
Finnmark421.6346.1366.5353.9321.9325.8307.6341.8354.0329.5287.7303.1293.5245.3299.8268.1278.2304.9274.3308.8289.8319.4324.4296.3343.0348.9355.5312.1339.2308.6269.6351.5393.4384.4368.6326.3325.0295.4304.9329.6313.2307.8293.6371.0370.2341.2Finnmark
NORWAY TOTAL279.5264.9272.7262.7272.9279.6285.4294.5285.0275.4273.2255.0254.9251.9249.5241.6226.0229.5231.4237.6240.3246.6243.6242.6244.5246.0245.6245.1257.8263.6254.2255.1254.0251.0248.5236.1235.3221.7222.1221.8212.8204.8190.3228.5242.2225.6NORWAY TOTAL


Abortion percentages for Norway counties, 1979-2024

county1979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024county
Viken                                    20.0119.5119.8519.0218.4717.9117.1619.59  Viken
Østfold21.9621.6522.6520.9123.3223.0723.4525.0722.9421.2622.2819.3520.9719.9219.3820.1918.6420.2920.5221.0820.2521.2321.1720.5122.9522.3522.6021.9123.1423.5322.6021.7821.8021.1419.5920.5420.1121.1120.2320.3218.8919.4919.2520.0220.2319.12Østfold
Akershus22.9323.1523.9522.1323.6424.2824.6824.2623.1522.9722.5321.0021.6420.6720.7720.2519.5217.0718.7419.9620.4520.3220.3019.3019.7719.9520.5021.1221.5622.2422.3221.0521.5720.5320.4319.8419.8618.3719.2418.5218.7417.3216.4019.6620.2919.07Akershus
Buskerud23.3222.4720.2320.6521.7221.3422.0724.2424.1322.9521.8120.4320.4122.0921.3319.8419.4119.5218.7020.6619.1321.6420.0119.5019.3719.3021.0719.6320.3221.4720.7920.8719.5320.3821.3919.7719.0219.3719.4317.9417.3517.7916.9519.0719.4519.42Buskerud
Oslo32.4430.5832.1731.3033.4634.8733.9034.2334.2433.8133.2531.1331.0930.7430.0928.5725.4826.1025.0225.1125.3825.1423.4523.1222.3822.1621.6821.4022.6522.5422.1822.6422.9123.3022.5321.7822.4320.7520.5720.0519.1418.6916.9720.6122.3919.86Oslo
Innlandet                                    22.2719.2320.0419.5918.4320.4318.6620.0920.7121.21Innlandet
Hedmark24.5325.9624.5223.5724.0623.3522.3524.7623.2023.4522.8420.9621.3422.0720.9421.7018.7719.5022.1122.0421.1820.8022.2322.4621.7721.2222.3025.0622.2123.0122.4022.8022.4819.8323.3522.5222.6119.5620.9419.23      Hedmark
Oppland23.1623.7921.6923.7623.1122.3521.8323.0621.6021.4523.3319.3421.0319.8019.6621.0620.1222.3619.9619.7621.4021.3420.9720.4020.8921.9721.6721.1823.2123.4223.0523.2822.4823.8123.0320.0721.6418.4819.0519.38      Oppland
Vestfold og Telemark                                    20.8318.5019.7918.2318.0717.8917.5619.83  Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold23.1522.0222.5523.3122.8620.9623.1520.9021.3921.2020.8519.8621.1420.6920.5220.0917.7618.8120.3321.1720.7020.3520.9623.3021.9221.9621.9722.1224.3523.9221.9723.6221.3821.7022.1221.3020.4318.6320.1318.8417.9117.6917.6720.6322.8920.30Vestfold
Telemark21.8420.4821.0519.3019.8720.0520.6821.9520.0418.7919.4719.5019.3518.6620.2919.5718.1918.7719.4519.8921.9020.4320.4621.3122.3921.5421.9522.2222.4023.8224.1022.2922.9521.7622.7021.5921.9718.8419.9617.7918.3018.1917.4518.7117.5618.59Telemark
Agder                                    15.0814.5115.1116.7015.3015.5314.8516.6217.9716.18Agder
Aust-Agder15.7715.4514.5914.0615.4815.1315.9115.0617.5715.6016.4615.7513.5115.9213.3016.3416.8013.4114.5415.5314.7915.1215.0116.1718.5217.3018.4417.6318.7818.6219.9916.7417.4118.3917.2018.2616.0514.5815.3817.54      Aust-Agder
Vest-Agder13.4413.4513.4114.4713.7815.2015.9214.2313.7512.6813.4012.3013.2212.1612.6713.2712.7513.3913.7815.0614.2415.2515.0613.7716.0015.1215.9115.3714.7916.3215.3616.7916.0815.2315.5615.8514.5214.5014.8816.18      Vest-Agder
Rogaland13.2112.2012.7313.3013.3813.8014.3415.0014.0214.1614.4513.3212.7313.1013.6013.3013.2713.2013.3013.5912.9014.5114.8414.7313.6514.7314.2414.2714.9915.4515.6014.4614.5614.3014.7012.9814.6013.9613.0914.5614.0812.9012.2715.0414.6113.17Rogaland
(Stavanger)                                    17.8217.9715.0516.2716.4616.7914.5318.7617.54 (Stavanger)
(remaining Rogaland)                                    13.1612.1412.2113.8013.0311.1911.3113.5013.38 (remaining Rogaland)
Vestland                                    16.1815.9215.0615.7015.5614.8314.6415.8017.3715.29Vestland
Hordaland17.4116.2416.6216.9417.1717.7618.2818.9318.5318.3017.5017.2216.7916.2616.3115.0414.9115.5315.6616.2217.0516.3716.8216.5816.5016.5516.0716.6317.2818.0116.8317.6818.0316.6616.9616.6216.1015.8115.3116.15      Hordaland
(Bergen)                                    18.2117.3417.2517.2717.3316.3016.1217.1920.42 (Bergen)
(remaining Hordaland)                                    13.4313.8212.9214.72      (remaining Hordaland)
Sogn og Fjordane16.1215.8117.8715.4815.9716.2414.8815.1514.2414.5114.4615.2214.0313.2513.8413.5514.4114.4513.2013.5314.3313.7914.4215.3014.2916.3314.1615.0216.2617.2718.1416.4016.1017.6817.9915.7517.0817.0013.0613.78      Sogn og Fjordane
Møre og Romsdal16.7916.5917.7616.6615.6016.7016.8118.3116.9116.6915.3915.9815.6316.1615.0915.3113.4614.7614.9614.6114.8315.1915.1815.4915.3415.7816.6416.2816.5518.2015.5617.1116.2217.8615.7415.2915.1815.2614.1814.7614.1713.6713.1116.3316.8915.74Møre og Romsdal
Trondelag                                    17.0217.5617.6618.0517.0715.4813.9016.5217.7218.24Trondelag
Sør-Trøndelag23.1021.7123.5922.2522.9923.1624.7924.5922.7021.5622.1720.8719.5018.8520.2818.7818.9317.8118.8617.5619.9920.7819.9220.5621.7821.5820.6218.9820.4420.5619.9619.4820.4819.8319.7618.0917.0317.0117.980.00      Sør-Trøndelag
(Trondheim)                                    17.7317.8918.4419.2816.7816.2414.8218.0519.31 (Trondheim)
(remaining Sør-Trøndelag)                                    15.6715.3717.140.00      (remaining Sør-Trøndelag)
Nord-Trøndelag16.8714.9218.4018.3816.6416.7217.9117.9317.6217.5416.9016.2715.7118.5017.4216.2616.1416.0115.5517.9317.5216.1216.1818.2217.5617.8820.4621.1720.3221.9120.0320.9319.6921.3720.0719.7116.9418.7216.640.00      Nord-Trøndelag
Nordland24.5023.9122.7621.7421.4721.9522.1322.3523.5320.5921.0721.4622.1020.9520.0920.6218.7820.6520.5120.5820.3322.3822.2621.2921.2222.1919.7321.6223.0622.7822.4923.1621.7622.2222.1221.6521.7421.5620.8519.9219.2517.9716.6420.9520.1521.50Nordland
Troms og Finnmark                                    22.9521.5323.5423.6823.6621.7319.9723.59  Troms og Finnmark
Troms24.3821.7523.0220.3722.7622.9423.4224.5323.9223.8523.4922.5222.2422.9021.3520.8321.3522.3621.4821.3722.2423.0324.2524.5524.7124.7024.2523.4125.5123.5723.7925.0025.1424.1223.3922.9022.1820.7623.5123.1323.5720.8818.7122.1623.3325.30Troms
(Tromsø)                                    19.2021.0522.2523.0823.9021.2917.3521.1223.32 (Tromsø)
(remaining Troms)                                    25.3620.4424.8823.1923.2120.4320.2923.2423.34 (remaining Troms)
Finnmark29.6625.7126.8226.1424.3524.5723.5325.4726.1524.7922.3423.2622.6919.7023.0621.1421.7623.3621.5223.5922.4724.2124.4922.8625.5425.8626.2323.7925.3323.5821.2326.0128.2327.7726.9324.6024.5322.8023.3724.7923.8523.5422.7027.0627.0225.44Finnmark
NORWAY TOTAL21.8420.9421.4320.8021.4421.8522.2022.7522.1821.5921.4620.3220.3120.1219.9719.4618.4318.6718.7919.2019.3719.7819.5919.5219.6519.7419.7219.6820.5020.8620.2720.3320.2620.0619.9119.1019.0518.1418.1718.1617.5517.0015.9918.6019.4918.41NORWAY TOTAL


Abortion percentage ranks for Norway counties, 1979-2024

county1979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024county
Viken                                              Viken
Østfold11118956538971198128106561076933365549791389363542778Østfold
Akershus1064743377555576751211981210121111111110107109101010101210961010869Akershus
Buskerud6712101010108369810341067127125111112129121312111213119111179101088997Buskerud
Oslo1111111111111111111111335578798744643554457546Oslo
Innlandet                                        734654Innlandet
Hedmark323434846446645298236855810419766513332637      Hedmark
Oppland75103681191083128911443811567101068946345349711116      Oppland
Vestfold og Telemark                                              Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold8895811712111011976791297571182675531931077781078995435Vestfold
Telemark121211121212121112121210121281111109104109649648218365658811866101210Telemark
Agder                                        131111111012Agder
Aust-Agder17161718171817171516151617161813131716151617171513141414141413171514151316171412      Aust-Agder
Vest-Agder18181817181716191919191918191919191817161815161916181717191819161818181619181613      Vest-Agder
Rogaland19191919191919181818181819181718181918181918181819191819181917191919191918191816151515151515Rogaland
Vestland                                        121312141314Vestland
Hordaland13141614131313131313131313141416151413141413131415151615151616141417161515151514      Hordaland
Sogn og Fjordane16151416151618161717171716171617161619191719191718161918171715181716141712141917      Sogn og Fjordane
Møre og Romsdal15131515161515141615161515151515171515171516151617171516161518151615171817161715141414131413Møre og Romsdal
Trondelag                                        111213121111Trondelag
Sør-Trøndelag910567525978711119127111013119128781013111314131112121413131218      Sør-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag141713131414141514141414141313141413141213141413141312101211121112811121491318      Nord-Trøndelag
Nordland4478119910511104451068568944794137685585856245379383Nordland
Troms og Finnmark                                              Troms og Finnmark
Troms59611976643233235344433212223142222224412223222Troms
Finnmark232222422262210232232221411122310111111121111111Finnmark


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