compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2022

Scotland abortion ratios by council area of residence, 1991-2021

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	council area
Aberdeen City						354	369	366	339	337	330	366	366	373	377	344	359	343	315	290	282	297	317	299	282	269	291	299	328	363	326	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						184	185	168	174	166	194	185	202	197	176	181	194	174	178	180	169	163	166	153	149	149	160	171	197	209	215	Aberdeenshire
Angus						222	197	256	252	255	238	275	288	260	262	231	252	220	249	243	217	215	217	200	238	226	233	277	279	335	316	Angus
Argyll and Bute						141	168	168	163	143	168	185	145	121	114	127	111	102	88	139	160	101	142	132	151	124	137	173	174	189	249	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						154	181	184	182	204	185	215	233	230	222	214	202	175	180	213	227	195	249	210	206	269	271	310	428	358	275	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	145	154	127	137	137	136	161	162	168	188	203	172	200	196	184	201	191	205	195	202	211	185	174	195	187	194	206	219	220	231	246	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						319	339	365	365	384	345	368	406	377	378	378	393	331	331	308	306	329	318	307	352	339	378	427	409	459	492	Dundee City
East Aryshire						142	131	160	163	178	188	188	174	175	182	185	212	199	170	196	173	183	168	197	192	206	208	230	192	226	212	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						174	167	181	167	165	191	180	182	197	189	231	226	201	184	207	194	205	200	170	173	181	197	193	207	245	237	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						204	206	239	223	188	249	249	253	256	205	205	235	219	221	227	230	241	285	256	260	236	277	286	268	355	310	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						126	113	150	134	154	159	148	159	122	155	174	160	166	152	175	165	167	147	156	184	151	187	166	218	245	241	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						332	341	366	379	376	392	355	369	363	357	345	335	320	295	259	281	282	271	262	285	278	298	328	339	352	334	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						181	176	185	180	192	198	187	171	167	180	174	176	181	188	189	179	174	198	202	210	233	221	277	288	274	261	Falkirk
Fife	187	175	176	183	188	192	178	203	210	235	222	239	233	221	209	216	237	235	230	215	207	226	226	202	226	230	254	249	274	277	267	Fife
Glasgow City						229	236	249	256	265	273	269	258	279	292	322	307	295	273	259	244	241	245	241	258	264	279	574	322	373	375	Glasgow City
Highland	224	213	241	222	208	187	186	187	198	192	200	196	200	189	180	201	210	177	168	181	185	174	174	175	185	190	188	220	228	221	201	Highland
Inverclyde						149	163	189	167	181	193	163	189	136	149	142	166	169	177	181	166	161	142	138	158	191	171	200	273	265	274	Inverclyde
Islands	85	118	117	119	125	125	113	119	125	142	97	150	129	131	103	97	105	89	116	72	94	95	90	86	80	88	109	84	121	142	120	Islands
(Eilean Siar)						100	103	109	121																							(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)						140	147	119	144																							(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)						141	115	128	116																							(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						235	223	235	246	255	254	268	272	286	304	260	265	278	267	237	268	236	281	254	224	243	218	271	270	321	261	Midlothian
Moray						123	114	134	127	137	160	150	171	181	164	130	166	172	149	172	152	176	157	133	154	149	141	188	200	205	177	Moray
North Aryshire						161	156	167	185	179	164	179	201	192	196	210	202	210	207	215	193	224	191	206	210	203	236	285	268	266	249	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						135	132	145	162	168	181	172	169	171	182	192	193	203	197	211	203	211	183	198	195	214	230	260	243	292	290	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						220	219	254	206	256	222	226	265	226	275	258	254	231	236	217	241	233	201	195	203	214	236	235	236	261	254	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						165	175	174	182	166	206	207	198	185	186	197	187	186	200	195	191	158	148	164	192	198	199	223	244	293	281	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	145	155	147	169	127	144	172	171	144	157	145	172	192	198	182	214	174	182	129	184	188	166	156	150	137	182	194	196	215	207	229	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						202	185	195	222	214	195	207	212	233	228	248	213	214	183	236	199	237	222	206	221	173	222	245	275	250	253	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						141	138	159	164	176	184	186	172	183	186	180	189	194	193	211	169	196	205	181	192	203	205	223	244	273	270	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						188	184	203	252	239	223	217	219	203	213	226	197	256	207	226	218	220	224	221	235	250	267	300	292	270	290	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						144	150	156	168	142	189	173	184	182	187	210	175	198	182	200	176	178	193	170	240	207	247	285	297	357	371	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						185	183	190	185	201	177	199	198	194	197	189	207	196	193	174	172	183	130	152	205	202	218	235	275	293	255	West Lothian
SCOTLAND TOTAL	176	175	182	191	190	207	209	224	226	232	237	238	241	237	238	242	244	236	226	224	218	220	216	210	223	226	241	263	276	299	291	SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland abortion percentages by council area of residence, 1991-2021

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	council area
Aberdeen City						26.1	26.9	26.8	25.3	25.2	24.8	26.8	26.8	27.2	27.4	25.6	26.4	25.5	24.0	22.5	22.0	22.9	24.1	23.0	22.0	21.2	22.6	23.0	24.7	26.6	24.6	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						15.5	15.6	14.4	14.8	14.3	16.3	15.6	16.8	16.5	15.0	15.3	16.3	14.8	15.1	15.3	14.4	14.0	14.3	13.3	13.0	12.9	13.8	14.6	16.5	17.3	17.7	Aberdeenshire
Angus						18.2	16.4	20.4	20.1	20.3	19.3	21.6	22.4	20.6	20.8	18.7	20.1	18.1	19.9	19.5	17.9	17.7	17.8	16.7	19.2	18.5	18.9	21.7	21.8	25.1	24.0	Angus
Argyll and Bute						12.4	14.4	14.4	14.0	12.5	14.4	15.6	12.6	10.8	10.2	11.3	10.0	9.2	8.1	12.2	13.8	9.1	12.5	11.7	13.1	11.1	12.0	14.7	14.8	15.9	19.9	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						13.3	15.3	15.6	15.4	16.9	15.6	17.7	18.9	18.7	18.1	17.6	16.8	14.9	15.3	17.6	18.5	16.3	19.9	17.4	17.1	21.2	21.3	23.6	29.9	26.4	21.6	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	12.7	13.3	11.3	12.0	12.0	12.0	13.9	13.9	14.4	15.8	16.9	14.7	16.7	16.4	15.5	16.8	16.0	17.0	16.3	16.8	17.4	15.6	14.8	16.3	15.8	16.3	17.1	17.9	18.1	18.8	19.7	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						24.2	25.3	26.7	26.8	27.7	25.7	26.9	28.9	27.4	27.4	27.4	28.2	24.9	24.9	23.5	23.4	24.8	24.1	23.5	26.1	25.3	27.4	29.9	29.0	31.5	33.0	Dundee City
East Aryshire						12.4	11.6	13.8	14.0	15.1	15.8	15.9	14.8	14.9	15.4	15.6	17.5	16.6	14.5	16.4	14.8	15.4	14.4	16.5	16.1	17.1	17.2	18.7	16.1	18.5	17.5	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						14.8	14.3	15.3	14.3	14.1	16.1	15.3	15.4	16.4	15.9	18.8	18.5	16.7	15.5	17.1	16.2	17.0	16.7	14.6	14.7	15.3	16.5	16.2	17.1	19.7	19.2	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						17.0	17.1	19.3	18.2	15.8	19.9	20.0	20.2	20.4	17.0	17.0	19.0	18.0	18.1	18.5	18.7	19.4	22.2	20.4	20.6	19.1	21.7	22.3	21.2	26.2	23.6	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						11.2	10.1	13.0	11.8	13.3	13.7	12.9	13.7	10.9	13.4	14.8	13.8	14.2	13.2	14.9	14.1	14.3	12.8	13.5	15.5	13.1	15.8	14.3	17.9	19.7	19.4	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						24.9	25.4	26.8	27.5	27.3	28.2	26.2	27.0	26.6	26.3	25.6	25.1	24.3	22.8	20.6	21.9	22.0	21.3	20.7	22.2	21.7	23.0	24.7	25.3	26.1	25.0	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						15.3	14.9	15.6	15.2	16.1	16.5	15.8	14.6	14.3	15.2	14.8	15.0	15.3	15.8	15.9	15.2	14.9	16.5	16.8	17.3	18.9	18.1	21.7	22.3	21.5	20.7	Falkirk
Fife	15.7	14.9	15.0	15.5	15.9	16.1	15.1	16.9	17.4	19.0	18.2	19.3	18.9	18.1	17.3	17.8	19.2	19.0	18.7	17.7	17.2	18.4	18.4	16.8	18.4	18.7	20.2	19.9	21.5	21.7	21.1	Fife
Glasgow City						18.6	19.1	19.9	20.4	21.0	21.5	21.2	20.5	21.8	22.6	24.3	23.5	22.8	21.4	20.6	19.6	19.4	19.7	19.4	20.5	20.9	21.8	36.5	24.4	27.2	27.3	Glasgow City
Highland	18.3	17.6	19.4	18.2	17.2	15.7	15.7	15.8	16.6	16.1	16.7	16.4	16.7	15.9	15.2	16.8	17.3	15.0	14.4	15.3	15.6	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.6	16.0	15.8	18.1	18.6	18.1	16.7	Highland
Inverclyde						12.9	14.0	15.9	14.3	15.3	16.2	14.0	15.9	12.0	12.9	12.4	14.2	14.4	15.0	15.3	14.2	13.8	12.4	12.2	13.6	16.1	14.6	16.7	21.5	21.0	21.5	Inverclyde
Islands	7.9	10.6	10.5	10.6	11.1	11.1	10.2	10.6	11.1	12.4	8.9	13.0	11.4	11.6	9.3	8.8	9.5	8.2	10.4	6.7	8.6	8.7	8.3	7.9	7.4	8.1	9.8	7.8	10.8	12.4	10.7	Islands
(Eilean Siar)						9.1	9.4	9.9	10.8																							(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)						12.2	12.8	10.6	12.6																							(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)						12.3	10.3	11.4	10.4																							(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						19.0	18.2	19.1	19.8	20.3	20.2	21.1	21.4	22.2	23.3	20.7	20.9	21.8	21.1	19.2	21.1	19.1	22.0	20.2	18.3	19.5	17.9	21.3	21.2	24.3	20.7	Midlothian
Moray						11.0	10.3	11.8	11.3	12.1	13.8	13.0	14.6	15.4	14.1	11.5	14.2	14.6	13.0	14.7	13.2	15.0	13.6	11.8	13.3	13.0	12.4	15.8	16.6	17.0	15.1	Moray
North Aryshire						13.8	13.5	14.3	15.6	15.2	14.1	15.2	16.7	16.1	16.4	17.3	16.8	17.4	17.1	17.7	16.2	18.3	16.1	17.1	17.3	16.9	19.1	22.2	21.1	21.0	19.9	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						11.9	11.7	12.7	13.9	14.3	15.3	14.7	14.5	14.6	15.4	16.1	16.2	16.8	16.5	17.4	16.8	17.4	15.4	16.5	16.3	17.7	18.7	20.6	19.6	22.6	22.5	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						18.0	18.0	20.3	17.0	20.4	18.2	18.4	20.9	18.5	21.5	20.5	20.2	18.8	19.1	17.8	19.4	18.9	16.7	16.3	16.9	17.7	19.1	19.0	19.1	20.7	20.2	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						14.2	14.9	14.8	15.4	14.2	17.1	17.2	16.5	15.6	15.7	16.5	15.8	15.7	16.6	16.3	16.0	13.6	12.9	14.1	16.1	16.5	16.6	18.2	19.6	22.7	21.9	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	12.7	13.4	12.8	14.4	11.3	12.6	14.7	14.6	12.6	13.6	12.7	14.7	16.1	16.5	15.4	17.6	14.8	15.4	11.5	15.6	15.8	14.2	13.5	13.0	12.0	15.4	16.3	16.4	17.7	17.2	18.6	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						16.8	15.6	16.3	18.2	17.6	16.3	17.2	17.5	18.9	18.6	19.9	17.5	17.6	15.5	19.1	16.6	19.1	18.2	17.1	18.1	14.8	18.2	19.7	21.6	20.0	20.2	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						12.4	12.1	13.7	14.1	15.0	15.6	15.7	14.7	15.5	15.7	15.2	15.9	16.3	16.2	17.4	14.4	16.4	17.0	15.3	16.1	16.9	17.0	18.2	19.6	21.4	21.3	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						15.8	15.5	16.9	20.1	19.3	18.2	17.9	18.0	16.9	17.6	18.4	16.5	20.4	17.2	18.4	17.9	18.1	18.3	18.1	19.0	20.0	21.1	23.1	22.6	21.3	22.5	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						12.6	13.0	13.5	14.4	12.4	15.9	14.7	15.5	15.4	15.8	17.3	14.9	16.6	15.4	16.7	14.9	15.1	16.2	14.6	19.4	17.1	19.8	22.2	22.9	26.3	27.0	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						15.6	15.5	16.0	15.6	16.7	15.0	16.6	16.5	16.3	16.5	15.9	17.2	16.4	16.2	14.8	14.7	15.5	11.5	13.2	17.0	16.8	17.9	19.1	21.6	22.7	20.3	West Lothian
SCOTLAND TOTAL	15.0	14.9	15.4	16.0	16.0	17.2	17.3	18.3	18.4	18.8	19.2	19.2	19.4	19.1	19.2	19.5	19.6	19.1	18.4	18.3	17.9	18.0	17.8	17.4	18.3	18.4	19.4	20.9	21.6	23.0	22.5	SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland abortion percentage ranks by council area of residence, 1991-2021

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	council area
Aberdeen City	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	6	4	3	5	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire	14	11	20	18	22	16	20	13	14	25	23	18	25	22	25	24	26	22	24	28	28	27	28	27	26	26	Aberdeenshire
Angus	6	8	4	6	6	7	4	4	6	7	9	7	9	6	5	10	12	11	13	7	11	12	10	9	8	6	Angus
Argyll and Bute	25	19	21	24	27	25	19	29	30	29	29	29	29	30	29	28	29	27	29	27	29	29	27	29	29	21	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire	19	14	16	16	11	21	11	10	9	9	12	16	24	21	13	8	16	6	8	14	3	6	4	1	4	11	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	28	22	23	20	15	12	25	15	16	19	18	20	13	14	17	11	17	20	17	21	20	19	22	22	23	22	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	Dundee City
East Aryshire	23	28	24	25	19	20	16	23	24	22	22	12	16	24	19	22	19	21	15	19	15	18	18	28	24	27	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire	16	20	17	22	24	18	21	22	15	15	8	10	15	18	16	15	14	14	20	24	24	22	25	25	21	24	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian	8	7	7	8	16	6	7	8	7	12	16	9	10	9	8	7	4	3	4	4	8	5	7	15	6	7	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire	30	32	27	29	26	28	30	28	29	27	25	28	28	26	26	27	24	26	23	23	26	25	29	23	22	23	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	7	4	Edinburgh City
Falkirk	15	16	15	17	13	14	17	26	26	24	26	23	22	17	21	20	22	15	12	13	9	15	11	8	14	15	Falkirk
Fife	10	15	9	10	9	9	8	9	11	11	11	8	7	8	11	12	9	8	11	9	10	8	14	12	13	14	Fife
Glasgow City	5	4	6	4	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	1	5	2	2	Glasgow City
Highland	12	9	14	12	14	13	15	16	19	23	17	13	23	25	23	19	23	19	19	22	22	24	21	21	25	28	Highland
Inverclyde	20	21	13	21	17	17	27	20	27	28	27	27	27	23	24	26	27	28	27	25	21	26	23	13	18	12	Inverclyde
Islands	31	31	31	31	28	30	28	30	28	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	Islands
(Eilean Siar)	33	33	33	32																							(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)	27	25	32	28																							(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)	26	29	30	33																							(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian	4	5	8	7	7	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	4	7	4	5	10	7	17	12	14	9	16	Midlothian
Moray	32	30	29	30	30	27	29	25	23	26	28	26	26	27	28	29	21	23	28	26	27	28	26	26	28	29	Moray
North Aryshire	18	23	22	13	18	26	22	14	18	14	14	15	12	11	12	16	10	17	10	12	16	10	8	16	17	20	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire	29	27	28	26	21	23	26	27	25	21	20	19	14	13	14	13	13	18	14	17	12	13	13	19	12	8	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross	7	6	5	11	5	10	9	6	10	6	6	6	8	7	10	6	8	13	16	16	13	11	17	20	19	18	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire	17	17	18	15	23	11	13	17	20	17	19	22	20	12	20	17	28	25	22	18	19	21	20	17	10	10	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	22	18	19	27	25	29	24	19	13	20	13	25	21	28	22	18	25	24	26	29	23	23	24	24	27	25	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire	9	10	11	9	10	15	12	12	8	8	7	11	11	19	7	14	6	10	9	11	25	14	15	11	20	19	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire	24	26	25	23	20	22	18	24	21	18	24	21	19	16	15	25	15	12	18	20	17	20	19	18	15	13	South Lanarkshire
Stirling	11	12	10	5	8	8	10	11	12	10	10	17	6	10	9	9	11	9	7	8	6	7	5	7	16	9	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire	21	24	26	19	29	19	23	21	22	16	15	24	17	20	18	21	20	16	21	6	14	9	9	6	5	3	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian	13	13	12	14	12	24	14	18	17	13	21	14	18	15	27	23	18	29	25	15	18	16	16	10	11	17	West Lothian