Percentage of Pregnancies Aborted by Country
(countries listed by percentage)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 November 2025

Percent of known pregnancies ending in legal abortions (excluding those ending in miscarriage), most recent data (in order of decreasing percentage)

countryyear%notes
Greenland202359.09
Guadeloupe202448.34
Cuba202347.62
China PR202147.22
Martinique202445.57
Azerbaijan202443.34
Transnistria201439.85
Bonaire202338.90
Curacao200937.24
Bermuda202136.01
India201635.04E
French Guiana202433.73
Saint Pierre and Miquelon200733.33
Reunion202431.84
United Kingdom202228.69
Cocos Islands197828.57
Jersey202428.11
Belize199628.05
Abkhazia201528.00
China ROC (Taiwan)201827.49
Uruguay202427.31
France202427.24
Russia202326.99
Isle of Man202226.66
Sweden202426.40
Estonia202424.43
Spain202324.38
Aland Islands202424.30
Seychelles202423.17
Georgia202423.05
Crimea and Sevastopol202123.00
New Zealand202422.69
Canada202322.40
Moldova202421.66
French Polynesia202021.59
Puerto Rico202321.35
Armenia202421.24
Denmark202421.15
Hungary202420.72
United States202420.55E
Australia202420.52
Guernsey202319.79
Belarus202419.68
Netherlands202319.30
Greece201519.01
Argentina202318.91
Ukraine202418.86
Saint Martin201418.76
Bulgaria202418.69
Andorra201818.59#
Norway202418.41
Mongolia202417.53
Gibraltar202217.46
Hong Kong202316.86
Iceland202316.86
Ireland202416.72
Portugal202316.65
Romania202416.63
Vietnam202216.60E I
Finland202416.51
Nepal202416.19
Latvia202415.89
Japan202415.72
Kazakhstan202315.60
Belgium202315.16
Slovenia202315.13
Mayotte202414.89
Italy202314.70
North Macedonia202114.52
Czech Republic202314.20
New Caledonia202313.81
South Africa202313.79
Switzerland202413.71
Singapore202413.70
Luxembourg202413.62
Germany202413.59
Serbia202311.54
Barbados201711.24
Anguilla200511.17
Slovakia202410.66
Korea, South (ROK)202010.53
Bahrain20179.88
Bosnia and Herzegovina20229.73
Turkey20229.20
Lithuania20249.17
Turks and Caicos Islands20059.14
Wallis and Futuna Islands20128.85
Croatia20238.57
Montenegro20227.92
Israel20237.86
Tunisia20097.39
Turkmenistan20237.20
Saint Helena19907.14
Faeroe Islands20246.87
Costa Rica20236.30
Dominican Republic20246.28
Kyrgyzstan20175.94
Ethiopia20145.75E
Guyana20154.71
Tajikistan20234.65
Cambodia20104.40
Paraguay20233.75
Uzbekistan20233.69
Mozambique20243.42
Bangladesh20193.41
Suriname19943.02
Albania20232.89
Burundi20192.41
Austria20052.23I
Cabo Verde19981.65
Guam20241.54
Ghana20221.42
Brazil20231.06I
Venezuela19680.80
Mexico20230.66I
Comoros20100.55
Northern Mariana Islands20180.53#
U.S. Virgin Islands20160.47#
Qatar20120.46
Palau20170.45#
Ecuador20140.43E
Colombia20240.42
Gaza Strip20030.35#
Poland20240.35
West Bank20030.35#
Malta20220.30#
Kosovo20180.29
Peru20200.06
Chile20170.05
Botswana19840.04
Micronesia20150.04#
Trinidad and Tobago20040.03
Panama20000.02
United Arab Emirates20210.02#
Guatemala20150.01I

Notes: Data generally included in-country occurences regardless of residency of those obtaining abortions. (#) indicates values which include abortions by country residents obtained abroad. (E) indicates results based on estimates developed for the Abortion Worldwide Report. (I) indicates values known to be substantially incomplete. See respective country pages for sources. Reporting areas used on these pages are de facto statistical reporting areas and should not be assumed to represent recognition of disputed status; see this page for discussion.


update of section VII, "Global Abortion Summary," version 3, March 2000
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