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

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

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

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.

List of nations by year of most recent data:

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