Countries With the Highest Abortion Rate (legal, reported)
Every country with a figure for abortion rate (legal, reported), ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Greenland (65.4), Cuba (34.7) and Azerbaijan (29.1). The middle country of the 50 has 7.75.
What this measures
Legal abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-49. Source: United Nations Statistics Division. For this measure, no agreed better direction.
Legal abortions reported to the UN Demographic Yearbook, per 1,000 women aged 15 to 49 (women of childbearing age, counted by the World Bank). Only countries where abortion is legal on broad grounds and the national count covers the whole country are included. That is mostly Europe, the former Soviet Union and a few others, such as Japan, Cuba and New Zealand. Countries whose counts cover only hospitals, only medical reasons or only complications are left out, and so is any year a footnote says is missing part of the country (several years for Italy). Abortions outside the official system, such as pills bought online, are not counted anywhere. So the figure is a floor, not a full count. Where abortion is banned, there is no figure at all, which is not the same as no abortions. No "better" direction is set.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2011–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Abortion rate (legal, reported) | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 65.4 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2 | Cuba | 34.7 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 29.1 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 28.2 | 2013 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 17.1 | 2018 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 6 | Sweden | 15.7 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 7 | France | 15 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Mongolia | 14.8 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 9 | Seychelles | 14.7 | 2024 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 14.2 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 13.8 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 12 | New Zealand | 13.7 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 13 | Georgia | 13.5 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 14 | Norway | 13.3 | 2011 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 13.2 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 16 | Uruguay | 12.9 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 17 | Iceland | 12.8 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Moldova | 12.7 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | Denmark | 12.1 | 2015 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 20 | Armenia | 11.9 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 21 | Kyrgyz Republic | 11.2 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 22 | Estonia | 10.8 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Spain | 9.79 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 24 | Hungary | 9.65 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | Portugal | 7.75 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 26 | Belgium | 7.75 | 2011 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 7.54 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 28 | Romania | 7.28 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 29 | Finland | 7.09 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 30 | Slovenia | 7.08 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 31 | Belarus | 7.03 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 32 | Germany | 6.47 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Czechia | 6.36 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 34 | Latvia | 6.3 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 5.82 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 36 | Switzerland | 5.79 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 37 | Italy | 5.62 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 38 | Serbia | 5.55 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 39 | Japan | 5.39 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 40 | Ukraine | 4.96 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 41 | Slovak Republic | 4.78 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 42 | Montenegro | 4.33 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 4.14 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 44 | Lithuania | 3.91 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 45 | Croatia | 3.82 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 46 | Faroe Islands | 3.76 | 2024 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 47 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.61 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 48 | Singapore | 3.31 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 49 | Albania | 1.23 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 50 | Guam | 1.03 | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific |
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