Country rankings
Abortion Rates by Country
Greenland has the highest Abortion Rate (84.7 per 1k women), followed by Pakistan (66.0 per 1k women) and Vietnam (64.0 per 1k women). Algeria has the lowest (0.4 per 1k women).
Health152 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Jul 15, 2024Original page
10 sources
- List of countries by abortion rate - Wiki
- Global and Regional Estimates of Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion - Guttmacher Institute
- Legally Induced Abortions: 2011 - 2020 - United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2020
- Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990–2019 - The Lancet Global Health
- Abortion Rate - United Nations
- Abortion - World Health Orgazation
- Abortion Statistics and Other Data - Johnstons Archive
- Abortion Law - Council on Foreign Relations
- What the data says about abortion in the U.S. - Pew Research Center
- Despite Bans, Number of Abortions in the United States Increased in 2023 - Guttmacher Institute
152 of 235 countries
Abortion Rate
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 152 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
25.0 per 1k women
Middle half 12.6 per 1k women – 34.0 per 1k women
Average
25.1 per 1k women
152 countries
Highest
84.7 per 1k women
Greenland
Lowest
0.4 per 1k women
Algeria
Data
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152 countries · # = rank by Abortion Rate
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greenland | 84.7 per 1k women | 870 |
| 2 |  Pakistan | 66.0 per 1k women | 3.8M |
| 3 |  Vietnam | 64.0 per 1k women | 1.6M |
| 4 |  Madagascar | 60.0 per 1k women | 376K |
| 5 |  Guinea-Bissau | 59.0 per 1k women | 26.6K |
| 6 |  Cuba | 55.0 per 1k women | 147K |
| 7 |  Cape Verde | 49.0 per 1k women | 7,100 |
| 8 |  India | 48.0 per 1k women | 16.6M |
| 8 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 48.0 per 1k women | 17.1K |
| 10 |  Cambodia | 45.0 per 1k women | 195K |
| 10 |  Sierra Leone | 45.0 per 1k women | 82.6K |
| 10 |  Barbados | 45.0 per 1k women | 3,000 |
| 13 |  Republic of the Congo | 44.0 per 1k women | 54.7K |
| 14 |  Kenya | 43.0 per 1k women | 551K |
| 14 |  Uganda | 43.0 per 1k women | 418K |
| 14 |  Samoa | 43.0 per 1k women | 1,800 |
| 17 |  Peru | 42.0 per 1k women | 353K |
| 17 |  Liberia | 42.0 per 1k women | 47.6K |
| 17 |  Maldives | 42.0 per 1k women | 4,700 |
| 20 |  Nepal | 41.0 per 1k women | 348K |
| 20 |  Gabon | 41.0 per 1k women | 21.1K |
| 22 |  Mozambique | 40.0 per 1k women | 277K |
| 23 |  Vanuatu | 39.0 per 1k women | 2,800 |
| 23 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 39.0 per 1k women | 1,900 |
| 25 |  Tanzania | 38.0 per 1k women | 482K |
| 25 |  Bolivia | 38.0 per 1k women | 108K |
| 25 |  Haiti | 38.0 per 1k women | 111K |
| 25 |  Jamaica | 38.0 per 1k women | 29.8K |
| 29 |  Ghana | 37.0 per 1k women | 266K |
| 29 |  Dominican Republic | 37.0 per 1k women | 101K |
| 29 |  Saint Lucia | 37.0 per 1k women | 1,900 |
| 32 |  Philippines | 36.0 per 1k women | 973K |
| 32 |  Papua New Guinea | 36.0 per 1k women | 77.2K |
| 32 |  Guyana | 36.0 per 1k women | 7,300 |
| 35 |  Bangladesh | 35.0 per 1k women | 1.6M |
| 35 |  Ivory Coast | 35.0 per 1k women | 207K |
| 35 |  Zambia | 35.0 per 1k women | 140K |
| 38 |  Cameroon | 34.0 per 1k women | 201K |
| 38 |  Laos | 34.0 per 1k women | 64.1K |
| 38 |  Paraguay | 34.0 per 1k women | 60.9K |
| 38 |  Timor-Leste | 34.0 per 1k women | 10.1K |
| 42 |  Nigeria | 33.0 per 1k women | 2M |
| 42 |  DR Congo | 33.0 per 1k women | 593K |
| 42 |  Argentina | 33.0 per 1k women | 368K |
| 42 |  Angola | 33.0 per 1k women | 229K |
| 46 |  Brazil | 32.0 per 1k women | 1.8M |
| 46 |  Benin | 32.0 per 1k women | 84.3K |
| 46 |  Togo | 32.0 per 1k women | 60.3K |
| 46 |  Solomon Islands | 32.0 per 1k women | 4,900 |
| 46 |  Bhutan | 32.0 per 1k women | 6,400 |
| 46 |  Belize | 32.0 per 1k women | 3,300 |
| 52 |  Mexico | 31.0 per 1k women | 1M |
| 52 |  Malawi | 31.0 per 1k women | 134K |
| 52 |  Kyrgyzstan | 31.0 per 1k women | 49.5K |
| 52 |  Puerto Rico | 31.0 per 1k women | 23.1K |
| 52 |  Botswana | 31.0 per 1k women | 18.6K |
| 52 |  Comoros | 31.0 per 1k women | 6,100 |
| 52 |  Suriname | 31.0 per 1k women | 4,500 |
| 59 |  South Africa | 30.0 per 1k women | 461K |
| 59 |  Burkina Faso | 30.0 per 1k women | 136K |
| 59 |  Panama | 30.0 per 1k women | 31.2K |
| 62 |  Somalia | 29.0 per 1k women | 93.2K |
| 62 |  Namibia | 29.0 per 1k women | 18.6K |
| 62 |  Eswatini | 29.0 per 1k women | 8,800 |
| 62 |  French Guiana | 29.0 per 1k women | 2,100 |
| 66 |  China | 28.0 per 1k women | 9.7M |
| 66 |  Sri Lanka | 28.0 per 1k women | 149K |
| 66 |  Ecuador | 28.0 per 1k women | 123K |
| 66 |  Rwanda | 28.0 per 1k women | 84.3K |
| 70 |  Colombia | 27.0 per 1k women | 360K |
| 70 |  Central African Republic | 27.0 per 1k women | 28.5K |
| 72 |  Myanmar | 26.0 per 1k women | 387K |
| 72 |  Guinea | 26.0 per 1k women | 77.4K |
| 72 |  Burundi | 26.0 per 1k women | 65K |
| 72 |  Tajikistan | 26.0 per 1k women | 58.1K |
| 76 |  Indonesia | 25.0 per 1k women | 1.8M |
| 76 |  Thailand | 25.0 per 1k women | 437K |
| 76 |  South Sudan | 25.0 per 1k women | 63.6K |
| 76 |  Tonga | 25.0 per 1k women | 620 |
| 80 |  Ethiopia | 24.0 per 1k women | 632K |
| 80 |  El Salvador | 24.0 per 1k women | 43.3K |
| 82 |  Egypt | 23.0 per 1k women | 1.1M |
| 82 |  United Kingdom | 23.0 per 1k women | 278K |
| 82 |  Uzbekistan | 23.0 per 1k women | 198K |
| 82 |  Mali | 23.0 per 1k women | 92.6K |
| 82 |  Lesotho | 23.0 per 1k women | 12.8K |
| 87 |  South Korea | 21.0 per 1k women | 50K |
| 87 |  Honduras | 21.0 per 1k women | 53K |
| 87 |  Costa Rica | 21.0 per 1k women | 27.5K |
| 87 |  Eritrea | 21.0 per 1k women | 16.5K |
| 87 |  Mongolia | 21.0 per 1k women | 17.4K |
| 87 |  Djibouti | 21.0 per 1k women | 5,100 |
| 93 |  Kazakhstan | 20.1 per 1k women | 71.4K |
| 94 |  Guatemala | 19.0 per 1k women | 85.4K |
| 94 |  Turkmenistan | 19.0 per 1k women | 28.9K |
| 96 |  Zimbabwe | 18.0 per 1k women | 67.3K |
| 96 |  Sweden | 18.0 per 1k women | 35.6K |
| 96 |  Moldova | 18.0 per 1k women | 19.4K |
| 99 |  France | 17.3 per 1k women | 251.3K |
| 100 |  Taiwan | 17.0 per 1k women | 93.2K |
| 100 |  Chad | 17.0 per 1k women | 58.4K |
| 100 |  Mauritania | 17.0 per 1k women | 17.8K |
| 103 |  United States | 16.7 per 1k women | 1.1M |
| 104 |  New Zealand | 16.6 per 1k women | 17.8K |
| 105 |  Australia | 16.0 per 1k women | 93.8K |
| 105 |  Gambia | 16.0 per 1k women | 8,800 |
| 107 |  Niger | 15.0 per 1k women | 69K |
| 107 |  Senegal | 15.0 per 1k women | 57.9K |
| 107 |  Greece | 15.0 per 1k women | 34.6K |
| 110 |  Nicaragua | 14.0 per 1k women | 26.8K |
| 110 |  North Macedonia | 14.0 per 1k women | 7,300 |
| 112 |  Russia | 13.1 per 1k women | 553.5K |
| 113 |  Iceland | 13.0 per 1k women | 990 |
| 114 |  Armenia | 12.8 per 1k women | 10.7K |
| 115 |  Canada | 12.0 per 1k women | 97.5K |
| 115 |  Denmark | 12.0 per 1k women | 14.6K |
| 117 |  Bulgaria | 11.9 per 1k women | 19.3K |
| 118 |  Azerbaijan | 11.8 per 1k women | 34.7K |
| 119 |  Belarus | 11.4 per 1k women | 16.7K |
| 120 |  Norway | 11.0 per 1k women | 13.1K |
| 120 |  Uruguay | 11.0 per 1k women | 9,500 |
| 120 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0 per 1k women | 8,500 |
| 123 |  Iran | 10.7 per 1k women | 450K |
| 124 |  Estonia | 10.3 per 1k women | 3,741 |
| 125 |  Poland | 10.0 per 1k women | 93K |
| 126 |  Hungary | 9.8 per 1k women | 23.9K |
| 127 |  Israel | 8.4 per 1k women | 17.6K |
| 128 |  Belgium | 8.0 per 1k women | 19.5K |
| 129 |  Finland | 7.6 per 1k women | 9,100 |
| 130 |  Spain | 7.5 per 1k women | 88.3K |
| 131 |  Chile | 7.0 per 1k women | 33K |
| 131 |  Netherlands | 7.0 per 1k women | 26.5K |
| 133 |  Romania | 6.7 per 1k women | 31.9K |
| 134 |  Latvia | 6.4 per 1k women | 2,848 |
| 135 |  Germany | 6.2 per 1k women | 105.7K |
| 136 |  Slovenia | 6.1 per 1k women | 2,945 |
| 137 |  Ukraine | 6.0 per 1k women | 64.9K |
| 137 |  Montenegro | 6.0 per 1k women | 860 |
| 139 |  Portugal | 5.6 per 1k women | 14.1K |
| 140 |  Luxembourg | 5.2 per 1k women | 559 |
| 141 |  Japan | 5.1 per 1k women | 122.7K |
| 141 |  Switzerland | 5.1 per 1k women | 10.8K |
| 143 |  Singapore | 5.0 per 1k women | 7,400 |
| 144 |  Italy | 4.9 per 1k women | 65.8K |
| 145 |  Serbia | 4.8 per 1k women | 8,005 |
| 146 |  Slovakia | 4.4 per 1k women | 6,180 |
| 147 |  Lithuania | 4.3 per 1k women | 2,794 |
| 148 |  Turkey | 2.7 per 1k women | 43K |
| 148 |  Croatia | 2.7 per 1k women | 2,594 |
| 150 |  Austria | 1.3 per 1k women | 1,800 |
| 151 |  Albania | 1.2 per 1k women | 873 |
| 152 |  Algeria | 0.4 per 1k women | 8,000 |
What correlates with Abortion Rate?
Pearson r against 1,441 other country metrics sharing at least 92 countries. Correlation is not causation.
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- % of Population with Access to Safely Managed WaterCountries Without Clean WaterPlotr = −0.66 · strong · n = 98
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Abortion Rate?
- Greenland has the highest Abortion Rate, at 84.7 per 1k women, followed by Pakistan (66.0 per 1k women) and Vietnam (64.0 per 1k women).
- Which country has the lowest Abortion Rate?
- Algeria has the lowest Abortion Rate, at 0.4 per 1k women.
- What is the median Abortion Rate across countries?
- The median is 25.0 per 1k women across the 152 countries with data.
- Where does this abortion rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of countries by abortion rate - Wiki; Global and Regional Estimates of Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion - Guttmacher Institute; Legally Induced Abortions: 2011 - 2020 - United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2020; Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990–2019 - The Lancet Global Health.