Unintended pregnancy and abortion rates by income group worldwide 2015-2019

From 2015 to 2019, there were 93 unintended pregnancies and 38 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age in low-income countries, compared to 34 unintended pregnancies and 15 abortions per 1,000 women in high-income countries. This statistic illustrates the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates worldwide from 2015 to 2019, by income group.

Unintended pregnancy and abortion rates worldwide from 2015 to 2019, by income group (per 1,000 women)

Characteristic	Low-income countries	Middle-income countries	High-income countries
Unintended pregnancy rate	93	66	34
Abortion rate	38	44	15

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

From 2015 to 2019

Age group

15-49 years

Supplementary notes

All rates, percentages and numbers presented in this fact sheet are annual averages for the specified five-year period. Some graphics in this fact sheet present estimates with 80% uncertainty intervals, which correspond to the 10th and 90th percentiles of the posterior distributions. These intervals signify that there is a 10% chance that the true outcome is below the interval and a 10% chance that the true outcome is above the interval.

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