Abortion in Latin America

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Statista Dossier on abortion in Latin America

This dossier provides key information about abortion in Latin America, with special focus on Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

Table of contents

  • 1. Overview
    • Worldwide contraceptive prevalence as of 2018, by region

    • Number of unintended pregnancies in developing regions 2017, by outcome

    • Latin America: public opinion on abortion 2016-2018

    • Latin America: public opinion on abortion 2018, by country

  • 2. Mexico
    • Mexico City: legal abortion patient share 2007-2019, by age

    • Mexico: number of legal abortion patients 2007-2019, by residence

    • Mexico City: legal abortion patients 2007-2019, by method

    • Mexico: legal abortions 2007-2019, by marital status

    • Mexico: number of criminal cases due to abortion by state 2019

    • Mexico: public opinion on abortion by state 2019

  • 3. Argentina
    • Argentina: number of deaths due to abortion 2005-2018

    • Argentina: number of deaths due to abortion 2018, by age

    • Argentina: number of deaths due to abortion 2018, by location

    • Public opinion on abortion legalization by cause in Argentina 2020

    • Public opinion on abortion decriminalization in Argentina 2020

    • Argentina: role of the Catholic Church in the debate on abortion 2018

  • 4. Brazil
    • Brazil: number of legal abortions 2009-2017

    • Brazil: number of curettages 2009-2017

    • Brazil: cost of decriminalized abortions 2009-2017

    • Brazil: public opinion on the legal status of abortion 2018

    • Brazil: opinion on the legal status of abortion by income level 2018

    • Brazil: opinion on the incarceration of women due to abortion 2007-2018

  • 5. Chile
    • Chile: main causes of legal abortions 2017-2019

    • Chile: legal abortions 2017-2019, by cause and location

    • Chile: convictions for abortion 2007-2017

    • Chile: number of fetal deaths 2010-2017

    • Chile: number of fetal deaths 2017, by woman's age

    • Chile: fetal deaths 2017, by region

  • 6. Colombia
    • Colombia: voluntary abortions by Oriéntame 2018, by city

    • Colombia: voluntary abortions at Profamilia 2013-2017

    • Colombia: number of fetal deaths 2013-2019

    • Colombia: number of fetal deaths by woman's age 2019

    • Colombia: number of fetal deaths 2019, by region

    • Colombia: number of fetal deaths 2017-2019, by gender

  • 7. Peru
    • Peru: share of women who had an abortion by age group 2018

    • Peru: share of women who had an abortion by education level 2018

    • Peru: share of women who had an abortion by region 2018

    • Peru: ways in which women underwent an abortion 2018

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