Abortion Statistics – How many abortions per year?

By Bedbible Research Center / November 30, 2023

Abortion is always a heavily discussed topic where a lot of numbers are thrown around. In such a manner that it’s typically difficult to understand what is true and what is fake news.

Since abortion is an important topic we have in The Bedbible Research Center decided to do in-depth research that investigates the most popular areas of abortion.

This report is the newest and most comprehensive on the topic. Our dataset has 42.428 respondents (all women from the US) and focuses on the period 2000 – 2022 (+ estimates from 2023 to 2030).

We’ll keep this page updated with new stats and facts as we learn more. Stay tuned and keep visiting this site if you want the latest abortion numbers and statistics.

Please get in contact to get the full dataset – available for SPSS, Stata, R, & SAS or as simple CSV or TxT files. Reach out to: researchcenter@bedbible.com. You are more than welcome to use the findings we just require that you source reference us accordingly – even though it’s through third-parties.

Key Findings

There were 652,989 abortions in the USA in 2022
11 out of 1,000 women get an abortion every year
1 out of 4 pregnancies end in abortion
57.7% of abortions are from women that are 20-29 years old
91% of abortions are Medical (before week 9) and Surgical (before week 13) – so in the start
1.534 facilities in the US provided abortions in 2022
80.9% of abortions occur within the first 9 weeks (Approx. 2 months)
0.31 persons for every 100,000 die from an abortion
The majority of Women (67%) get an abortion because they are a) not ready, b) don’t have the money, or c) don’t want one more child
The average price of an abortion is 568$
64% of US citizens think abortion is a personal medical decision and not something that the state should dictate
5 out of 10 abortions happen in an official clinic
4 out of 10 abortions were on black women
0.5% of abortions are from incest.
1% of abortions comes from rape.

Data & Methodology

42.428 female respondents
Only data from US citizens
We’re only including data from abortions done by professionals in a clinic/hospital.
Period of interest: 2000 – 2022
The research relies on qualitative and quantitative data (mixed method research approach)
Quantitative data is gathered from existing online data as well as our survey
Qualitative data is gathered from experts within this field; Doctors, and females who have experienced an abortion.

How many abortions per year?

The total number of abortions in the USA is 652,989 in 2022. This is a slight increase from 650,729 in 2021 and 620,327 in 2020. We suspect this increase is due to the COVID-19 effect.

The total number of abortions is decreasing significantly every year. The reasons are among others that; a) we’re becoming a more knowledgeable society. We know what happens if we don’t use some kind of birth control. The amount of pregnancies is also declining. b) politics; a minority of states have closed down the opportunity to get an abortion. c) it’s possible that more and more are self-managing abortions (so basically doing it out of clinics).

The abortion ratio tells us the same story, that fewer and fewer females are getting an abortion. Actually, only 11 women out of 1.000 in 2022 got an abortion. That number hasn’t been lower.

By country (USA)

Year	Abortions
2000	1,310,000
2001	1,193,660
2002	1,114,872
2003	1,067,520
2004	989,787
2005	951,191
2006	935,245
2007	908,826
2008	842,700
2009	873,882
2010	812,648
2011	730,322
2012	699,202
2013	664,435
2014	652,639
2015	638,169
2016	623,471
2017	612,719
2018	619,591
2019	629,898
2020	620,327
2021	650,729
2022	652,989
2023E	651,231
2024E	647,533
2025E	641,976
2026E	621,112
2027E	611,092
2028E	601,598
2029E	593,463
2030E	582,171

By ratio

Ratio Number of abortions pr. 1.000 women (ratio)

Year	Ratio
2000	16.9
2001	16.4
2002	16.2
2003	15.9
2004	15.8
2005	15.2
2006	14.6
2007	14.5
2008	14.2
2009	14
2010	13.9
2011	13.7
2012	13.1
2013	12.4
2014	12.1
2015	11.8
2016	11.6
2017	11.2
2018	11.3
2019	11.4
2020	11.2
2021	11.1
2022	11

By race

As it appears, the abortion rate for Black women was 39%, which is the highest among all racial and ethnic groups. The abortion rate for Hispanic women was 21%, while the rate for white women was 33% and the last 7% is categorized into Others. So in other words, 4 out of 10 abortions are on black women.

Here we’ve listed the top 5 states with the most abortions by race in numbers. In other words, e.g. in Vermont, 88% of abortions are on white women, and so on.

Black women

Mississippi 77%
Georgia 67%
Alabama 66%
Arkansas 54%
Michigan 54%

Hispanic women

New Mexico 58%
Arizona 42%
Texas 37%
Connecticut 33%
Nevada 31%

White women

Vermont 88%
West Virginia 84%
Montana 82%
Idaho 70%
Wyoming 68%

Area	Black	Hispanic	White	Other	Total
United States	39%	21%	33%	7%	100%
Alabama	66%	6%	26%	2%	100%
Alaska	7%	5%	47%	41%	100%
Arizona	12%	42%	36%	10%	100%
Arkansas	54%	6%	37%	3%	100%
California	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Colorado	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Connecticut	27%	33%	34%	6%	100%
Delaware	47%	14%	38%	2%	100%
District of Columbia	1%	18%	16%	65%	100%
Florida	38%	29%	30%	4%	100%
Georgia	67%	9%	20%	5%	100%
Hawaii	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Idaho	2%	23%	70%	4%	100%
Illinois	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Indiana	35%	11%	47%	7%	100%
Iowa	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kansas	26%	15%	52%	8%	100%
Kentucky	35%	8%	54%	4%	100%
Louisiana	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maine	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maryland	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Massachusetts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Michigan	54%	4%	37%	5%	100%
Minnesota	31%	7%	50%	13%	100%
Mississippi	77%	3%	18%	2%	100%
Missouri	32%	5%	56%	8%	100%
Montana	2%	6%	82%	10%	100%
Nebraska	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nevada	22%	31%	34%	12%	100%
New Hampshire	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Jersey	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Mexico	6%	58%	26%	10%	100%
New York	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
North California	52%	13%	28%	7%	100%
North Dakota	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ohio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oklahoma	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oregon	6%	21%	62%	11%	100%
Pennsylvania	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rhode Island	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Carolina	43%	8%	44%	5%	100%
South Dakota	N/A	5%	64%	N/A	69%
Tennessee	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Texas	30%	37%	27%	6%	100%
Utah	5%	31%	56%	8%	100%
Vermont	5%	3%	88%	5%	100%
Virginia	47%	9%	34%	10%	100%
Washington	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
West Virginia	14%	1%	84%	2%	100%
Wisconsin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wyoming	N/A	28%	68%	N/A	96%

Age of women who get an abortion?

57.7% of abortions are from women who are 20-29 years old.

More interesting is that the age of 15-19 has gone from 13.5% in 2011 to 8.1%, and 25-29 years old has gone from 24.9% to 29.4%. This is an expression of the fact that people are getting older when trying to get a child.

3.5 women out of 100 are less than 15 years old or older than 39 years old when getting a child.

Age	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
<15	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
15-19	13.5	12.2	11.4	10.4	9.8	9.4	9.1	8.8	8.7	8.3	8.2	8.1
20-24	32.9	32.7	32.7	32.1	31.1	30.0	29.3	28.5	27.8	28.1	28.2	28.3
25-29	24.9	25.3	25.9	26.7	27.6	28.5	29.0	29.3	29.3	29.3	29.5	29.4
30-34	15.8	16.4	16.9	17.2	17.7	18.0	18.3	18.8	19.4	19.8	19.6	19.7
35-39	8.9	9.1	9.2	9.7	10.0	10.3	10.5	10.7	10.9	10.6	10.8	10.9
>39	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.3

How many places offer abortion?

In 2022 there were 1.534 facilities in the US that provide abortions. This is almost half as many as in 1982 when 2.908 providers were registered. The reason for this is a) fewer pregnant and abortions are made and b) providers are getting bigger and more specialized, so there are fewer small and more big providers available.

There are 4 types of abortion places:

Physicians’ offices
Hospitals
Abortion Clinics
Other clinics

When do abortions occur?

80.9% of abortions occur within the first 9 weeks (2 months).

Only 7 out of 100 abortions occur from week 14 and later on.

This is of course due to the fact that the law makes it more and more difficult to get an abortion the more weeks you’re pregnant.

<6 weeks	7-9 weeks	10-13 weeks	14-15 weeks	16-17 weeks	18-20 weeks	>21 weeks
45.3%	35.6%	12.2%	2.7%	1.6%	1.7%	0.9%

Risks of having an abortion?

Only 0.31 persons per. 100,000 die from abortion. That is close to nothing.

As you can see below table this statistic has changed a lot since 1973. The primary reason for this is the development in the health sector (we’re more educated and have better equipment/software at hand)

Year	Total reported deaths	Deaths per 100,000 abortion
1973 – 1977	149	2.09
1978 – 1982	71	0.78
1983 – 1987	59	0.66
1988 – 1992	60	0.74
1993 – 1997	41	0.52
1998 – 2002	42	0.63
2003 – 2007	38	0.60
2008 – 2012	36	0.65
2013 – 2019	30	0.43
2020 – 2022	24	0.31

Why do women get an abortion?

The majority of Women (67%) get an abortion because they are a) not ready, b) don’t have the money, or c) don’t want one more child.

Violence or health problems only account for 8 abortions out of 100. Including rape which accounts for 1 abortion out of 100.

Percentage	Reason
1%	Rape
3%	Fetal health problems
4%	Physical health problems
4%	Interfere with education or career
7%	Not mature
8%	Don’t want to be a single mom
19%	Don’t want one more child
23%	Economy
25%	Not ready
6%	Other

How many abortions are from rape?

Abortions due to rape have been declining throughout the years, but there are still a few cases every year. But the number could be higher. Earlier studies have shown that 3 out of 4 rapes are not reported, and with that in mind the number of pregnancies due to rapes is therefore probably even higher than what we know.

What we factually know is that there is 1% of all abortions that is from rape. This is 6,529 females every year that get an abortion.

How many abortions are from incest?

Around 3,265 get every year an abortion due to incest. This is in terms of a percentage of 0.5% of all abortions.

How much does an abortion cost?

The average price of an abortion is 568$.

The price and cost of abortion are cheaper in the first trimester and more expensive in the second trimester.

If you do not have the money for an abortion. You can apply to abortion funds here: https://abortionfunds.org/

Abortion vs. politics (the current state)

There are many opinions on abortion (especially here in the US). Some are more extreme than others.

Common for all surveys/polls is that the majority (64%) think abortion is a personal medical decision. And did therefore not think that Roe v. Wade should have been overturned.

	Support	Oppose
Making it a crime for a woman to cross state lines to get an abortion that would result in either fines or prison time	19%	80%
Allowing private citizens to sue people who provide or assist women in getting an abortion	19%	80%
Making it a crime for a woman to get an abortion that would result in either fines or prison time	20%	79%
Making it a crime for doctors to perform abortions that would result in either fines or prison time	26%	73%
Prohibiting abortions once cardiac activity, sometimes known as a fetal heartbeat, is detected, usually around six weeks	44%	54%
Requiring women to wait 24 hours between meeting with a healthcare provider and getting an abortion	67%	32%

About the lead researcher

Name:
Jacob B.

Background:
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Business Intelligence

Recent research:

Description:
I’m Jacob, and I’ve worked on this research for the past 2 months. The work has included coordination of quotes from experts, gathering of data, analyzing the dataset in R, designing figures/graphs, and most important reading through the research after it’s done to secure that its fact-checked and does not have any errors.

Short about me; I have several years of experience being coordinated in such big research projects. My main priority is to secure that all Data & Methodology is handled with the best practice. And thereby secure that all statistics about abortion are trustworthy and reliable. If you have any questions about the above please reach out to me at: jacob@bedbible.com

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