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. 2020 Jul 23;15(7):e0235329. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235329

Table 1. Prevalence of pregnancy termination among women in SSA.

Country Weighted n = 240,489 Weighted % Pregnancy Terminated
No (%) Yes (%)
Angola 50,751 21.1 87.4 12.6
Burkina Faso 41,213 17.1 85.7 14.3
Benin 34,807 14.5 92.5 7.5
Burundi 3,232 1.3 80.5 19.5
Congo DR 3,979 1.7 81.5 18.5
Congo 19,328 8.0 61.2 38.8
Côte d'Ivoire 19,076 7.9 79.4 20.6
Cameroon 13,615 5.7 70.4 29.6
Ethiopia 3,345 1.4 89.4 10.7
Gabon 1,367 0.6 60.5 39.5
Ghana 1,764 0.7 73.7 26.4
The Gambia 2,190 0.9 87.2 12.8
Guinea 2,209 0.9 85.7 14.4
Liberia 1,761 0.7 77.3 22.7
Lesotho 489 0.2 84.3 15.8
Mali 2,488 1.0 90.8 9.2
Malawi 5,304 2.2 87.5 12.5
Nigeria 9,014 3.8 86.7 13.3
Namibia 1,015 0.4 87.5 12.5
Rwanda 2,275 1.0 80.6 19.4
Sierra Leone 3,533. 1.5 89.3 10.7
Senegal 3,363 1.4 78.9 21.2
Chad 1,450 0.6 88.4 11.7
Togo 2,065 0.9 84.7 15.3
Uganda 3,709 1.5 76.8 23.2
Zambia 3,193 1.3 86.0 14.0
Zimbabwe 3,953 1.6 84.1 15.9
Total 240,489 100.0 83.5 16.5