Table 1.
Abortion data availability by type, time period, and Sustainable Development Group region
| Region | Data type | 1990–1999 | 2000–2009 | 2010–2018 | Total | ||||
| Observations | Countries and territories | Observations | Countries and territories | Observations | Countries and territories | Observations | Countries and territories | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (50 countries) |
Study | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 16 | |
| Survey | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Official statistics | 14 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 96 | ||
| Complete | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 38 | ||
| Incomplete | 10 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 58 | ||
| Total | 16 | 57 | 50 | 123 | 20 | ||||
| West Asia and North Africa (25 countries) |
Study | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Survey | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Official statistics | 71 | 5 | 97 | 5 | 70 | 4 | 238 | ||
| Complete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Incomplete | 71 | 5 | 97 | 5 | 70 | 4 | 238 | ||
| Total | 75 | 104 | 74 | 253 | 7 | ||||
| Central and South Asia (14 countries) |
Study | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
| Survey | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Official statistics | 75 | 8 | 83 | 8 | 76 | 6 | 234 | ||
| Complete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Incomplete | 75 | 8 | 83 | 8 | 76 | 6 | 234 | ||
| Total | 79 | 87 | 84 | 250 | 10 | ||||
| East and Southeast Asia (17 countries) |
Study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Survey | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 25 | ||
| Official statistics | 82 | 8 | 103 | 7 | 82 | 8 | 267 | ||
| Complete | 50 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 156 | ||
| Incomplete | 32 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 111 | ||
| Total | 87 | 119 | 90 | 296 | 11 | ||||
| Latin America (38 countries) |
Study | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Survey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Official statistics | 57 | 8 | 119 | 12 | 70 | 12 | 246 | ||
| Complete | 13 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 82 | ||
| Incomplete | 44 | 5 | 76 | 8 | 44 | 8 | 164 | ||
| Total | 62 | 128 | 71 | 261 | 17 | ||||
| Europe and Northern America* (42 countries) |
Study | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 28 | |
| Survey | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Official statistics | 640 | 42 | 794 | 39 | 537 | 38 | 1971 | ||
| Complete | 416 | 22 | 485 | 22 | 355 | 24 | 1256 | ||
| Incomplete | 224 | 20 | 309 | 17 | 182 | 14 | 715 | ||
| Total | 658 | 807 | 546 | 2011 | 38 | ||||
| Australia and New Zealand (two countries) |
Study | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Survey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Official statistics | 31 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 100 | ||
| Complete | 11 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 47 | ||
| Incomplete | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 53 | ||
| Total | 41 | 44 | 29 | 114 | 2 | ||||
| Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) (eight countries) |
Study | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Survey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Official statistics | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Complete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Incomplete | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Total | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Country columns are not mutually exclusive, which is why they are only totalled for all time periods and sources.
*In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), abortion incidence is reported separately for England and Wales, and Scotland. As a result, for the total number of countries in Europe and Northern America we count these two reporting groupings as separate countries.