Induced abortions in the Nordic countries 2021 : The number of induced abortions is declining in the Nordic countries

Abstract

Some 53 000 induced abortions were performed in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland in 2021, that is, 11.5 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age (15–49 years). Finland had the lowest and Sweden the highest abortion rate; there were 6.7 induced abortions per thousand women aged 15–49 years in Finland, while the corresponding figure for Sweden was 15.1. For Denmark, data for 2019‒2021 are not available. In 2018, there were approximately 14 300 induced abortions in Denmark (11.4/1000 women aged 15‒49).