Summary of data availability, globally and for Sustainable Development Goal regions
1990–2019 | 2010–2019 | ||||||
Outcomes: | Abortion or intention | Abortion | Abortion or intention | Abortion | |||
including minima/maxima/ranges: | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | ||
World | Observations | 2403 | 1252 | 854 | 777 | 438 | 273 |
Number of countries | 166 | 150 | 75 | 152 | 126 | 52 | |
Per cent of countries | 85 | 77 | 38 | 78 | 65 | 27 | |
Per cent of women | 98 | 95 | 75 | 96 | 67 | 43 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | Observations | 299 | 212 | 39 | 133 | 95 | 20 |
Number of countries | 47 | 43 | 12 | 44 | 41 | 10 | |
Per cent of countries | 94 | 86 | 24 | 88 | 82 | 20 | |
Per cent of women | 100 | 98 | 52 | 99 | 97 | 49 | |
Western Asia and Northern Africa | Observations | 198 | 42 | 10 | 57 | 13 | 4 |
Number of countries | 17 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 | |
Per cent of countries | 68 | 56 | 12 | 64 | 36 | 12 | |
Per cent of women | 94 | 77 | 3 | 90 | 40 | 3 | |
Central and Southern Asia | Observations | 257 | 52 | 13 | 92 | 30 | 6 |
Number of countries | 14 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | |
Per cent of countries | 100 | 93 | 57 | 93 | 79 | 36 | |
Per cent of women | 100 | 95 | 92 | 99 | 93 | 89 | |
Eastern and Southeastern Asia | Observations | 224 | 122 | 89 | 82 | 44 | 24 |
Number of countries | 14 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | |
Per cent of countries | 82 | 76 | 35 | 76 | 65 | 18 | |
Per cent of women | 97 | 97 | 76 | 95 | 33 | 5 | |
Latin America and the Caribbean | Observations | 290 | 157 | 81 | 92 | 52 | 26 |
Number of countries | 30 | 29 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 4 | |
Per cent of countries | 79 | 76 | 37 | 66 | 58 | 11 | |
Per cent of women | 95 | 95 | 83 | 83 | 60 | 1 | |
Oceania | Observations | 103 | 50 | 42 | 26 | 9 | 8 |
Number of countries | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Per cent of countries | 70 | 60 | 20 | 50 | 20 | 10 | |
Per cent of women | 97 | 97 | 72 | 96 | 33 | 11 | |
Europe and Northern America | Observations | 1032 | 617 | 580 | 295 | 195 | 185 |
Number of countries | 37 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 26 | |
Per cent of countries | 90 | 78 | 73 | 88 | 73 | 63 | |
Per cent of women | 99 | 93 | 88 | 98 | 86 | 81 |
Abortion refers to abortion incidence data, and intention refers to data on the proportion of births unintended. Data were input into the model as point estimates, minima, maxima or ranges; the leftmost column of each panel counts all types of data (a/d), whereas the middle and rightmost columns of the two panels refer to data that were classified as point estimates (b/c/e/f). Whereas the middle columns of each panel count countries with data treated as point estimates (b/e), the right columns of each panel count only countries with point estimates of abortion incidence (c/f). Country groupings are in online supplemental appendix table A1.