What we count
An estimate of pregnancy terminations regardless of legal status, method or safety.
Induced abortions this year
How many abortions correspond to WHO's latest global annual estimate.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
645,000,000undernourished people worldwide
2,500,000,000adults who are overweight worldwide
890,000,000adults living with obesity worldwide
What lies behind this number
An estimate of pregnancy terminations regardless of legal status, method or safety.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
This is not a global register; the estimate uses surveys, reporting and statistical models and has uncertainty.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from WHO HRP annual report 2024 for 2015–2019 average.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value73,000,000abortions
- Period
- 2015–2019 average
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WHO HRP annual report 2024
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value73,000,0002015–2019 average · abortions
Average per day199,867even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WHO HRP annual report 2024 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2015–2019 average.
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WHO HRP annual report 2024 and refers to 2015–2019 average. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- WHO HRP annual report 2024
- Data period
- 2015–2019 average
- Verified
- 15 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation