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Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia

The Guttmacher Institute’s work in Ethiopia has focused on calculating the costs and public health benefits of meeting women’s contraceptive needs; estimating the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy; and assessing women’s access to safe abortion and postabortion care and the consequences of clandestine abortion.

View sexual and reproductive health research and analysis in your location

  • News Release

    Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health Should Remain Priorities in Ethiopia

  • Fact Sheet

    Induced Abortion and Postabortion Care in Ethiopia

  • Picture shows Ethiopia on the map of Africa
    News Release

    First Study on the Incidence of Abortion Among Ethiopian Adolescents Released

Top Facts & Statistics

  • 53%

    of abortions in 2014 were safe procedures performed in health facilities
  • 72%

    of all health facilities in Ethiopia provide abortion services
  • 44%

    of pregnancies among women aged 15-19 were unintended in 2014

Resources

  • December 2020 Research Article

    Estimating abortion incidence using the network scale-up method

    Elizabeth Sully, Margaret Giorgio and Selena Anjur-Dietrich,Demographic Research

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2020 Fact Sheet

    Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Eastern Africa

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
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    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • In low- and middle-income countries, a 10% drop in reproductive health care due to COVID-19 equals 49 million more women with unmet need for modern contraception
    April 2020 Infographic

    COVID-19 could have a catastrophic effect on sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • April 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia, 2018

    Global

    • Contraception
  • March 2019 News Release

    Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health Should Remain Priorities in Ethiopia

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • December 2018 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health for Adolescents in Ethiopia, 2018

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • Picture shows Ethiopia on the map of Africa
    March 2018 Research Article

    Playing it Safe: Legal and Clandestine Abortions among Adolescents in Ethiopia

    Elizabeth Sully, Yohannes Dibaba, Tamara Fetters, Nakeisha Blades and Akinrinola Bankole,Journal of Adolescent Health

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • Picture shows Ethiopia on the map of Africa
    March 2018 News Release

    First Study on the Incidence of Abortion Among Ethiopian Adolescents Released

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing percentage of unintended pregnancies among adolescents aged 15 to 19 in Ethiopia in 2014
    March 2018 Infographic

    Unintended pregnancy among adolescents in Ethiopia, 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens
  • Graphic showing percentage of abortions that were legal in Ethiopia in 2014
    March 2018 Infographic

    Legality of abortions in Ethiopia, 2014

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Teens

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Ethiopia is one of only a handful of countries to eliminate barriers to legal abortion specifically for adolescents. As a result, young women are more likely to access safe abortion care than any other age-group there.

Elizabeth Sully

Senior Research Scientist

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