Overview

• Official data show a 2.98% annual rise to 106,172 procedures in 2024, equal to 12.36 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44.
• Only 21.25% were performed in public facilities versus 78.74% in private clinics, with regions such as Extremadura, Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid, Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla near 100% private provision.
• Several territories exceed half of procedures in public hospitals, including Cantabria, Galicia, La Rioja, the Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
• Early access predominated with 76.58% before eight weeks; public centers used medication more often (21,320 cases) while private clinics mainly used surgical methods with over 63,000 extrahospital procedures.
• Ministry figures also note 11,699 abortions among those under 20 (+6.99%) and that 49% of women were not using contraception, with the government finalizing a plan to provide free condoms to 16–22-year-olds.