Adoption Rates by Country 2025
- Data indicate the number of children from each country adopted by parents living legally in the United States during the given calendar year, as reported by the U.S. State Department’s Office of Children’s Issues (CI).
- The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, also known as the Hague Abduction Convention, is an international agreement that establishes guidelines for adoptions, such as agreeing that a child abducted by a parent and illegally taken to another country should be promptly returned to their previous country of residence. The Hague guidelines promote regulation and fairness in the adoption process and also safeguard against child trafficking
