Adoption Rates by Country 2025
Country | Total Adoptions 2023↓ | |
|---|---|---|
 | India | 221 |
 | Colombia | 200 |
 | Bulgaria | 83 |
 | Haiti | 80 |
 | Nigeria | 62 |
 | Taiwan | 59 |
 | Philippines | 58 |
 | Thailand | 43 |
 | Morocco | 26 |
 | Bangladesh | 25 |
 | Pakistan | 23 |
 | Brazil | 21 |
 | Hungary | 21 |
 | Vietnam | 20 |
 | Jamaica | 20 |
 | Cameroon | 17 |
 | Liberia | 17 |
 | China | 16 |
 | Burundi | 16 |
 | South Africa | 15 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 15 |
 | Hong Kong | 14 |
 | Mexico | 13 |
 | Ghana | 12 |
 | Sierra Leone | 12 |
 | Uganda | 11 |
 | Ukraine | 10 |
 | Malawi | 10 |
 | Ecuador | 10 |
 | Dominican Republic | 8 |
 | Honduras | 6 |
 | DR Congo | 5 |
 | United Kingdom | 5 |
 | Tanzania | 4 |
 | Poland | 4 |
 | Serbia | 4 |
 | Albania | 4 |
 | Iran | 3 |
 | Burkina Faso | 3 |
 | Zambia | 3 |
 | Lithuania | 3 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |
 | Saint Lucia | 3 |
 | Algeria | 2 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 2 |
 | El Salvador | 2 |
 | Belize | 2 |
 | Canada | 1 |
 | Peru | 1 |
 | Sri Lanka | 1 |
 | Romania | 1 |
 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
 | Guinea | 1 |
 | Laos | 1 |
 | Moldova | 1 |
 | Gambia | 1 |
 | Latvia | 1 |
 | Samoa | 1 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 |
| Total | 1,228 |
- 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
Sources
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2023 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2022 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2021 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2020 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2019 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption 2018 - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- Adoption Statistics - U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs
- What is the Hague Adoption Convention? - Considering Adoption
- U.S. Hague Convention Treaty Partners - Masters Law Group LLC
