Hysterectomy Rates by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Highest Rates of Hysterectomy
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Country | Hyst. Rates (per 100k)↓ | Hyst. Performed per Year | Data Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | India | 1700 | 2018 | |
 | Nigeria | 540 | 2013 | |
 | South Africa | 510 | 2013 | |
 | Ghana | 434 | 2013 | |
 | New Zealand | 365 | 2021 | |
 | Germany | 362 | 2006 | |
 | Denmark | 351 | 98.5K | 2021 |
 | Japan | 344 | 2017 | |
 | Switzerland | 298 | 2020 | |
 | Australia | 255 | 30.8K | 2014 |
 | United States | 143 | 600K | 2020 |
 | Canada | 108 | 41K | 2019 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 64 | 2013 | |
 | United Kingdom | 42 | 40K | 2017 |
 | China | 1.6M | 2022 | |
 | Brazil | 224K | 2022 | |
 | France | 51K | 2020 |
- The incidence of peripartum hysterectomy procedures varies worldwide, with the highest rates reported in developing countries.
- Data has been compiled from several sources. Not all data are available for every country
- Different sources may provide differing data, which can confound data verification processes and country-to-country comparisons.
- Variability in data may stem from any of a number of causes, including differences in methodologies, population samples, and reporting practices.
Sources
- Historical and projected hysterectomy rates in the USA: Implications for future observed cervical cancer rates and evaluating prevention interventions - NIH
- The hysterectomy story in the United Kingdom - NIH
- Hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease - Science Direct
- We almost all know someone who's had one: why hysterectomy is more common than you think - Queensland Health
- Hysterectomy in Germany: a DRG-based nationwide analysis - NIH
- Number of hysterectomies conducted in France from 2010 to 2020 - Statista
- The number of overall hysterectomies per population with the perimenopausal status is increasing in Japan: A national representative cohort study - ResearchGate
- Brazil Hysterectomy Procedures Count by Segments and Forecast to 2030 - Globaldata
- China Hysterectomy Procedures Count by Segments and Forecast to 2030 - GlobalData
- Prevalence and determinants of hysterectomy in India - NIH
- Regional variation of hysterectomy for benign uterine diseases in Switzerland - NIH
- Hysterectomy for nonmalignant conditions: cost to New Zealand society - NIH
- Trends in Hysterectomy Incidence Rates During 2000�2015 in Denmark: Shifting from Abdominal to Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - NIH
- Hysterectomy trends in Australia, 2000-2001 to 2013-2014: joinpoint regression analysis - NIH
- Peripartum hysterectomy: two years experience at Nelson Mandela Academic hospital, Mthatha, Eastern Cape South Africa - National Library of Medicine
