According to the National Board of Health, Greenland’s National Board of Health, the island’s birth rate is still lower than the number of abortions despite a dive in the latter.
In 2021, there were 842, a decrease from 889 in 2020, 902 in 2019 and a ten-year high of 931 in 2018.
Progress on the back of education
Martha Abelsen, a member of the Naalakkersuisut, attributes the improvement to three years of progress based on educational programs on safe sex.
However, the island’s total of 761 newborns in 2021 was the lowest since World War II.
Source: The Nordic Page