Bulgaria 8th worldwide in number of children adopted abroad

Monday, May 03, 2010 4:52 PM Radio Bulgaria News

Bulgaria 8th worldwide in number of children adopted abroad

The United Nations has published the first of its kind report about adoptions across the world. The report covers 195 countries and presents detailed data on adoption. Every year some 260,000 children mostly girls, are adopted. Close to half of adoptions take place in USA, China and Russia. Despite Bulgaria’s low birthrate and the negative population growth this country is one of the main sources of children for international adoption, the report argues. Bulgaria ranks 8th worldwide by the number of its children adopted abroad. In 1999 figures the main destination for Bulgaria’s children was Italy, followed by USA, Spain, Sweden and Denmark. Bulgaria, Mongolia and USA are the three leading countries in terms of the number of adoptions per 100,000 children born.

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