Top 10 countries for International Adoptions by Americans 2005 to 2009
April 26, 2010
In 2009 these were the top 10 countries for international adoption (notice the dramatic difference in just 3 years):
China: 3,001
Ethiopia: 2,277
Russia: 1,586
South Korea: 1,080
Guatemala: 756
Ukraine: 610
Vietnam: 481
Haiti: 330
India: 297
Kazakhstan: 295
These were the numbers in 2005:
China: 7,903
Russia: 4,631
Guatemala: 3,783
South Korea: 1,628
Ukraine: 824
Kazakhstan: 755
Ethiopia: 442
India: 323
Colombia: 287
Philippines: 268
(Haiti was No. 11 with 234)Source: U.S. State Department
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Jason,
How do you explain the 50% decline? Is it less people adopting or countries being harder to adopt from?
It is countries becoming harder to adopt from. Tighter restrictions being put in place and a bias by large and influential org’s against international adoption have impacted the numbers as well.
Wow – sad. I had no idea. Thank you for all the info you and Shawnda put out. I need it/love it!
Has there been a similar drop, drastic increase, or static movement with domestic adoptions?
John- I’m not sure on domestic stats. That is a great question.