According to official statistical data, starting from 1993 the sex-at-birth ratio in Armenia has been 110-120 boys to 100 girls, while the accepted normal biological ratio is 102-106 boys to 100 girls. In other words, in the last decade in Armenia fewer girls and more boys have been born. In order to check one possible cause for this skewed ratio, sex selective abortions, UNFPA initiated a study. The study found that 0.8 per cent of 900,000 Armenian women, around 7200 women, of reproductive age have had a sex selective abortion in the last five years. This means that on average each year Armenia potentially loses around 1400 future mothers. Families with son preference are six times more than families with daughter preference (10 times more in rural areas and four times more in urban areas).
