ADOPTION Doc. prél. No 5 Prel. Doc. No 5 avril / April 2010 FORMULAIRES DE STATISTIQUES ANNUELLES D'ADOPTION établies par le Bureau Permanent * * * ANNUAL ADOPTION STATISTICS FORMS drawn up by the Permanent Bureau Document préliminaire No 5 d avril 2010 à l intention de la Commission spéciale de juin 2010 sur le fonctionnement pratique de la Convention de La Haye du 29 mai 1993 sur la protection des enfants et la coopération en matière d'adoption internationale Preliminary Document No 5 of April 2010 for the attention of the Special Commission of June 2010 on the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption Permanent Bureau Bureau Permanent 6, Scheveningseweg 2517 KT The Hague La Haye The Netherlands Pays-Bas telephone téléphone +31 (70) 363 3303 fax télécopieur +31 (70) 360 4867 e-mail courriel secretariat@hcch.net website site internet http://www.hcch.net
FORMULAIRES DE STATISTIQUES ANNUELLES D'ADOPTION établies par le Bureau Permanent * * * ANNUAL ADOPTION STATISTICS FORMS drawn up by the Permanent Bureau 2
Annual adoption statistics for States of origin Country: United States of America Year: 2008* *Please note: Outgoing case data (cases in which the United States is the State of origin) were not collected prior to the Convention s entry into force in United States (1 April 2008). Since entry into force, outgoing cases should be reported to the United States Central Authority, the U.S. Department of State. The enclosed statistics reflect the information submitted to the U.S. Department of State during each specified calendar year. We do not collect data concerning cases nor concerning the location of the child prior to adoption or entrustment. Receiving State Total number of completed or entrustments Age and gender of child at adoption or entrustment or entrustments of Canada 1 1 N/A Germany 2 1 1 Netherlands 3 1 2 Total number of intercountry Total of number of domestic Total number of 6 3 3 Location of child prior to adoption or entrustment Institution Foster care Family of origin Year: 2009 Receiving State Total number of completed or entrustments Age and gender of child at adoption or entrustment or entrustments of Austria 1 1 N / A Canada 7 6 1 Netherlands 19 9 5 4 1 Switzerland 1 1 United Kingdom 2 1 1 Total number of intercountry Total of number of domestic Total number of 30 18 7 4 1 Location of child prior to adoption or entrustment Institution Foster care Family of origin 3
Annual adoption statistics for receiving States** Country: United States of America ** Concerning and the number of intra-family : These charts hold no data about how many were adopted nor the number of intra-family because the United States does not collect these data categories. Also note that we are not reporting the number of domestic because this information is also not collected across all types of domestic adoption in all US States. State of origin Total number of completed Year: 2005 Adoptions from Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Albania 8 5 3 N/A N / A Austria 1 1 Belgium 3 2 1 Belize 13 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 Bolivia 6 2 3 1 Brazil 67 1 1 6 6 14 10 12 17 Bulgaria 28 2 1 7 11 3 2 2 Canada 2 1 1 Cape Verde 1 1 Chile 3 1 1 1 China (& Hong Kong SAR) 8020 32 3266 341 4165 48 127 14 27 Colombia 320 63 83 27 29 28 35 16 39 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 Cyprus 4 2 2 Czech Republic 2 1 1 Dominican Republic 21 1 5 5 3 2 1 4 Ecuador 30 13 3 6 3 2 3 El Salvador 14 1 6 2 1 1 2 1 Finland 9 1 2 1 3 2 France 2 1 1 Georgia 62 9 12 13 17 3 8 Germany 7 1 4 1 1 4
Greece 1 1 Guatemala 3890 1490 1617 339 301 50 53 17 23 Hungary 7 1 5 1 Iceland 1 1 India 330 5 22 63 177 12 27 7 17 Israel 3 1 2 Kenya 54 1 6 17 2 6 11 11 Macedonia 1 1 Madagascar 3 3 Mexico 91 7 8 16 11 7 8 16 18 Netherlands 1 1 New Zealand 7 1 1 1 3 1 Panama 22 1 3 3 5 5 4 1 Peru 29 9 4 2 1 5 8 Philippines 300 10 10 55 67 36 26 42 54 Poland 119 1 1 25 23 24 18 8 19 Romania 36 7 10 3 3 3 10 South Africa 17 1 1 3 6 3 3 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 Thailand 66 1 3 20 19 8 8 2 5 Turkey 10 2 3 3 2 United Kingdom 4 1 2 1 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of State of origin Total number of completed 13,620 1,632 5,040 981 4,913 266 349 166 273 Adoptions from Non-Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Bahamas, The 1 1 N / A N / A Bangladesh 10 3 2 2 1 1 1 Barbados 18 1 5 1 1 4 6 Bermuda 1 1 5
Cameroon 9 1 3 5 Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 6 1 1 3 1 Cote D Ivoire 3 2 1 Croatia 2 2 Djibouti 3 1 2 Egypt 5 2 3 Eritrea 11 1 2 5 3 Ethiopia 479 80 82 72 63 42 65 23 52 Fiji 6 1 1 2 1 1 Ghana 25 4 5 1 1 10 4 Guyana 29 2 1 2 1 3 7 13 Haiti 243 13 10 51 72 21 34 21 21 Honduras 9 1 1 2 5 Indonesia 2 2 Jamaica 61 3 4 2 7 16 29 Japan 29 9 11 3 3 2 1 Jordan 3 1 1 1 Kazakhstan 695 103 192 144 115 47 45 18 31 Korea, South 1601 908 558 84 42 2 1 1 5 Laos 4 1 1 1 1 Lebanon 2 2 Liberia 271 15 35 48 64 35 35 16 23 Malawi 2 1 1 Malaysia 1 1 Morocco 5 3 1 1 Nepal 60 5 13 12 28 2 Nicaragua 29 9 5 2 5 1 7 Nigeria 61 4 6 16 12 4 7 7 5 Pakistan 29 9 5 4 2 2 2 5 Russia 3969 292 270 1196 1033 355 428 146 249 Senegal 27 1 5 3 3 9 3 3 Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 1 2 1 Singapore 2 1 1 Suriname 1 1 Taiwan 150 35 56 19 22 8 4 1 5 Tanzania 4 1 2 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 6
Tunisia 2 1 1 Ukraine 849 227 179 137 161 53 92 United Arab Emirates 1 1 Vietnam 7 1 1 3 1 1 Zambia 8 1 1 3 3 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of 8,741 1,483 1,246 1,912 1,678 675 818 355 574 7
Annual adoption statistics for receiving States** Country: United States of America ** Concerning and the number of intra-family : These charts hold no data about how many were adopted nor the number of intra-family because the United States does not collect these data categories. Also note that we are not reporting the number of domestic because this information is also not collected across all types of domestic adoption in all US States. State of origin Total number of completed Year: 2006 Adoptions from Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Albania 12 2 4 2 2 2 N/A N / A Armenia 27 4 14 2 4 3 Belize 9 2 1 2 1 2 1 Bolivia 1 1 Brazil 57 1 3 8 8 12 10 4 11 Bulgaria 25 1 1 12 7 1 1 2 Burkina Faso 2 1 1 Canada 2 2 Chile 3 3 China (& Hong Kong SAR) 5970 24 2302 555 2831 83 121 14 40 Colombia 327 70 74 21 33 34 37 18 40 Czech Republic 2 2 Dominican Republic 20 1 3 4 5 1 2 4 Ecuador 25 6 12 3 1 2 1 El Salvador 21 2 1 3 8 3 1 1 2 Finland 9 2 3 4 Georgia 17 1 4 9 2 1 Germany 2 2 Guatemala 4275 1606 1783 392 350 56 51 17 20 Hungary 11 5 5 1 India 325 6 21 80 129 23 30 19 17 Israel 3 1 1 1 Kenya 32 2 9 9 3 4 5 Macedonia 3 1 2 8
Mexico 75 5 13 11 10 5 6 9 16 Norway 1 1 Panama 13 6 2 1 1 1 2 Peru 48 1 2 3 8 8 5 7 14 Philippines 234 11 6 65 53 20 20 31 28 Poland 99 26 16 25 19 3 10 Portugal 4 1 2 1 Romania 23 1 1 6 6 2 2 5 South Africa 9 4 2 1 2 Sri Lanka 8 1 5 1 1 Switzerland 1 1 Thailand 65 1 18 27 5 7 2 5 Togo 1 1 Turkey 14 1 7 2 4 United Kingdom 8 4 1 1 1 1 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of State of origin Total number of completed 11,783 1,739 4,240 1,249 3,550 296 330 148 231 Adoptions from Non-Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Algeria 2 1 1 N / A N / A Bangladesh 14 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 Barbados 11 1 2 2 1 2 3 Burma 2 1 1 Cameroon 14 1 2 2 4 5 Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 5 1 1 2 1 Cote D Ivoire 3 1 1 1 Croatia 3 1 1 1 Egypt 2 1 1 Eritrea 7 3 1 3 Ethiopia 807 131 103 132 141 86 103 38 73 9
Fiji 1 1 Ghana 30 1 3 6 1 2 5 12 Guyana 15 1 1 5 8 Haiti 297 1 2 66 88 37 43 24 36 Honduras 3 1 1 1 Indonesia 5 2 3 Ireland 1 1 Jamaica 53 1 3 7 7 4 17 14 Japan 53 21 16 6 6 1 1 2 Jordan 1 1 Kazakhstan 599 115 132 118 113 31 42 14 34 Korea, South 1381 775 456 87 51 5 4 1 2 Laos 5 1 4 Lebanon 4 3 1 Liberia 309 6 12 53 68 43 53 23 51 Malawi 1 1 Malaysia 1 1 Morocco 12 6 3 2 1 Nepal 79 1 12 23 37 6 Nicaragua 39 9 13 3 1 13 Niger 1 1 Nigeria 42 4 2 9 10 5 3 5 4 Oman 1 1 Pakistan 48 7 16 4 6 3 5 7 Russia 3461 117 97 1265 1112 277 259 123 211 Saudi Arabia 1 1 Senegal 26 1 1 4 2 5 3 7 3 Serbia and Montenegro 4 1 2 1 Singapore 1 1 Suriname 2 1 1 Syria 2 2 Taiwan 201 55 75 23 17 11 14 3 3 Tanzania 10 2 1 4 3 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 1 Tunisia 4 1 2 1 Uganda 18 2 2 4 1 5 4 Ukraine 331 83 62 45 49 41 51 10
United Arab Emirates 5 1 1 1 2 Uzbekistan 7 1 1 2 2 1 Vietnam 342 81 127 47 71 2 5 5 4 Zambia 20 2 4 3 3 3 5 Zimbabwe 6 1 1 2 2 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of 8,294 1,331 1,074 1,957 1,834 573 610 351 564 11
Annual adoption statistics for receiving States** Country: United States of America ** Concerning and the number of intra-family : These charts hold no data about how many were adopted nor the number of intra-family because the United States does not collect these data categories. Also note that we are not reporting the number of domestic because this information is also not collected across all types of domestic adoption in all US States. State of origin Total number of completed Year: 2007 Adoptions from Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Armenia 33 8 12 3 6 1 3 N / A N / A Belize 5 2 1 1 1 Bolivia 4 2 1 1 Brazil 62 3 3 7 9 12 5 8 15 Bulgaria 16 1 5 4 3 3 Canada 4 1 1 2 China (& Hong Kong SAR) 5075 30 1517 674 2483 117 174 20 60 Colombia 332 56 41 42 44 36 41 29 43 Costa Rica 1 1 Czech Republic 3 1 2 Dominican Republic 24 2 8 3 3 1 7 Ecuador 21 6 9 1 2 3 El Salvador 16 2 4 2 2 2 4 Estonia 6 1 2 2 1 Finland 13 2 3 5 2 1 Georgia 13 1 3 6 2 1 Germany 2 1 1 Guatemala 4849 1466 1745 755 683 62 84 23 31 Hungary 11 1 5 2 3 India 414 12 28 76 187 26 52 14 19 Kenya 31 3 1 12 5 1 3 6 Latvia 13 2 3 4 4 12
Madagascar 2 1 1 Mexico 85 10 3 16 13 17 3 10 13 New Zealand 1 1 Panama 3 3 Peru 25 2 8 3 4 5 3 Philippines 288 10 6 63 54 39 26 41 49 Poland 142 2 34 19 33 16 14 24 Portugal 1 1 Romania 28 3 7 1 4 4 4 5 South Africa 12 4 2 3 2 1 Spain 1 1 Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 Thailand 63 1 26 21 4 6 5 Turkey 13 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 United Kingdom 3 1 1 1 Total number of intercountry 11,631 1,605 3,374 1,753 3,585 378 447 190 299 Total number of domestic Total number of State of origin Total number of completed Adoptions from Non-Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Algeria 2 1 1 N / A N / A Bangladesh 7 2 2 1 1 1 Barbados 11 2 4 2 1 2 Benin 1 1 Cameroon 14 2 1 7 4 Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 8 1 1 3 1 2 Cote D Ivoire 1 1 Croatia 1 1 Djibouti 1 1 Egypt 3 2 1 13
Eritrea 1 1 Ethiopia 1289 180 241 221 255 102 143 58 89 Fiji 7 1 3 1 2 Ghana 43 1 7 8 5 8 5 9 Guyana 31 1 1 3 7 6 13 Haiti 207 1 1 34 46 27 40 19 39 Honduras 25 2 5 4 6 8 Indonesia 2 1 1 Jamaica 42 1 3 5 2 7 9 15 Japan 24 7 9 2 4 1 1 Jordan 1 1 Kazakhstan 570 106 133 128 120 23 27 8 25 Korea, South 913 477 341 46 41 1 7 Lebanon 8 1 7 Liberia 335 14 8 55 71 53 56 34 44 Malaysia 3 2 1 Morocco 6 1 2 1 2 Nepal 19 1 5 3 8 2 Nicaragua 20 2 1 3 2 7 1 4 Niger 1 1 Nigeria 48 1 20 13 3 2 5 4 Pakistan 39 12 7 3 4 1 1 6 5 Russia 2022 82 64 807 609 121 163 73 103 Senegal 22 1 2 5 5 4 5 Serbia and Montenegro 4 3 1 Suriname 3 1 1 1 Syria 1 1 Taiwan 198 62 67 18 26 12 8 4 1 Tanzania 7 2 1 3 1 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 1 Tunisia 2 1 1 Uganda 54 2 2 14 9 7 7 7 6 Ukraine 664 127 78 88 120 93 158 United Arab Emirates 1 1 Uzbekistan 13 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 Vietnam 855 220 406 107 82 20 9 3 8 Zambia 19 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 5 14
Zimbabwe 1 1 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of 7,552 1,182 1,306 1,611 1,412 483 639 359 560 Annual adoption statistics for receiving States** Country: United States of America ** Concerning and the number of intra-family : These charts hold no data about how many were adopted nor the number of intra-family because the United States does not collect these data categories. Also note that we are not reporting the number of domestic because this information is also not collected across all types of domestic adoption in all US States. State of origin Total number of completed Year: 2008 Adoptions from Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Albania 12 3 3 1 1 4 N/A N / A Armenia 28 11 8 2 4 3 Australia 1 1 Belize 8 1 2 1 1 3 Brazil 32 1 2 3 6 8 6 6 Bulgaria 3 2 1 Burkina Faso 2 1 1 Canada 2 1 1 Cape Verde 1 1 China (& Hong Kong SAR) 3701 36 759 687 1792 121 219 13 64 Colombia 277 35 44 35 40 27 51 10 35 Costa Rica 2 1 1 Dominican Republic 15 2 3 3 7 15
Ecuador 23 2 9 3 6 1 2 El Salvador 17 3 2 2 3 2 5 Estonia 15 3 6 1 2 3 France 1 1 Georgia 5 2 2 1 Germany 6 3 3 Guatemala 3235 632 936 697 821 52 58 14 25 Hungary 11 3 3 1 3 1 India 315 14 24 69 147 14 29 5 13 Israel 1 1 Kenya 40 8 11 4 5 4 8 Latvia 35 1 3 2 7 12 10 Macedonia 1 1 Mexico 100 6 13 25 13 5 14 7 17 Mongolia 2 1 1 New Zealand 2 1 1 Panama 4 1 2 1 Peru 33 5 6 3 6 7 6 Philippines 291 7 5 73 56 26 28 39 57 Poland 82 1 1 18 21 15 16 4 6 Romania 29 1 5 7 6 5 3 2 South Africa 13 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 Sri Lanka 5 3 1 1 Thailand 59 2 1 17 16 12 5 2 4 Togo 2 2 Turkey 4 1 2 1 United Kingdom 5 2 1 2 Total number of intercountry 8,421 751 1,809 1,669 2,986 304 477 144 281 Total number of domestic Total number of Adoptions from Non-Convention Countries State of origin Total number of completed Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family 16
Algeria 1 1 N / A N / A Bangladesh 10 2 6 2 Barbados 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 Benin 2 2 Cameroon 8 1 3 4 Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 11 1 2 1 4 2 Cote D Ivoire 2 2 Croatia 2 1 1 Egypt 1 1 Eritrea 1 1 Ethiopia 1808 312 324 358 314 145 186 68 101 Fiji 3 1 1 1 Gabon 2 2 Ghana 101 1 6 15 14 17 23 9 16 Guyana 17 1 1 1 3 1 10 Haiti 314 78 84 44 55 16 37 Honduras 10 1 1 1 1 6 Indonesia 8 3 4 1 Ireland 1 1 Jamaica 36 1 4 3 2 1 9 16 Japan 38 13 16 2 6 1 Jordan 2 2 Kazakhstan 411 78 85 87 111 17 19 5 9 Korea, South 1084 582 361 72 58 5 3 3 Laos 9 1 5 3 Lebanon 13 4 5 2 2 Liberia 186 4 6 36 43 29 43 9 16 Malawi 2 1 1 Malaysia 1 1 Morocco 12 4 2 4 2 Nepal 54 18 31 1 1 2 1 Nicaragua 14 1 3 5 1 4 Nigeria 160 2 4 60 43 12 11 13 15 Pakistan 41 7 14 3 1 1 9 6 Russia 1795 43 29 789 587 119 101 57 70 17
Senegal 12 2 2 4 1 1 2 Serbia and Montenegro 8 5 2 1 Suriname 2 1 1 Taiwan 265 77 87 37 33 14 12 2 3 Tanzania 4 1 1 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 2 Tunisia 2 1 1 Uganda 55 2 2 21 17 8 2 2 1 Ukraine 505 96 59 91 83 62 114 United Arab Emirates 4 2 2 Uzbekistan 15 5 2 2 2 1 3 Vietnam 827 193 291 149 149 26 11 2 6 Zambia 7 2 4 1 Total number of intercountry Total number of domestic Total number of 7,880 1,332 1,250 1,851 1,597 539 566 292 453 18
Annual adoption statistics for receiving States** Country: United States of America ** Concerning and the number of intra-family : These charts hold no data about how many were adopted nor the number of intra-family because the United States does not collect these data categories. Also note that we are not reporting the number of domestic because this information is also not collected across all types of domestic adoption in all US States. State of origin Total number of completed Year: 2009 Adoptions from Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Albania 7 1 1 1 2 2 N/A N / A Armenia 14 1 7 3 2 1 Belize 4 1 1 1 1 Brazil 35 2 7 3 7 9 2 5 Bulgaria 24 1 4 6 8 4 1 Burkina Faso 2 2 Canada 2 1 1 China (& Hong Kong SAR) 2939 11 455 543 1550 102 186 21 71 Colombia 228 28 21 29 30 22 32 27 39 Dominican Republic 10 2 1 2 2 3 Ecuador 10 4 3 2 1 El Salvador 11 1 2 4 3 1 Estonia 12 2 3 3 1 3 France 1 1 Germany 5 1 1 1 2 Greece 2 2 Guatemala 329 106 165 17 20 15 6 Hungary 5 2 1 2 India 270 10 21 48 123 15 41 4 8 Israel 1 1 Kenya 44 3 1 7 6 1 8 10 8 Latvia 24 2 2 13 7 Lithuania 13 2 2 1 3 5 Macedonia 2 1 1 19
Mexico 73 4 2 7 11 10 11 14 14 Mongolia 5 2 2 1 New Zealand 3 2 1 Peru 36 1 3 6 6 8 3 9 Philippines 290 12 10 59 53 27 34 43 52 Poland 66 2 12 13 19 15 1 4 Romania 6 1 2 2 1 South Africa 21 2 1 4 11 2 1 Sri Lanka 4 1 1 2 Thailand 54 1 21 15 8 5 4 Turkey 7 1 1 3 1 1 United Kingdom 5 1 2 1 1 Total number of intercountry 4,564 73 529 870 2,025 261 397 162 247 Total number of domestic Total number of State of origin Total number of completed Adoptions from Non-Convention Countries Age and gender of child at adoption of intra-family Algeria 5 3 1 1 N / A N / A Argentina 1 1 Bangladesh 9 2 4 3 Barbados 28 1 5 2 2 5 5 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 2 Cameroon 9 3 6 Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 21 3 1 3 4 2 2 3 3 Cote D Ivoire 4 1 1 2 Egypt 2 1 1 Eritrea 5 1 1 2 1 Ethiopia 2446 428 478 519 435 188 225 68 105 Fiji 8 1 3 1 1 2 Ghana 106 1 5 17 22 17 21 8 15 20
Guyana 48 1 3 7 4 4 10 19 Haiti 319 1 70 74 42 41 35 56 Honduras 6 1 4 1 Indonesia 1 1 Jamaica 71 1 1 4 2 7 6 18 32 Japan 44 9 19 5 4 4 2 1 Jordan 2 2 Kazakhstan 284 56 59 69 60 19 14 5 2 Korea, South 985 514 321 95 49 3 1 2 Laos 4 1 1 1 1 Lebanon 6 1 5 Liberia 14 4 3 3 2 1 1 Malawi 2 1 1 Malaysia 1 1 Morocco 26 9 6 2 2 1 2 4 Nepal 7 1 6 Nicaragua 23 4 5 11 2 1 Nigeria 139 7 10 26 37 12 13 17 17 Pakistan 38 10 19 1 4 3 1 Papua New Guinea 1 1 Russia 1428 42 33 634 471 80 75 41 52 Senegal 14 3 1 2 2 6 Serbia and Montenegro 8 5 1 1 1 Sierra Leone 5 1 1 1 1 1 Singapore 1 1 Taiwan 259 67 57 51 42 19 16 2 5 Tanzania 3 1 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 1 Uganda 72 5 1 25 12 7 9 5 8 Ukraine 544 1 60 64 102 94 83 140 United Arab Emirates 2 2 Uzbekistan 4 1 2 1 Vietnam 196 42 53 46 43 8 3 1 Zambia 8 3 2 1 2 Zimbabwe 2 2 Total number of intercountry 7,216 1,208 1,080 1,661 1,369 524 550 331 493 21
Total number of domestic Total number of 22