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Contraceptive prevalence modern methods percentage of women ages 15 to 49

Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15-49 who are married or in union. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception.Source:
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Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49)Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49)Year
1
United Kingdom
84%
2009
2
Norway
82.2%
2005
3
Finland
81.56%
2015
4
China
80.5%
2017
5
Germany
80.2%
2011
6
Uruguay
78.27%
2015
7
Argentina
78.2%
2013
8
Brazil
77.7%
2013
9
Czech Republic
77.6%
2008
10
Nicaragua
77.4%
2012
11
North Korea
76.5%
2014
12
Colombia
75.9%
2015
13
Thailand
75.5%
2016
14
Costa Rica
74.9%
2015
15
France
72.7%
2010
16
Virgin Islands (US)
72.6%
2002
17
New Zealand
72.3%
1995
18
Puerto Rico
72.2%
2002
19
Cuba
72.2%
2014
20
Canada
72%
2002
21
Denmark
72%
1988
22
Hong Kong
71.9%
2012
23
Ecuador
71.7%
2012
24
Republic of Ireland
70.91%
2010
25
Netherlands
70%
2013
26
Spain
69.9%
2016
27
Chile
69.84%
2016
28
Switzerland
69.2%
2012
29
Jamaica
68.4%
2008
30
Dominican Republic
68%
2014
31
El Salvador
68%
2014
32
United States
67.72%
2016
33
Portugal
67.08%
2014
34
Paraguay
66.5%
2016
35
South Korea
66.4%
2009
36
Belgium
65.91%
2013
37
Zimbabwe
65.8%
2015
38
Slovakia
65.6%
1997
39
Swaziland
65.5%
2014
40
Bhutan
65.4%
2010
41
Vietnam
65%
2015
42
Sweden
64.8%
1996
43
Australia
64.65%
2016
44
Mexico
64.6%
2015
45
Honduras
63.8%
2012
46
Slovenia
63.2%
1995
47
Austria
63%
2013
48
Uzbekistan
61.9%
2006
49
Venezuela
61.7%
1998
50
Belarus
60.5%
2017
51
Panama
60.1%
2013
52
The Bahamas
60.1%
1988
53
Lesotho
59.8%
2014
54
Indonesia
58.76%
2017
55
Kenya
58.68%
2017
56
Guam
58.3%
2002
57
Malawi
58.1%
2016
58
Morocco
58%
2018
59
Estonia
57.9%
2005
60
Cape Verde
57.1%
2005
61
Iran
57%
2010
62
Egypt
56.9%
2014
63
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
55.9%
1988
64
Latvia
55.5%
1995
65
Barbados
55.4%
2012
66
Namibia
55.3%
2013
67
Russia
55%
2011
68
Singapore
55%
1997
69
Peru
54.5%
2017
70
Hungary
54%
2009
71
South Africa
54%
2016
72
Bangladesh
53.9%
2014
73
Saint Lucia
52.5%
2012
74
Grenada
52.1%
1990
75
Kazakhstan
51.91%
2018
76
Israel
51.9%
1988
77
Italy
51.8%
2013
78
Sri Lanka
51.3%
2016
79
Myanmar
51.3%
2016
80
Botswana
51.2%
2007
81
Tunisia
50.9%
2012
82
Antigua and Barbuda
50.6%
1988
83
Romania
50.5%
2005
84
Lithuania
50.4%
2006
85
Algeria
49.5%
2013
86
Laos
49%
2017
87
Guatemala
48.9%
2015
88
Belize
48.5%
2016
89
Mongolia
48.2%
2013
90
Dominica
47.9%
1987
91
India
47.8%
2016
92
Ukraine
47.8%
2012
93
Rwanda
47.5%
2015
94
Turkey
47.4%
2013
95
Suriname
47.2%
2010
96
Turkmenistan
47.1%
2015
97
Lebanon
46.8%
2009
98
Malta
46%
1993
99
Greece
45.9%
2001
100
Bolivia
45.1%
2016
101
Zambia
44.7%
2014
102
Nepal
42.8%
2016
103
Marshall Islands
42.4%
2007
104
Moldova
41.7%
2012
105
Poland
41.2%
2011
106
Philippines
40.1%
2017
107
Bulgaria
40.1%
2007
108
Kyrgyzstan
40%
2014
109
Kuwait
39.3%
1999
110
Cambodia
38.8%
2014
111
Madagascar
38.6%
2017
112
Ethiopia
37.8%
2018
113
Trinidad and Tobago
37.6%
2011
114
Syria
37.5%
2009
115
São Tomé and Príncipe
37.4%
2014
116
Jordan
37.4%
2018
117
Vanuatu
37.1%
2013
118
Saint Kitts And Nevis
37%
1984
119
Uganda
36.3%
2018
120
Iraq
36.1%
2018
121
Fiji
35.1%
1974
122
Georgia
34.7%
2010
123
Qatar
34.4%
2012
124
Japan
34.4%
2015
125
Malaysia
34.3%
2014
126
Guyana
32.5%
2014
127
Tanzania
32%
2016
128
Mauritius
32%
2014
129
Haiti
31.8%
2017
130
Bahrain
30.6%
1995
131
Liberia
30%
2016
132
Burkina Faso
29.92%
2018
133
Palau
29.7%
2003
134
Tonga
28.4%
2012
135
Armenia
28%
2016
136
Tajikistan
27.1%
2017
137
Senegal
26.2%
2017
138
Mozambique
25.3%
2015
139
Yemen
25.2%
2013
140
Nauru
25.1%
2007
141
Pakistan
25%
2018
142
Ghana
25%
2017
143
Solomon Islands
24.3%
2015
144
Papua New Guinea
24.3%
2006
145
Samoa
24.3%
2014
146
East Timor
23.7%
2016
147
United Arab Emirates
23.6%
1995
148
Burundi
22.9%
2017
149
Tuvalu
22.4%
2007
150
Sierra Leone
21.8%
2017
151
Cameroon
21%
2014
152
Saudi Arabia
20.8%
2016
153
Afghanistan
19.8%
2015
154
Ivory Coast
19.6%
2018
155
Gabon
19.4%
2012
156
Nigeria
18.8%
2018
157
Oman
18.8%
2014
158
Republic of the Congo
18.5%
2015
159
Serbia
18.4%
2014
160
Djibouti
18%
2012
161
Kiribati
18%
2009
162
Togo
17.2%
2014
163
Libya
16.3%
2014
164
Northern Mariana Islands
16%
1970
165
Mauritania
15.6%
2015
166
Montenegro
15.4%
2013
167
Mali
15.1%
2015
168
Maldives
14.9%
2017
169
Guinea-Bissau
14.4%
2014
170
Comoros
14.2%
2012
171
Azerbaijan
13.9%
2011
172
Republic of Macedonia
12.8%
2011
173
Angola
12.5%
2016
174
Central African Republic
12.1%
2010
175
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12%
2012
176
Benin
12%
2018
177
Sudan
11.7%
2014
178
Niger
10.5%
2017
179
Equatorial Guinea
9.5%
2011
180
Gambia
8.1%
2013
181
Guinea
7.8%
2016
182
Democratic Republic Of Congo
7.5%
2014
183
Eritrea
7%
2010
184
Croatia
7%
1970
185
Chad
5%
2015
186
South Sudan
5%
2015
187
Albania
3.7%
2018
188
Somalia
1.1%
2006
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