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:

#	Country	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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