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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of all women aged 15 to 49, married or not, who are using any method of contraception, modern or traditional. It is the broadest measure of contraceptive use, and the gap between it and modern-method use shows how far a country relies on traditional methods such as withdrawal or periodic abstinence.

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1991 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 3.0. The middle country reads 30.5. Against 1990, 186 values changed (162 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 1991

HighestFinland

73.0

LowestSouth Sudan

3.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1991, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.062.678.1Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe70.457.779.5Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe69.760.777.0Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America68.461.074.7Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe67.859.575.6Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe65.858.373.3Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe65.458.671.0Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe64.255.772.1Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.850.778.2Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe63.551.778.1Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.347.273.9Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America62.356.168.3Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.349.870.4Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.846.576.1Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe59.044.575.4Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia58.953.772.7Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe58.350.267.7Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe58.042.871.0Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand57.947.569.6Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand57.245.968.4Interpolation
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.847.064.6Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe55.445.867.1Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean54.944.868.0Interpolation
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe54.844.165.5Projection
HungaryHUNEastern Europe53.946.864.6Interpolation

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Finland73.0
  2. Switzerland70.4
  3. United Kingdom69.7
  4. Canada68.4
  5. Bulgaria67.8

Lowest

  1. South Sudan3.0
  2. Mauritaniashared3.2
  3. Ethiopiashared3.2
  4. Chad3.4
  5. Guinea3.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland62.6

    LowestSouth Sudan1.4

    Middle country: 23.5

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland79.5

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 40.6

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 196 in both
  • 162 · 24rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.

  • 170 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 52.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolation, Projection.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1991). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/1991

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