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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1994

1994, 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), 1994 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.5; South Sudan is lowest, at 3.2. The middle country reads 32.3. Against 1993, 187 values changed (164 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 1994

HighestFinland

73.5

LowestSouth Sudan

3.2

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), 1994, 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), 1994: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.562.678.8Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe71.860.180.2Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe71.263.577.7Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe70.062.776.8Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America69.562.175.7Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe66.353.080.6Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe65.357.673.0Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe64.557.470.5Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America63.957.269.9Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe63.851.478.7Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia63.658.376.3Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe63.449.773.8Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe62.353.370.9Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.946.776.1Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand59.148.471.0Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe58.744.076.0Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe58.149.767.9Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean57.647.169.8Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe57.447.867.2Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe57.043.169.6Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe56.445.868.1Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.045.466.3Interpolation
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.747.863.5Projection
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia54.747.773.8Interpolation
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe54.445.170.4Interpolation

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.5
  2. Switzerland71.8
  3. United Kingdom71.2
  4. Bulgaria70.0
  5. Canada69.5

Lowest

  1. South Sudan3.2
  2. Chad3.5
  3. Ethiopia3.6
  4. Mauritania3.8
  5. Djibouti4.1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom63.5

    LowestSouth Sudan1.6

    Middle country: 25.4

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway80.6

    LowestEthiopia5.1

    Middle country: 41.5

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 196 in both
  • 164 · 23rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

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 1994.

  • 165 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 41.7. 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 (1994). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/1994

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