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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997

1997, 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), 1997 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.6; South Sudan is lowest, at 3.4. The middle country reads 33.9. Against 1996, 183 values changed (151 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 1997

HighestFinland

73.6

LowestSouth Sudan

3.4

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), 1997, 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), 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.662.578.7Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe72.865.878.3Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.561.180.7Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America70.663.376.3Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe70.262.277.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe68.555.182.6Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.161.178.0Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.857.072.5Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.351.473.5Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.050.279.8Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America63.856.770.3Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.956.368.9Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe60.651.070.0Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean60.350.171.0Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand60.148.872.7Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.846.376.3Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe58.849.769.7Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe58.542.876.8Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe57.746.568.9Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe57.043.669.4Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America56.453.060.0Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.045.465.7Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe55.750.361.4Interpolation
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.649.062.2Projection
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe55.445.072.0Interpolation

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.6
  2. United Kingdom72.8
  3. Switzerland72.5
  4. Canada70.6
  5. Bulgaria70.2

Lowest

  1. South Sudan3.4
  2. Chad3.6
  3. Ethiopia4.1
  4. Djibouti4.5
  5. Mauritania4.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom65.8

    LowestSouth Sudan1.8

    Middle country: 28.2

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway82.6

    LowestChad5.0

    Middle country: 42.8

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 196 in both
  • 151 · 32rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

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 1997.

  • 178 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 33.7. 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 (1997). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/1997

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