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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2000

2000, 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), 2000 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 74.5; South Sudan is lowest, at 3.6. The middle country reads 35.9. Against 1999, 181 values changed (144 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2000

HighestUnited Kingdom

74.5

LowestSouth Sudan

3.6

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), 2000, 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), 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.567.679.6Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.562.478.5Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.761.880.9Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America70.762.676.9Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe69.856.284.1Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe69.059.677.8Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.762.579.3Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.652.672.3Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.248.381.2Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.257.071.7Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America62.755.669.3Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean62.453.071.7Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.455.668.4Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand61.049.074.2Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America59.754.764.8Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.745.577.0Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe59.649.871.4Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe59.047.469.7Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe58.849.468.6Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe58.244.770.5Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe58.240.278.2Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe58.252.963.4Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.546.265.2Interpolation
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe55.443.773.0Projection
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.250.160.6Interpolation

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United Kingdom74.5
  2. Finland73.5
  3. Switzerland72.7
  4. Canada70.7
  5. Norway69.8

Lowest

  1. South Sudan3.6
  2. Chad3.9
  3. Djibouti5.0
  4. Ethiopia5.4
  5. Somaliashared5.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom67.6

    LowestSouth Sudan2.0

    Middle country: 29.6

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway84.1

    LowestChad5.3

    Middle country: 44.4

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 196 in both
  • 144 · 37rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

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 2000.

  • 169 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 58.2. 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 (2000). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2000

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